PITTSTON — A New York City pizza shop is opening a location in Pittston – and another is being eyed for Kingston.
The owners of Grandma’s One Pizza of Bleecker Street in Manhattan are busy renovating a storefront on South Main Street in Pittston with plans to open by the end of February.
Mike Elsherbini, 40, one of the Grandma’s One business partners, said he decided to open in Pittston because he has a friend who lives there that he frequently visits.
“I saw the potential Pittston has. And the landlord offered us a great location,” Elsherbini said. “Pittston deserves a good pizza from New York — a good New York-style pizza and good friends.”
Grandma’s One Pizza is slated to open at 14 S. Main St., the site of the former Grace & Park women’s clothing shop.
Construction of Grandma’s One Pizza, opening soon on S. Main St. in Pittston on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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Construction of Grandma’s One Pizza, opening soon on S. Main St. in Pittston on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (JASON ARDAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Elsherbini said he and his partners, mostly family members, are each involved in multiple pizza places in the New York area are looking forward to opening in Northeast Pennsylvania. He said he’s in negotiations to another another location in Kingston, but the details are still being worked out.
“It’s a family business. Our recipes come from back in the old country, the homeland,” Elsherbini said, who described his family as half Italian and half Central American. “The reason we call it ‘Grandma’s One’ is because our grandmother taught us how to make bread. When we came to New York, we put sauce on the bread to make pizza.”