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From a milk crate in a family pizzeria to two shops of his own, in Niskayuna and Halfmoon.
Rico has been working in pizza since 1998. As a boy he spent his summer breaks working for a family relative, and he learned to make pizza standing on a milk crate at twelve years old.
He moved to New York from Toronto in 2005 and worked his way up at a local pizzeria, from delivery driver to General Manager. All the while, his father kept encouraging him to open his own place.
When his father passed away in 2012, Rico decided the long hours he was putting in for someone else would be better spent on a shop of his own. On Father’s Day 2014, in honor of his father’s wish, Uncle Rico’s Pizza opened its doors.
More than 25 years of making pizza.
Rico spends his summer breaks working for a family relative’s pizzeria. He learns to make pizza standing on a milk crate.
He moves to New York and works his way up at a local pizzeria, from delivery driver to General Manager, while his father keeps encouraging him to open his own place.
His father passes away. Rico decides the long hours he’s putting in for someone else belong in a shop of his own.
In honor of his father’s wish, Uncle Rico’s Pizza opens its doors on Nott Street East in Niskayuna.
Uncle Rico’s opens on Dunsbach Road in Halfmoon, serving Clifton Park.
That’s what his seven nieces and nephews call him. The pizzeria is named for them.
“I grew out my mustache, and when I go out, I like to wear hats.”
The logo was drawn from a photograph of Rico himself.
Uncle Rico’s has been named in the Daily Gazette’s Best of the Best, and PizzaMarketplace has listed us among its Top 100 Movers & Shakers.
Leave one on Google after your next order. He reads them.
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