{"id":481825,"date":"2025-12-31T06:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481825\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T06:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:58:11","slug":"famous-pizza-chain-sallys-apizza-eyes-san-antonio-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481825\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous pizza chain Sally&#8217;s Apizza eyes San Antonio expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio is about to get a taste of New Haven, Connecticut. Famous pizzeria <a href=\"https:\/\/sallysapizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sally\u2019s Apizza<\/a>, beloved by celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Gwyneth Paltrow, is eyeing San Antonio as part of a 45-restaurant Texas expansion starting in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Sally&#8217;s Brand Advisor Christian Bonaventura confirms that Sally\u2019s is scouting real estate in San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Austin as part of a growth strategy to open 255 new restaurants across 12 states. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sallysapizza.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SA-Location-Development_2026_V1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-term goal<\/a> is for the chain to spread to 1,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas represents the ideal next chapter for Sally\u2019s,\u201d says Bonaventura in a statement. \u201cAs you well know, these cities all have strong foodie cultures and Texans have long-ago embraced other elevated, dine-in, craft casual concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1938 by Salvatore Consiglio, a nephew of legendary pizzaiolo Frank Pepe, Sally\u2019s has long been one of the most talked about restaurants in the U.S. Its signature apizza (pronounced &#8220;ah-BEETZ,&#8221; with the emphasis on the second syllable) is known for its irregular, hand-stretched, and intentionally well-done coal-fired crust.<\/p>\n<p>The distinct style has made Sally\u2019s a cultural phenomenon. It has been the subject of a museum exhibit and documentary, and in 2022, Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports ranked it at the top of his list of the top <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1491510347911491584\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">10 pizza places in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, there is the celebrity connection. The original location sports a collection of signed pizza boxes from guests like Conan O&#8217;Brien, Pete Davidson, and Brooklyn Beckham. The other locations have a more Mid-century Modern feel with full cocktail bars and music memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p>Although Sally\u2019s will begin its Texas takeover in 2026, the company has not yet released a timeline or targeted neighborhoods. We will keep following the story as specific locations are confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio is about to get a taste of New Haven, Connecticut. Famous pizzeria Sally\u2019s Apizza, beloved by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":481826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,20494,10084,16564,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-481825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-chains","10":"tag-openings","11":"tag-pizza","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115812886820932471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}