{"id":302121,"date":"2026-07-21T20:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/302121\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:09:34","slug":"nyc-pizzeria-throws-out-food-bloggers-order-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/302121\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC pizzeria throws out food blogger\u2019s order in viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BVQXZTOBHVBQPEY2C3YCRVQKG4\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 For the past 10 years, Sabrina and Giuseppe Falanga have done a lot for the NYC food scene. The first-generation husband-and-wife Italian-American duo, who hail from Bensonhurst, run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brooklynbitess\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brooklyn Bitess<\/a>, a viral food blog and social media brand that documents good eats from local pizzerias, delis, and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NZDLIIIHMVC4TILOPNRTVMXZSA\">Their foodie devotion extends well beyond Brooklyn, as they visit hotspots throughout the five boroughs, documenting countless can\u2019t-miss dishes to more than 300,000 followers. Palermo Pizza, Renato\u2019s, Seppe Pizza Bar, Patrizia\u2019s and Ariemma\u2019s Italian Deli are just a few of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2024\/02\/brooklyn-bitess-on-staten-island-this-viral-couple-loves-tasting-the-boroughs-best-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Staten Island highlights<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EOSUL5MF5VEHRIP2EB6YTWLGKM\">And now, one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brooklynbitess\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent posts<\/a> is garnering attention for a different reason: A simple nod of respect from one food lover to a restaurateur. <\/p>\n<p class=\"related-articles-affiliate\">MORE BY JESSICA JONES-GORMAN<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DJQRJU6DQBH2DOMYXGANB5S36Q\">\u201cJust got two Sicilians \u2026 they put them in the box, the guy looked at them, thought about it, took them out and threw them out,\u201d Giuseppe <a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Falanga<\/a> said in the post, carrying a pizza box from Original Pizza on Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn. \u201cTop looked great, but the bottom was charcoal black.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Z3P4DLT45BE77BJ7BESKWGSMVI\">In the video, Falanga stated he was confused until the owner approached him and told him why his order was being refired: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to serve you a burnt pie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MW66AZMXLNDQZJARLULBMZVVKI\">\u201cThat\u2019s the difference between having a customer coming back and only seeing customers that come once and done,\u201d Falanga said. \u201cRespect to an old school spot for doing it right.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 For the past 10 years, Sabrina and Giuseppe Falanga have done a lot for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[114515,77175,114516,114517,9,24,63,68360,114518,134,136,135,114519],"class_list":["post-302121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-grade-i-listed","tag-iconic","tag-mark-birley","tag-membership","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-private-members-club","tag-rose-room","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-the-rose-room-bar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}