Behold the power of pepperoni.
A two-year-old pizza restaurant in
Harbor East is doubling its size in the next four months.
Bagby Pizza Co. at 1006 Fleet St. will add another 75 seats, a bar, and a small plate menu, say father-and-son co-owners David and Blake Smith. The expansion will give it 130 seats and another 1,800 square feet of space.
The pizza joint will take over the spot that held flower shop the Dutch Connection, which closed.
The Smiths say the new menu is still in the works. Perhaps American comfort food will be on tap, says David Smith, who also envisions a martini bar. He says he is spending "a few hundred thousand" on the expansion.
Sandwiched between Whole Foods and Little Italy, the Bagby Building has been a good location for the restaurant, Blake Smith says. It gets lunch traffic from office workers and nighttime customers from neighboring residents.
"It's been getting awfully busy around here," especially on Friday and Saturday nights," Smith says. 'It's a good problem to have."
Writer: Julekha Dash
Source: David Smith, Blake Smith, Bagby Pizza Co.