About Mario's Pizza

Mario Alessio and Tony Franzese were born in Italy. They came to Brooklyn, NewYork as boys and were childhood friends. Their parents were factory workers and instilled hard work ethics in them. They worked in Pizzeria's in Brooklyn growing up.

Tony opened a store in 1980 in Goldsboro, North Carolina and another in Jacksonville, North Carolina. In 1981 Mario opened in Cherry Point North Carolina. In 1998 Tony's Brother Jack and Mario's Brother Vincent joined them and  they merged together. They presently have 7 stores and plan on opening two per year. Most of the stores are managed by family members.

All the stores use the same recipe, and the dough is made fresh daily in each location.

We use the best ingredients, and get the main ingredients from New York.

Our pizza's are all hand stretched and topped. It takes a lot of training for the Pizza man to make a pizza "Our" way.