Lou Cobello is a former builder who got here out of retirement in 2007 to open a pizzeria along with his spouse (Scarlet, a.okay.a. Mimi), son (Lou, Jr.) and daughter (Tara). Situated in Savannah, Georgia, Lou’s small New Jersey-style store, Screamin’ Mimi’s Pizza & Subs, specializes in contemporary components atop a hand-tossed crust. We stuck up with Lou all the way through the Excursion de Pizza prevent at Screamin’ Mimi’s in June.
PT: You’ve advanced rather a name in Savannah reasonably briefly, haven’t you?
LC: Neatly, there wasn’t anything else like this right here sooner than we opened. We had some other store a number of years in the past in New Jersey, so we already had the recipes and the whole lot like that down beautiful just right … Other folks just like the pizza. We’ve gotten some just right, unswerving shoppers.
PT: What’s the name of the game?
LC: You simply gotta deal with folks just right and provides ‘em just right meals. That’s it. That’s all there’s to it. They prefer to look the homeowners. We’re right here, we communicate to them, we all know their names. That’s necessary.
PT: Do it’s important to marketplace and promote it aggressively whilst you do this?
LC: No longer in point of fact. We don’t do a lot promoting. It’s about figuring out the shoppers and having just right relationships with them. We take a seat down with our shoppers. That’s what helps to keep them coming again. We’ve constructed this thru referrals, phrase of mouth.
PT: How would you describe your pizza?
LC: It’s Jersey-style. We do massive pies and outsized slices. We stay it easy. That’s one of the simplest ways to do it.
PT: Why did you make a decision to become involved with the Excursion de Pizza?
LC: It was once a great way to get our identify in entrance of the group and do one thing a laugh for the group. It’s been a in point of fact a laugh time having those guys (from the Excursion de Pizza) right here.
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