Business Profile: Mima’s Pizzeria, Yorktown
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Putnam Valley resident Agron Kryeziu, manager of Mima’s Pizzeria in Yorktown, explained last week the origins of the name of the new eatery, which opened in Turco’s Plaza four weeks ago.
Mima is another way to say grandma, he said last week. But there is another reason for the name of the restaurant, Kryeziu said. The family that owns Mima’s also owns other restaurants with the name Nonna’s that are located in Putnam Valley, Buchanan and Wappingers.
And there is a second reason why the name of the pizzeria is Mima’s, Kryeziu said. “We couldn’t name this Nonna’s because there is another Nonna’s across the street” in Yorktown, which was sold by the owners of Mima’s, he said, noting Mima and Nonna “have the same meaning.”
Mima’s has a large menu. The pizza is prepared in both gas and brick ovens. The brick oven makes the pizza crust crisp, Kryeziu said. The pizza first goes into a gas oven and is later transferred into a brick oven where the baking it is finished off, Kryeziu said.
Some of the most popular pizzas sold at Mima’s are grandmas, which is square and thin crusted; the Classic Margherita, a thin and crisp pizza, which includes fresh mozzarella and basil; and Buffalo chicken, Kryeziu said. Cold pizzas are also sold. “Everything is homemade” including the sauces at Mima’s, which are prepared daily, he said.
Though it is called a pizzeria, Mima’s also offers a wide variety of other choices, including appetizers, wraps, soups, salads, hot and cold sandwiches, as well as pastas, chicken, veal and seafood dishes.
Some of the most popular dishes aside from pizza are Penne Ala Vodka, which is an offering the restaurant is known for, and Chicken Sorrentino, which is prepared with prosciutto, eggplant and melted mozzarella in a white wine tomato sauce; which is one of his favorites, Kryeziu said.
Some of his favorite specialty pasta dishes include Penne Rustica, which includes broccoli, sundried tomatoes and chicken cooked with garlic and oil, which is a healthy option, and spaghetti with calamari.
Most of the desserts offered are homemade. The restaurant also has a catering service and many discounts for catered meals and many coupons on its paper menus.
The four-table restaurant is a popular take-out location and it also delivers. “We deliver all day every day,” Kryeziu said. “To be the best pizza shop in Yorktown, that is our goal.”
Mima’s Pizzeria is located at 368 Downing Drive (in Turco’s Plaza) in Yorktown. For more information, call 914-352-6777.
