Long Island pizzeria goes viral with saucy videos…
That’s-a one spicy pizzeria!
A Long Island pizza store has gone viral for saucy social media video skits that mercilessly mock dangerous buyer behaviors — with one clip displaying a eating dunce punished with water sprayed in his face.
Phil’s Pizzeria in Syosset has been dramatizing blood-boiling interactions with prospects utilizing some real pie-in-the-face humor packed with colourful language and jokes even spicier than the pink pepper flakes.
The inaugural video — which has gotten over half a million likes — exhibits proprietor Laurino bagging up an order to go while a “customer” performed by a staffer tells him, “that slice was supposed to be stay.”
Anthony Laurino, proprietor of Phil’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, holds a cheese pizza. Stefano Giovannini
Phil’s is having fun with viral success online and has a following growing by the minute. Stefano Giovannini
“Did you say that when you ordered it?” Laurino says in the clip. “Then it ain’t your ‘f—in’ slice, go sit down, I’ll call you when yours is ready.”
Laurino said he and his employees didn’t set out to slice up their own little pizza Internet fame but determined to dramatize the real, routine calamities that occur at the North Shore slice store.
“This one woman orders a house salad without lettuce… a guy comes in and asks for grilled chicken with no grill marks,” Laurino told The Post.
“A person grabbed a plate too soon from a server, obtained a stain on his garments, and called the next day asking for six to seven {dollars} to have his pants cleaned — I’ve no concept where he obtained that quantity from.
“This industry needs a reality show,” he went on. “I tell everybody, ‘you’re not going to believe what happens at work.”
More sort than famed restaurateur Keith McNally, who immediately places dangerous prospects on blast, Laurino and employees never out the precise dangerous prospects — their videos are a bit Hollywood in manufacturing but all New York when it comes to perspective.
“I started keeping a notepad next to the counter to write things down as they happen — and we get new material each day,” Laurino said, including his staff take notes of their own.
Anthony Laurino, proprietor of Phil’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Syosset, and his spouse, Vincenza Laurino. Stefano Giovannini
The inaugural video — which has gotten over half a million likes — exhibits proprietor Laurino bagging up an order to go while a “customer” performed by a staffer tells him, “that slice was supposed to be stay.” Stefano Giovannini
Vincenza Laurino (proper) with Gregory Heinrich (left) filming a skit. Stefano Giovannini
Sassy & saucy
The spicy videos rip of us who refer to sauce as gravy, transfer tables together without asking and discuss low on the telephone — with one focusing on wannabe food influencers groveling for a free meal.
A pair of the worst buyer sins he often sees are when people depart their rubbish on the counter instead of utilizing the pail, which is clearly seen proper next to the door, and those who order their pizza excessively effectively completed.
“It’s not a steak,” he scoffed, including that people who need pineapple pizza are also unbearable.
Another pet peeve, which Laurino filmed Friday, is when hard-of-hearing feminine prospects throw a match when he asks them if they “want a fork” or a spoon — considering he said one thing a lot raunchier.
“It’s gotten to the point I have to say, ‘Would you like a utensil?’” the proprietor said.
The videos have helped Phil’s collect 150,000 Instagram followers and have turn out to be so essential to business that he has enlisted content creator Gregory Heinrich — while Laurino’s spouse, Vincenza, and store supervisor Anthony Corrao play common components.
Corrao often dons the antagonist position and was lately sprayed with a water bottle for taking part in a impolite buyer at the counter. He was also berated as an “animale” for carelessly spilling grated cheese.
Laurino’s “alter ego” — he swears the social media bashing is much from his true, more bubbly persona on the job — is now so iconic that the proprietor was acknowledged while on trip overseas and even appeared on Z100 with Elvis Duran to discuss about grandma pies.
“Meanwhile, I feel like I’m just some donkey that owns a pizzeria,” joked the restaurateur.
Heated reactions
However, while responses to Laurino’s f-bombs and slapstick are overwhelmingly constructive, there are some social media trolls taking issues too far, he said.
Manager Anthony Corrao (proper) and proprietor Anthony Laurino (left) strangling each other for a skit. Stefano Giovannini
The videos have helped Phil’s collect 150,000 Instagram followers and have turn out to be so essential to business that he has enlisted content creator Gregory Heinrich. Stefano Giovannini
Vincenza Laurino, proprietor’s spouse of Phil’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, standing in entrance of a Pepsi fridge. Stefano Giovannini
“One guy wrote, ‘I know the kind of car you drive and I’ll be waiting for you in the parking lot one night,’” said Laurino, who added another individual online tastelessly said he ought to be shot in the neck like conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
“I’ve had to file police reports, I don’t leave here alone at night anymore…if I see a car following me, I won’t go directly home. People get f–king mad, I don’t know why.”
Laurino no longer walks to his car alone while leaving Phil’s for his own security.
However, Laurino said the nice more than outweighs the dangerous, and he’s obtained no plans to stop cooking up content.
“I love what this did for the business, and I just feel it’s only going to get better,” he said. “I’m hungry for what’s next.”
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