He'd need to make 50 pizzas per day for 50 years to reach 1,000,000 - He said "easily" so what he's at 70 per day? Thats one every 6 minutes or so, 10 hours a day for 50 years - Nope.
@@nuck- probably pyramid scheme math. It's his pizzas plus everyone under him. He is the owner so that would make sense. "He" as in "his restaurant" I think. Now that I think about it
As a person whose currently involved in the project management of a larger pizza franchise that's branching out this year into Brooklyn (and other residential areas on the greater New York metropolitan area) - I do agree that the family businesses have certainly their place in the city. But I certainly find a lot of value in bringing more work opportunities for people by instilling a larger chain of restaurants into various parts of the city also! We have currently acquired real estate contracts in various parts of the city for 14 restaurants - and seeing the current trend in the restaurant market, our number will likely keep growing. New York is certainly a pizza lovers town, and we are proud in bringing a great and unforgettable pizza experience for people to enjoy!
Hey corporate drone how are you bringing in “more work opportunities” if your franchise is buying up all the real estate contracts? That just means more workers for your company. It doesn’t actually increase someone’s chance of finding work. It decreases it. Because the more real estate your franchise acquires the less there will be for other companies including the small family businesses. Meaning less places to find work. You say family business has their place in the city. Would that place happen to be under your thumb? Corporations are a disease and a deadly one at that.
@@GoldStorage-uv6le not sure if this is a joke but pizza is the most popular food in the world for good reason, quick, cheap, simple, completely customizable
I was at Luigi's 50th Anniversary celebration this past Sunday. His pizza is over the top great. Gio looks like an athlete lately. How he slimmed down with all that delicious pizza, no one knows. Keep going Brother. Many thanks to Joe M. for introducing me to Gio, Joe's friend from schooldays.
He's such a nice guy. Whenever I'm working a route in Parkslope I try to grab a couple of slices. Great and affordable pizza I love that he never jacked the price up even though his pizza is worthy of it.
I could cry, Luigi’s is the best slice I’ve ever had. So thin and so flavorful, Gio was in there slinging pies like it was nothing. Cash register from 1942
My family and I traveled from Texas to try Luigi's, and their fresh mozzarella slice is one of the best things I've ever had in my life. It was so good we ordered a third slice to go, and shook his hand on the way out.
Left Luigis a couple of hours ago and the pizza was amazing. Gio was a super nice guy and talked with me and my wife for a while. We were visiting from Florida and me being born and raised in Brooklyn wanted to eat some REAL pizza. Thanks again for some awesome pizza and for your friendly conversation.
When I see things like this, I really feel like you guys are blessed. In Korea, most pizzerias use factory dough, so when you order a pizza and eat it in a restaurant, you're eating a pizza that looks like plastic with a perfectly circular crust. There are very few restaurants where the pizzaiola rolls out the dough by hand and makes the pizza on a marble surface. Even in Seoul. I'm so jealous of you guys
this is exactly who you want telling you where to get food in you're borough, this dude is happier when others are. i bet this place is somewhere that people not only travel over an hour for, but also one that see's hundred's of regulars every other day.
Was just there this week and got to talk with Gio a bit. What an amazing guy. Meeting someone like that, a guy who could've raised prices 75-100% after his viral fame, but choose to keep it the same for all of us working people, is a guy to be celebrated. Couldn't have happened to a better man, and a better family. Chin don!!!
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." -- Bruce Lee. Practice makes perfect!
I was skeptical about the million pizzas title on this, so I did the math even before watching it. I thought 50 pies a day was pretty good for a busy pizza shop and that rate it would take 50 years to make a million. I didn't think the guy even looked 50 so I thought definitely no way. But then yeah he opened his shop exactly 50 years ago and has been making pies since he was 11 so the math is on his side, and time and a pizza diet too since he doesn't look a day over 49. I'm thinking I should eat more pizza.
50 pies a day would be a very slow shop. The shop I used to work at would do about 250 orders on a friday, each order would be at least one pie, often orders would be 3 or 4 or sometimes you would get a big order in the morning for 8-20 pizzas, figure out the average of that over 250 orders, and that's just standard box pies that doesn't include the house pies you make for the showcase and the square pies you proof for hours every day. I'm in Florida, a shop like this in NY could expect to be busier than that.
@@absoluteabsence5973 From what we see here they have one make station, which means he's the only one making pies. The numbers I listed were what I would make myself.
@@AI-mg3hy I haven't been making pizzas as many years as him so maybe I haven't hit 1 million yet but he definitely has. I've definitely done hundreds of thousands.
Luigi's has been my #1 pizza spot for the last several years. I'm from Brooklyn and still live here. I detest hipster pizza and care less for people who are not from NYC who are quick to assert their outside opinions about real pizza. It doesn't get any better than this. Real Brooklynites know...
I tried doing the math because I didn't buy the 1 000 000 pizzas thing but I think it checks out: If they make 200 pizzas a day (let's say they're open 12hrs a day), that's 16 pizzas an hour or a pizza around every 4 minutes - probably an overestimation but still correct within the same order of magnitude. If they are open 360 days a year (I'll exclude Christmas and/or health and safety inspection days, etc), that's 72 000 pies in a year (!). So according to these calculations, it only took them 15 years to reach a million pizzas! As I mentioned, the 200 pizzas a day thing is probably exaggerated, but even if it was 100 pizzas/day, that's still more than feasible in 30 years, which fits the story very easily!
Luigis is one of the few places where you order a fresh pie, take a bite, and crave the next bite and crave the next bite, and crave the next bite. I silently ate half a large pizza by myself and still was craving more. They 100% deserve their accolades, when you think "new york pizza" the slice you are expecting comes from Luigi's.
I was able to visit Luigi's, I didn't order for 15 mins I just watch Gio make pizza, and then my wife and I ordered two pies and we watched him work for about another hour. It was great
I love how Dave Portnoy’s reviews can change the lives of the owners. Massive respect to both the pizza maker and Dave for putting people on🤲🏼💪🏼 one bite everyone knows the rules💯
Did you make 70 pizzas a day for 40 years, 12 months a year, 30 days a month with no days off? No you didn’t. I don’t understand why one would lie about this. Nonsense. Nobody would lie about this. I actually did the math and this guy probably made quite some more. Crazy stuff.
What a great guy. He owns his pizzeria mortgage free, complete freehold, could sell his place for millions in Brooklyn…but maintains a $2.50 price per slice to do what he loves and to help his community.
I walked in to Luigi’s and ordered a pie because that’s what I do lol no slices and I’m fit not fat 😅. I looked at Gio and he gave me a look like 😏 “what’s up guy” I noded and said how ya doooooin and walked out munchin on that gaaaaas pizza! Love it and I work near by 😭
1,000,000 Pizzas by hand, assuming it took a total (from time of prep to time of cut) of 20 minutes a pie, that would be 20,000,000 minutes. That equates to ~333,332 hours, which is ~13,888 days or ~38 years of continuous pie making.
We used to cut last period in high school down the block and hide at Luigi’s pizzeria in the back until dismissal time 😂 He’s a good guy with stories for days His pizzas are uniquely his your not going to find it the same way he makes it God bless him and his family
these are the pizza pies I grew up on 100 Italian no frills' pizza we used to call our pizza guy Johnny" Johnny let me get a slice" right on the corner of Dyckman street and Post Ave NY NY
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You should do the same interview with Papa John 😂. He's probably made 2 million that guy.
He'd need to make 50 pizzas per day for 50 years to reach 1,000,000 - He said "easily" so what he's at 70 per day? Thats one every 6 minutes or so, 10 hours a day for 50 years - Nope.
@@nuck- probably pyramid scheme math. It's his pizzas plus everyone under him.
He is the owner so that would make sense. "He" as in "his restaurant" I think. Now that I think about it
@@religionisapoison2413
Even if its him and 10 staff, its 1 pizza every 5-6min for 50 years straight 0 days off.
He would have to have made well over 46 pizzas every single day for over 60 years to make 1,000,000 pizzas. That's questionable.
This guy is genuinely in love with pizza. Nothing like loving your work man
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Yea but they sent the wrong interviewer
But only papa J has eaten 40 pizzas in 30 days.
When you Naturally love 💚what you & have an Affinity for it, Success Will Follow ➡, It will never feel like work cause you get up with that Fire 🔥.
is not just pizza hes old school brooklyn too wich makes the pizza even better
Vice needs to bring The Pizza Show back.
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Frank was great
1,000%
Why did they stop The Pizza Show?
Yes please, GOATED SHOW
Small family businesses like this are the heart of any city or town. Gotta love people who do it from the heart! 🇮🇹
As a person whose currently involved in the project management of a larger pizza franchise that's branching out this year into Brooklyn (and other residential areas on the greater New York metropolitan area) - I do agree that the family businesses have certainly their place in the city. But I certainly find a lot of value in bringing more work opportunities for people by instilling a larger chain of restaurants into various parts of the city also!
We have currently acquired real estate contracts in various parts of the city for 14 restaurants - and seeing the current trend in the restaurant market, our number will likely keep growing. New York is certainly a pizza lovers town, and we are proud in bringing a great and unforgettable pizza experience for people to enjoy!
Hey corporate drone
how are you bringing in
“more work opportunities”
if your franchise is buying up
all the real estate contracts?
That just means more workers for your company. It doesn’t actually increase someone’s chance of finding work. It decreases it.
Because the more real estate your franchise acquires the less there will be for other companies including the small family businesses. Meaning less places to find work.
You say family business has their place in the city. Would that place happen to be under your thumb?
Corporations are a disease
and a deadly one at that.
@@mrsticky005
Get a job.
Stop mooching.
I never get tired of pizza videos. Pizza isn't fair when you play the "one food for life game", because it's an entire meal, I love pizza
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Never had pizza how is it
@@GoldStorage-uv6le not sure if this is a joke but pizza is the most popular food in the world for good reason, quick, cheap, simple, completely customizable
@@spjr99 no not a joke never saw any1 eat pizza where I live
@@GoldStorage-uv6le where do you live?
I was at Luigi's 50th Anniversary celebration this past Sunday. His pizza is over the top great. Gio looks like an athlete lately. How he slimmed down with all that delicious pizza, no one knows. Keep going Brother. Many thanks to Joe M. for introducing me to Gio, Joe's friend from schooldays.
That’s awesome that he’s losing weight, we need people like him to be around a long time
Should’ve seen him back in the day! He was a smooth looking Italian cat with the gold chain and clean hair! Best pizza in NYC!
As someone who loves what they do for a living just as much as Gino, when he said “It’s not work for me I come here to hang out,” I felt that.
*Gio but yeah thats a great way to look at work
@@poindextertunes Gino Gio, Potato Potahto
What's ya job
@@ro5588 medical courier
@@thecookster23 my man
He's such a nice guy. Whenever I'm working a route in Parkslope I try to grab a couple of slices. Great and affordable pizza I love that he never jacked the price up even though his pizza is worthy of it.
I could cry, Luigi’s is the best slice I’ve ever had. So thin and so flavorful, Gio was in there slinging pies like it was nothing. Cash register from 1942
Luigis is such a gem and Gio is such a wonderful person. So glad to see them getting all this recognition.
he is good boy good boy yes sir
"When you are a regular at a family place you are a part of the family " This is just facts
I live around the corner from luigi's ... gio a legend always and forever
My family and I traveled from Texas to try Luigi's, and their fresh mozzarella slice is one of the best things I've ever had in my life. It was so good we ordered a third slice to go, and shook his hand on the way out.
Please bring back the pizza show !!!
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Been here a few times, he’s super genuine and yes, he serves up one heckuva slice.
For those who thought Pizza was exclusively Italian. You should look up Scandinavian traditional Pizza. ( Tunnbröd ) as its called.
I hope this never dies
You,me and other REAL FELLOW NYC natives!
Genuine pure human interaction. What an amazing thing to see. That man is very humble and down to earth. I bet that’s the best pizza in America.
I so appreciate these great craftsmen, congratulations maestro! greetings from Rome, Italy
Love his attitude and demeanor, keep making good pies man, hope your business thrives!
This is the best video I’ve seen in a while. Excellent work!
This dude has found the secret to life. Love his enthusiasm!
Left Luigis a couple of hours ago and the pizza was amazing. Gio was a super nice guy and talked with me and my wife for a while. We were visiting from Florida and me being born and raised in Brooklyn wanted to eat some REAL pizza. Thanks again for some awesome pizza and for your friendly conversation.
When I see things like this, I really feel like you guys are blessed.
In Korea, most pizzerias use factory dough, so when you order a pizza and eat it in a restaurant, you're eating a pizza that looks like plastic with a perfectly circular crust.
There are very few restaurants where the pizzaiola rolls out the dough by hand and makes the pizza on a marble surface.
Even in Seoul. I'm so jealous of you guys
Good to know people like this still exist. Everyone's chasing dollars, we forget to enjoy the moment every once in a while.
That face and accent - you know he's legit. Also, the pizza looks absolutely perfect.
100% love a good mom and pop pizza shop! Where ever i go, you always have a trusted barber, doctor, and a pizza shop!
Was just here yesterday!! Iconic spot.
this is exactly who you want telling you where to get food in you're borough, this dude is happier when others are. i bet this place is somewhere that people not only travel over an hour for, but also one that see's hundred's of regulars every other day.
I love his passion! You hang out, love what you do!
Was just there this week and got to talk with Gio a bit. What an amazing guy. Meeting someone like that, a guy who could've raised prices 75-100% after his viral fame, but choose to keep it the same for all of us working people, is a guy to be celebrated. Couldn't have happened to a better man, and a better family. Chin don!!!
As someone from New England. We love our pizza pies, and it’s one of my weekly staples. Boston to New York. Best pizzas.
Native New Yorker from Bensonhurst Brooklyn born and raised luigis is one of my favorite pizza places in Brooklyn and gino is a paisan
Grew up in a neighborhood Italian joint called Isadore's Pizzaria in Cincinnati, shouts to the whole Isadore family and Joe Isadore, great man.
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." -- Bruce Lee. Practice makes perfect!
please bring back frank & the pizza show, sincerely everyone.
really happy Gio lost weight!! best slice in nyc. period.
You need to send Frank back on the road doing things like this. The Pizza Show was amazing.
This man is living the dream!! You can't put a price on loving going to work every day!!
Vice and munchies need to bring back Frank and these pizza shows. Inspiration for all
Bring back this show dude, it would go crazy
I could of watched this for hours. Really great content!
My dad had a mule so he was "somebody"....... freaking priceless.....😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
50 years, working 300 days a year, 65 pizzas a day.
Million pies. Crazy
Portnoy gave this guy a 9.3
I was skeptical about the million pizzas title on this, so I did the math even before watching it. I thought 50 pies a day was pretty good for a busy pizza shop and that rate it would take 50 years to make a million. I didn't think the guy even looked 50 so I thought definitely no way. But then yeah he opened his shop exactly 50 years ago and has been making pies since he was 11 so the math is on his side, and time and a pizza diet too since he doesn't look a day over 49. I'm thinking I should eat more pizza.
50 pies a day would be a very slow shop. The shop I used to work at would do about 250 orders on a friday, each order would be at least one pie, often orders would be 3 or 4 or sometimes you would get a big order in the morning for 8-20 pizzas, figure out the average of that over 250 orders, and that's just standard box pies that doesn't include the house pies you make for the showcase and the square pies you proof for hours every day. I'm in Florida, a shop like this in NY could expect to be busier than that.
@@Dragomire so how many pies would you say you've made?
@@Dragomire hes talking about himself making 50 Pies a day, not the whole azz shop.
@@absoluteabsence5973 From what we see here they have one make station, which means he's the only one making pies. The numbers I listed were what I would make myself.
@@AI-mg3hy I haven't been making pizzas as many years as him so maybe I haven't hit 1 million yet but he definitely has. I've definitely done hundreds of thousands.
What the title forgets to mention is that not only did he make a million pizzas, he made a million of the best pizzas you can get in New York!
a place untouched by time is special.....i like that kind of stuff
Great video, thanks for posting
Luigi's has been my #1 pizza spot for the last several years. I'm from Brooklyn and still live here. I detest hipster pizza and care less for people who are not from NYC who are quick to assert their outside opinions about real pizza. It doesn't get any better than this. Real Brooklynites know...
I tried doing the math because I didn't buy the 1 000 000 pizzas thing but I think it checks out:
If they make 200 pizzas a day (let's say they're open 12hrs a day), that's 16 pizzas an hour or a pizza around every 4 minutes - probably an overestimation but still correct within the same order of magnitude.
If they are open 360 days a year (I'll exclude Christmas and/or health and safety inspection days, etc), that's 72 000 pies in a year (!). So according to these calculations, it only took them 15 years to reach a million pizzas!
As I mentioned, the 200 pizzas a day thing is probably exaggerated, but even if it was 100 pizzas/day, that's still more than feasible in 30 years, which fits the story very easily!
Those pizzas look delicious
Love his enthusiasm
He’s the pizza whisperer. Respect.
A man in his element, it’s a beautiful thing.
When your name is Luigi you ether have to open a pizzeria or a plumbing business with your brother.
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Luigis is one of the few places where you order a fresh pie, take a bite, and crave the next bite and crave the next bite, and crave the next bite. I silently ate half a large pizza by myself and still was craving more. They 100% deserve their accolades, when you think "new york pizza" the slice you are expecting comes from Luigi's.
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I’m a guy from Toronto, gotta visit Gio when I’m in New York!👌🏻
I was able to visit Luigi's, I didn't order for 15 mins I just watch Gio make pizza, and then my wife and I ordered two pies and we watched him work for about another hour.
It was great
“It’s not work for me” is the key
I love how Dave Portnoy’s reviews can change the lives of the owners. Massive respect to both the pizza maker and Dave for putting people on🤲🏼💪🏼 one bite everyone knows the rules💯
Best Pizza is really good and I like the fact Frank is asking for tips on how to make a better pizza
Bring the show back!
I love these people. Real good doing authentic Americans.
Luigi's is a classic, Dave also gave it a 9.3
Mi tondo il cappello e saluto Luigi. 🫡🇮🇹
Dave put this place on the map
Did you make 70 pizzas a day for 40 years, 12 months a year, 30 days a month with no days off? No you didn’t. I don’t understand why one would lie about this. Nonsense. Nobody would lie about this. I actually did the math and this guy probably made quite some more. Crazy stuff.
What a great guy. He owns his pizzeria mortgage free, complete freehold, could sell his place for millions in Brooklyn…but maintains a $2.50 price per slice to do what he loves and to help his community.
BRING. THE. PIZZA. SHOW. BACK.
Love old school slice shops like this
S L I C E
Pres gave Luigis a monster score
I had luigis last night so good 😊
I grew up in the Bronx. I live in Texas. Dang, I miss this !!!!!
Vice I love y’all 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽❤️
Makes me want a pizza now 😋
I could dead ass just watch episode after episode of pizza shops
Can i touch the crust?
Stay out of the middle!
dude was only hitting the middle until that point loll
GO and watch Dave’s review on this. It’s SO worth it.
I met Gio a few weeks ago. My first stop when I come back from Ohio when I come home.
Gio sounds like he's in an episode of Family Guy where Peter Griffin has a New York accent making pizzas
The pizza looks incredible I'm READY!
It would take 68 pizzas a day for 40 years to make a million pizzas
I walked in to Luigi’s and ordered a pie because that’s what I do lol no slices and I’m fit not fat 😅. I looked at Gio and he gave me a look like 😏 “what’s up guy” I noded and said how ya doooooin and walked out munchin on that gaaaaas pizza! Love it and I work near by 😭
I love these pizza shows
I love this Guy I will New York to come try this Pizza
working in a restraunt and making the food that you genuinely want to make , is the dream.
Please bring back the pizza show
Bring this show back plleeeassee. Maybe expand it to all Italian food
Old school the man is a legend
I dont want this guy touching my crust 😂
9.4 that's your review!
1,000,000 Pizzas by hand, assuming it took a total (from time of prep to time of cut) of 20 minutes a pie, that would be 20,000,000 minutes. That equates to ~333,332 hours, which is ~13,888 days or ~38 years of continuous pie making.
Nobody
Americans: pie
It is a pizza not a pie, a pie is what Americans call a birthday cake, same with football, they call football socker😂
We used to cut last period in high school down the block and hide at Luigi’s pizzeria in the back until dismissal time 😂
He’s a good guy with stories for days
His pizzas are uniquely his your not going to find it the same way he makes it
God bless him and his family
these are the pizza pies I grew up on 100 Italian no frills' pizza we used to call our pizza guy Johnny" Johnny let me get a slice" right on the corner of Dyckman street and Post Ave NY NY
that is exactly the pie I think of when I imagine a new york pizza
El Presidente gave this place a massive score of 9.3. Their pizza must be real good.
Thin crust no flop. Looks incredible.
This was so much fun to watch!! 🍕