200 locations throughout the country primarily in malls, airports, outlet centers and casino’s

What started in 1964 as a tiny pizzeria next to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City has grown into an international organization with over 300 locations and 5 restaurant concepts offering an array of flavors and tastes pleasing to most every consumer.

Villa Pizza, our flagship concept, was the vision of our founder Michele Scotto. When Michele came to America, from his homeland of Naples, Italy, he dreamed of opening a pizzeria where he could continue to practice the craft he had learned back home working in the restaurants and cruise ships in and around Naples.

He set out to realize his dream by adhering to the time honored cooking processes and authentic recipes of old world Italy. This coupled with genuine hospitality and a strict devotion to preparing products every day with the freshest possible ingredients would become the driving force behind Villa’s future success.

Throughout the remainder of the 1960s’ and into the 1970’s the organization would continue to grow, slowly laying the foundation for the Villa Pizza we now know. The standards Michele was so passionate about adhering to were working with great success and his dream was coming to fruition.

Michele’s sons, Biagio and Anthony Scotto, would join the company in the1990’s initiating another growth phase and increasing the size of the company to 100 locations.

Villa’s controlled growth pattern over those years yielded some very important outcomes. The first of which was their ability to ensure a consistently superior product due to their vast knowledge of restaurant operations and their “Made Fresh Daily” approach. The second, was the financial discipline they were able to exercise allowing them the freedom to expand via acquisitions and organic growth.