{"id":319543,"date":"2026-08-12T15:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319543\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:23:17","slug":"manhattan-entrepreneur-builds-pizza-business-out-of-compact-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319543\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan entrepreneur builds pizza business out of compact car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It might be the smallest pizzeria you\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers are known for their ambition and ingenuity, and Bradley Alvelo is a prime example.<\/p>\n<p>Alvelo makes pizzas out of the trunk of a two-seater car across Manhattan. He calls the business \u201cPizza Pod\u201d and uses portable generators to power mini ovens that bake stone-fired pies.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/life\/food-and-drink\/survey-crowns-california-the-us-food-champion-see-where-your-state-ranks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Survey crowns California the US food champion; see where your state ranks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before jumping into a storefront that&#8217;s charging anywhere from 8,000 to 20,000 dollars a month, I want to make sure people are enjoying the product,&#8221; he told WABC.<\/p>\n<p>Alvelo says mobility is key to his growing business, and the compact setup has made Pizza Pod a popular choice for events and parties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is New York City, so people have seen it all, but I&#8217;ve noticed everyone has to stop. From truck drivers to kids coming out of school, it doesn&#8217;t matter; they&#8217;re like hold on let me take a second and see what&#8217;s happening over here,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/videos\/business\/company-news\/pizza-hut-finds-new-owners-amid-sluggish-us-sales\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pizza Hut finds new owners amid sluggish US sales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It might be the smallest pizzeria you\u2019ve ever seen. New Yorkers are known for their ambition and ingenuity,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-319543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319543","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=319543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}