The pizzeria behind Josh Harts viral slice…
This pizza’s so good it stopped MSG site visitors.
The males behind the now-famous pizza supply to Knicks guard Josh Hart — who went viral for nonchalantly chowing down on a slice during his postgame press convention Thursday — told The Post how they managed to get 16 pies into Madison Square Garden during the big sport.
“It was like running the 400-meter dash. We had to just pass it and go, because the streets were flooded,” said L’industrie Pizzeria co-owner Nick Baglivo.
“We pulled up in the middle of the street on Eighth Avenue and an MSG team member met us … It was a typical New York moment.”
Baglivo personally delivered Hart’s order with his fellow L’industrie co-owner Massimo Laveglia.
“We didn’t even step inside Madison Square Garden,” Laveglia said.
“We were watching the game in my car,” Baglivo added.
The pies have been made in their West Village location and executed around 9 p.m. — which gave them enough time to get them to MSG, which took half-hour.
“We tried to time it to get it as hot as possible, so we got there eight minutes before the fourth quarter,” Baglivo said.
L’industrie Pizzeria co-owners Massimo Laveglia and Nick Baglivo made the now-famous supply. Teddy Wolff
They acquired it there with lots of time to spare for Hart’s postgame pizza social gathering.
After the crew defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, Hart — who just had his best playoff sport ever with 26 factors, seven assists and 4 rebounds — even supplied a piece to his teammate Karl-Anthony Towns, asking him, “Are you a crust guy?”
L’industrie fed the complete crew — and gave them lots of choices to fulfill their postgame appetites.
“We did three Margherita, three New Yorker [pepperoni, spicy sausage and ricotta], three Burrata, two pepperoni, two Fig Jam and two Tartufo,” Laveglia explained.
The duo acquired the 16 pies to Madison Square Garden “eight minutes before the fourth quarter,” Baglivo said. Teddy Wolff
They even despatched some candy treats.
“For dessert, we did one tray of Millefoglie, two olive oil cakes and one tray of pistachio tres leches.”
Hart has been identified to stop by L’industrie — which has three places in the West Village, Little Italy and Williamsburg.
“He came to the Brooklyn shop a couple of times at night, obviously the staff recognized him,” Baglivo said.
Hart has been noticed at the pizzeria’s Williamsburg location. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
In January, the Knicks star took to X to ask if somebody had a connection there, due to the long wait to get inside.
“Who got the connect at L’Industrie? Line be too crazy,” he wrote.
“After we saw the message, we DMed him on Instagram and we shared the contact and pretty much that’s it. Then he asked for pizza a couple of times and if we could deliver the pizza for after the game,” Laveglia explained.
“But this was the first time we delivered it to the Garden.”
Baglivo mirrored on the quintessential New York second.
“When New York’s winning, there’s nothing better than getting a big win and enjoying a slice.”
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