Friday, February 23, 2018

A look at the former GG's space on 5th Street



GG's ended its three-year run on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B two months ago to the date — Dec. 23.

The pizzeria's ownership decided to focus on other projects. It had been reported that Emmy Squared, the Williamsburg pizzeria serving Detroit-style pizza, was taking over. (CB3 OK'd their new liquor license back in December.)

A few readers asked what was happening with the space... there hadn't much activity here. In fact, a look inside in late January showed a motorcycle parked in the former dining room...



Since then, the space has been cleared out...



I reached out to the Emmy Squared folks a few weeks back... and they didn't have any updates just yet. They originally expected to open this spring, per Eater.

Emmy Squared is also opening an outpost soon in Nashville.
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8 comments:

  1. Scuba DivaFebruary 23, 2018 at 8:06 AM

    What exactly is "Detroit-style" pizza? Something to do with motor oil comes to mind…

    (Never mind; I took a look at the link.)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2018 at 10:25 AM

    You can see more (other?) empty store front on my Skeetmotis blog
    https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/empty%20store Leave a comment or two?

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  3. GarFebruary 23, 2018 at 11:02 AM

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit-style_pizza

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2018 at 11:28 AM

    Ok, I looked at the link as well. Isn't Detroit-style the same as Sicilian? We need a pizza expert to chime in.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2018 at 1:25 PM

    Sicilian is thick crust baked in a rectangular pan. Deee-troyt has a thick crust, and the crust is oiled to make it crispee and crunchee.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2018 at 1:35 PM

    With Detroit styled pizza the sauce goes on top of the cheese.

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  7. JQ LLCFebruary 24, 2018 at 4:38 AM

    As a pizza eater for 5 decades, I never heard of Detroit style, sounds like some price gouging hipster marketing gimmick.

    Since this eatery is gone, it seems like no one gave a damn anyway.

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  8. Peter FeldFebruary 24, 2018 at 11:00 AM

    Le Tableau here is much missed.

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