Ate there this week (home fried potatoes are very good) and stood outside and couldn’t determine what building I was looking at. Standing in front on lowest part of Whalley Ave and in the distance, past Dixwell Ave is what looks like a new 8-10 story building. Has that been there for years and I’m only seeing it now? If it’s near Science Park, then I’m also baffled as i believe all new construction was low at max 4 floors. It looks to me like newly constructed material/siding.
Comments
choanoflagellata t1_ixzb33t wrote
It is the brick oven pizza owner’s building! He built it and then COVID immediately hit, unfortunately. Not sure what he’s like as a landlord but he is a really great guy.
flytweed OP t1_ixzd030 wrote
Good call but i don’t think it was that building; looked much taller; it wad behind Dixwell Ave by maybe 1/4 mile…
Ambartenen t1_ixzecbk wrote
Holy shit. The dude in the picture has sold me at least one thousand slices of pizza. He’s so fucking nice. I never knew he was the owner!!
Sweaty_Conclusion_80 t1_ixzvfan wrote
He’s a Turkish immigrant who has built a thriving empire and whose son went to Yale. He’s like the American dream come to life.
Ambartenen t1_ixzyr5c wrote
fucking RAD i love it
CityFireDesigns t1_iy18gew wrote
114 Bristol St. Edith Johnson Towers
flytweed OP t1_iy1w32g wrote
Yep thank you! Wow without the leaves - vantage points look different. Thank you
Professional-Tour621 t1_iy33kuw wrote
Son was alderperson I believe
thepianoman456 t1_iy4xsp7 wrote
Yoooo that’s my dude right there!
He’s a really nice guy. He would make an amazing custom buffalo veggie pie for me and my GF when we come in. Long live Brick Oven!
Sweaty_Conclusion_80 t1_ixz9j5p wrote
I think it’s the same owner as brick oven pizza. He’s been getting into property development in addition the pizza places he owns.
Edited to add a link: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/kadir_dixwell