Barstool Pizza Review - Roma Restaurant (Tuckahoe, NY) - video Dailymotion

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00:00 [Music]

00:19 Alright, Pizza Ruby time, Roma Pizza. Where are we?

00:23 East, um, Chester, I think.

00:28 East Chester?

00:30 Yeah, like West Chester, we're in East Chester.

00:32 Where are we? What town are we in?

00:35 What town are we in? No? No. Bad luck.

00:41 Alright, Roma Pizza. You know, Austin, how sometimes I say it's more about people than it is pizza?

00:50 Roma Pizza, 93 years old. We met the owner, his grandfather started it.

00:56 This is him. This is 1931. That's, right next to us is a community center.

01:04 On the other side of the community center, that's where this was.

01:07 Shop dress guy?

01:08 Oh yeah, oh yeah, well I'll show you even better.

01:11 So, that's that. Here's how they dressed back then.

01:17 That's my father.

01:19 That's what he wore a tie, making the pizza?

01:21 A tie and a shirt underneath his apron.

01:26 My aunt, who was 6 months old when he started.

01:29 My grandmother, who worked in this kitchen until she was 80 years old.

01:33 And then my father, who built this building. He made this business what it is today.

01:38 My grandfather was Ellis Island, and my father was not going to go into the family business.

01:43 It was devastating for my grandfather.

01:46 Because my father wanted a better life.

01:48 I told him I wanted to go into it, I was picking collard greens at the time.

01:51 And he was building this building, and he said, "Please, don't do this."

01:54 He wanted a better life for himself.

01:56 You look in there, it's like you went into the Brady Bunch.

02:01 The decor, the tile, it's got a clientele that you can tell they all know each other.

02:07 People are at the bar hugging the chef. It's a family atmosphere.

02:11 So I love the guy, I love the story.

02:13 They showed the picture of his granddad literally wearing the baker-like jacket with a tie underneath.

02:19 He wore a suit every day.

02:21 What a picture. I love it.

02:24 Maybe you should pick that up and get an honor of wearing a tie to work every day.

02:29 People don't even recognize me without my white tie.

02:33 Imagine wearing a suit to make pies every day. It's crazy.

02:39 Old school, I love it.

02:40 So I just love the whole story, and hopefully I love the pizza.

02:44 Because the story is amazing, and right off the bat, the guy is a great guy.

02:48 Anytime you have a generation that says, "My mother's overeating in the corner, she eats there."

02:54 You made a little joke, he's like, "She doesn't pay, though."

02:57 Even my mother's here right now.

02:59 Where's she at?

03:00 She's in the back. Right there, that first table.

03:03 But she doesn't pay.

03:05 How dare she?

03:06 Every time she comes in, she doesn't pay. I don't get it.

03:09 Everything about it is great.

03:10 Roma pizza. Do you know where we are, Mike?

03:12 Tuckahoe.

03:13 Tuckahoe.

03:14 Tuckahoe.

03:15 Eastchester. Tuckahoe. Roma pizza, 93 years old.

03:18 One bite, everybody knows the rules. I hope it's great.

03:21 Looks like a football pizza.

03:22 [sniffing]

03:28 Football pizza.

03:30 Really good.

03:33 Now, ooh.

03:36 Really good.

03:38 He said, "Me and my brother make the dough every single day."

03:42 Everything is fresh. The cheese, the dough, all of it.

03:44 You can tell.

03:46 93 years this place has been in business.

03:55 The guy is still working the register.

03:57 I'm going...

03:59 [crunching]

04:03 You hear that crisp on the crust?

04:06 [crunching]

04:08 I don't know if you go on camera often.

04:10 The people at the bar, all old, hugging the chef.

04:13 Hugging him.

04:15 Average age of the clientele, probably 60s.

04:19 There are some big family tables.

04:21 This is good food, good people, 7'9".

04:23 7'9". Combine the pizza with the atmosphere, the decor.

04:28 I think his name is Michael, the owner.

04:31 The fact that his granddad came over and was wearing a tie when he made the pizza.

04:35 Yeah, 7'9". 7'9".

04:38 I love this place. I love this place.

04:41 And we're family-oriented.

04:43 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I actually love it.

04:45 You can tell it's got a lot of history.

04:47 People come here and take pictures of the tile.

04:50 Because it's from 44 years ago.

04:52 I love it.

04:53 And we're on this block for over 40 years.

04:56 In this building.

04:58 This whole block was built in 1931.

05:01 This whole town was basically rebuilt.

05:04 People come in here and have two wedges for dinner and a glass of wine.

05:08 And no one's going to go away.

05:10 That's why it's the place that it is.

05:13 I love it.

05:14 It appeals to everyone.

05:15 It's a great store. I love places like this.

05:17 It's my favorite place to visit.

05:19 I'm just sorry I didn't make you the client tonight.

05:22 I just saw one come out. It looked great.

05:24 Oh, no.

05:25 That's what they all say.

05:27 (whooshing)

05:29 [WHOOSH]

Barstool Pizza Review - Roma Restaurant (Tuckahoe, NY)

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