Owner New York Pizza Bergen op Zoom: ‘We are getting a drive-thru’

New York Pizza Bergen op Zoom was hit by a fire in early February. Inside, nothing of the pizzeria on the Antwerpsestraat remained, although the sad event also provided an opportunity. Owner Rob Spek sat around the table with an architectural firm and came up with a large upgrade: a New York Pizza drive-thru.

After the fire, New York Pizza Bergen op Zoom was faced with the question: which course do we want to take with the business? According to Rob Spek, the choice for a drive-thru was made quickly: “It’s a nice extra that we get.”

One of the first drive-thrus in the Netherlands

After the sea of ​​flames that reduced the pizzeria to ashes, Rob flames. He knew immediately that this was his chance to put a positive spin on the incident. “Last year a small-scale trial was already run at New York Pizza Goes and the results were positive,” he says. “That is why we are pleased that we can now officially introduce this beautiful concept as one of the first stores. With the arrival of this drive-thru, ordering New York Pizza will be an even bigger party.”

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Order pizza from your car

Ordering a pizza is simple. In the parking lot in front of the pizzeria on the Antwerpsestraat there will be an order post where you can pass your favorite pizzas to an employee of the business. Then you park the car and your Italian treat is prepared. When the pizza is ready, open the window of your car and take the hot meal with you at the pick-up point. Good to know: cyclists can also pass through the drive-thru.

Work will start from 1 April

The first pile on Antwerpsestraat will be driven into the ground on 1 April. At least, in your mind and something with a frog in your butt. “It would be a fanatic idea for New York Pizza to get a drive-thru, but on April 1st you have to take everything you read with a grain of salt,” Rob jokes. But one lucky accident: the pizzeria will open again from May 2021. And that’s no joke.

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