Artichoke Pizza

A small sampling of Artichoke Pizza employees and customers were recently interviewed, in which the employees at the newly established Artichoke Pizza in New York, located at 111 MacDougal St. expressed that this store is not yet as popular as the original Artichoke Pizza located at 328 East 14th St.
The two employees interviewed at the Artichoke Pizza on 14th Street both believe that the Artichoke Pizza on MacDougal is gaining a lot of business, however, the two employees that work at the new Artichoke Pizza suppose that the stores location is still widely unknown. The new Artichoke only opened in November but due to its prime location near several bars and the New York University campus, there’s hope that this store will be as popular as the original.
James Lettera, 27, from West Point, CT works at the new Artichoke Pizza. He stated that, “This area is a perfect location for the store. We’re next to several bars and the NYU campus is close too, but seeing that we only opened in November we’re currently not getting as many customers as the original Artichoke, which has been around for three years.”
Artichoke employee from Senegal, West Africa, 25, who goes by the name Spider, originally worked at the Artichoke Pizza on 14th Street and is now working at the store on MacDougal. With his thick accent he stated that, “The Artichoke on 14th always has a really long line on weekend nights when everyone’s drunk and looking for a late night bite. I think as time goes on though that this Artichoke will be more popular than the original.”
14th Street customer and NYU student, Cameron Javadi, 20, from Washington D.C. has eaten at both Artichoke Pizzas and explains that “the pizza at both Artichoke’s is exactly the same but the store on 14th is well known.”
Despite this last remark, when the Artichoke Pizza on MacDougal first opened, an article was published on Nov. 28, in the Washington Square News, by Julie Devito, stating that, “The longest line on MacDougal isn't for some new bar or Sam Sifton's favorite restaurant, but for the latest addition to the Artichoke Basille Pizza family.”
When 14th Street Artichoke employee, Christina Peralta, 20, from Mineola, NY was asked to give her opinion about the new Artichoke Pizza on MacDougal Street, she stated, “I’m happy to see that we’re expanding our store. The Artichoke over there is getting popular and has been having a lot of customers since it opened.”
In an article written on Nov. 30 about the Artichoke Pizza on McDougal, blogger for the Village Voice, Lauren Shockey, confirms that the stores “already doing brisk business selling slices until the wee hours of the morning (like the other locations, it's open until 5 a.m.).
Peralta sees a bright future for Artichoke Pizza. “We’ll be gaining many customers in all our stores being opened across the U.S. We recently opened an Artichoke in Vegas, and if we remain successful we may be opening a booth at Giant Stadium. My fingers are crossed!”