Local pizzeria reopens after celebrity buys them new luxury kitchen equipment

A viral pizza review broke the ovens of this new pizzeria, but the shop is officially back up & running after the person who reviewed it but them a new oven.

When David Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, scored Artisan Pizza Cafe, newly opened at 91 E. 5th Ave., at an 8.1 for his One Bite review, lines were out the door. This score is tied or highest ever here in town. Columbus, and Portnoy, were absolutely loving Artisans’ Neopolitan-style pizzas.

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That is, until Artisan Pizza Cafe could no longer make them. 

Their pizza oven, which is the heart of their entire business, called it quits on them, and the owner Jasmin Ahmed announced they had to close the pizza-side of the business. People have been calling her every single day asking when they’ll be selling pizza again.

Well, that day has come. Thanks to Portnoy buying her a new oven and helping arrange a reopening, Artisan Pizza Cafe officially reopened yesterday, this time, with an incredible new oven.

“The oven [he bought] is like a Lamborghini,” Jasmine graciously told 614Now. “It’s from Italy, from one of the largest, oldest companies. It’s a badass oven, and so expensive.”

David even posted it on his own Facebook account, garnering more likes than most of his other posts.

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