Tony’s New York Pizza has moved and held a reopening ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new location 8891 Centreville Road in Manassas.
- Owners Giuseppe “Joe” D’Agostino, and his father Antonio “Tony” D’Agostino, and city mayor Hall Parrish II held the scissors to cut the red ribbon on Thursday, November 21.
Customers, family members, and city officials who have been with Tony’s family for almost 30 years enjoyed the restaurant’s new interior improvement.
- “Thanks for many many years of patronage; and I hope they like the new store we have opened up with,” said D’Angelo.
Customers gawked when they walked into the new restaurant. Located nearby the eatery’s old location on Mathis Avenue, the new restaurant moves from its old location in the Manassas Shopping Center, is larger, and has more seating.
- Family memorabilia is on display throughout the new eatery.
The restaurant is known for its Italian all pasta and pizza, and also serves seafood.
- Combination specials include homemade pizza with sausage, opinions, green peppers between $18-13 on 11-16-inch pizzas.
- City manager Patrick Gate says this is the go-to place. Seafood pasta is to drool over, he adds.
So, what’s in the name? Tony’s New York Pizza is a family-owned restaurant for the past three generations.
- The name started as a memory of their family’s hometown in Nepal Sicily. When Antonio “Tony” D’Agostino came with his uncle, Sal, they set up Sal’s Pizzeria in New York City.
- The place grew in popularity and, eventually, they moved to Manassas and set up the former Geovanni restaurant on Mathis Avenue.
- In 1989, D’Agostino split from most of his sons.
- They renamed the restaurant Tony’s New York Pizza after the father.
Tony’s New York Pizza has been in Manassas for 32 years, and he says they couldn’t have done it without their customers.
- “Mathis, the old store, really was a flagship; and, we wanted to make sure it stood out,” said D’Angelo [Our customers]They’ve been good to us; and [by relocating], it’s our way of keeping a good gem in Manassas.”
Tony’s New York Pizza is on the corner of Liberia and Centreville Manassas Junction Shopping Plaza.
- They’re open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
The Tony’s relocation comes as several businesses in the Manassas Shopping Center on Mathis Avenue have announced their closure.
- Potomac Local recently spoke with city leaders about their vision for a redeveloped Mathis Avenue corridor.
