Franchising

Artichoke Basille’s launching 3rd Jersey location

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January 21, 2021

Artichoke Basille's Pizza, a New York-style pizzeria, is opening this spring in Jersey City at 246 Bay St., marking its third New Jersey location and the second of five to open as part of a 2018 deal with franchisees Premal and Leela Shanghvi.

The 800-square-foot store will offer dine-in and takeout with the interior featuring preserved brick walls from the 1880s as well as NYC-inspired design elements like an antique tin ceiling and mosaic floor tiles, which pay homage to Artichoke's original outpost, according to a company press release.

The menu will star Artichoke's New York slices and whole pies in eight varieties, including signature styles like the namesake Artichoke Pie that's made with artichoke hearts, spinach, cream sauce, mozzarella and pecorino Romano cheese. Guests may also order the Crab Pie made with crab sauce and fresh mozzarella with surimi stuffing or the Staten Island Pie filled with meatballs, cooked tomato sauce, red onions and ricotta cheese. Classic like the Margherita, Pepperoni or Meatball Pie will also be available.

"We love the diversity Jersey City has to offer," Premal Shanghvi said in the release. "The new location is just off the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza and a few short steps away from the Grove Street PATH train station that shuttles over 7 million commuters a year to and from Manhattan, so we jumped at the opportunity to bring an Artichoke Basille's Pizza outpost to this highly trafficked area."

Cousins Francis Garcia and Sal Basille founded Artichoke Basille's Pizza in 2008. The duo has garnered national recognition with appearances on The Rachael Ray Show, Fox & Friends, late night TV shows and two of their own Cooking Channel series, "Pizza Masters" and "Pizza Cuz."

The brand operates 15 locations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Arizona and California.