{"id":495756,"date":"2026-10-14T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495756\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:34:23","slug":"44-year-old-bay-area-pizza-spot-taking-over-shuttered-bobby-gs-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495756\/","title":{"rendered":"44-year-old Bay Area pizza spot taking over shuttered Bobby G\u2019s location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Beach Pizza\u2019s Berkeley branch is moving from one side of downtown to the other. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustavo Ramirez, who helps run the restaurant and is the son of North Beach Pizza Berkeley\u2019s owner of the same name, confirmed to Nosh that the pizza spot will be relocating to 2072 University Avenue, which formerly housed Bobby G\u2019s Pizzeria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Francisco pizza chain was first opened in the North Beach neighborhood in 1982 by Brazilian native and Bay Area businessman Altamir Souza, whose price-friendly menu and early adoption of a digital delivery system appealed to San Franciscans looking for a quick bite. Four years later, Souza opened his second location a block away, before moving on to open three others across the city. Souza later expanded across the Bay to San Mateo, Daly City, Half Moon Bay and Berkeley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last few decades, the restaurant chain has switched ownership across its locations. Now, Ramirez\u2019s family owns seven of the remaining restaurants, while Souza owns the remaining one in San Francisco\u2019s Outer Sunset neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Ramirez, this isn\u2019t just a relocation \u2014 it\u2019s a homecoming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo years ago we were actually located on University Avenue at 1598 University Ave. and North Beach Pizza was there for many years,\u201d Ramirez explained. \u201cBut then the land was sold to developers so we had to move and we relocated to where we are now, 2420 Shattuck Ave.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobby G\u2019s abruptly closed in April, following a lawsuit from a former employee and, as Nosh reported, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/07\/30\/bobby-gs-pizzeria-closure-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pattern of delayed payments and other managerial issues<\/a>. Once the former Bobby G\u2019s space became available, Ramirez and his family jumped at the chance to sign a lease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was just really ideal, really perfect. Everything kind of lined up perfectly for us to be able to make that move back to University Avenue,\u201d Ramirez said. \u201cWe signed a lease this month in Berkeley, and we\u2019ve been fixing things up and getting the store ready. And if all goes well, we expect to open within the next few weeks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramirez also confirmed that the restaurant\u2019s menu won\u2019t change, and patrons can expect classics like the pepperoni pizza, cheese stromboli, and crispy chicken parmigiana, alongside its more unique offerings, like the Alcatraz pizza, a ranch sauced pizza pie topped with chicken, gorgonzola, red onions and a spiral of Buffalo sauce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Beach Pizza\u2019s Berkeley branch is moving from one side of downtown to the other. 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