{"id":172209,"date":"2026-04-21T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172209\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:54:10","slug":"marinas-in-fishtown-rides-the-wave-of-old-style-tradition-with-modern-pizza-pizzazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172209\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina&#8217;s in Fishtown rides the wave of old style tradition with modern pizza pizzazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByNatalie Jason  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, April 21, 2026 7:17PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Marina's Fishtown rides the wave of tradition with modern pizza \"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FISHTOWN (WPVI) &#8212; Neighborhood newcomer Mason Lesser is a 25-year old Villanova native, a former pro surfer and an entrepreneur running a quick-service pizza shop in the hottest restaurant corridor in Fishtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Marina&#8217;s Pizza is named after Mason&#8217;s grandmother and his mother, who were both named Marina. The shop makes thin-crust New York style pizza and follows a family tradition &#8212; Mason&#8217;s grandfather had over 50 pizza shops and restaurants around the country, and Mason grew up working there when he was younger. Today, it&#8217;s still all in the family &#8212; from the recipes to his brothers Bobby and Joey helping out to the name of the shop itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flavor varieties of slices and whole pies include everything from pesto with vodka sauce, to a white pizza with fresh lemons. Menu items also include steaks and salads. The shop opens every day at 11:00am, and stays open until 2:00am on weekends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/marinaspizzaco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marina&#8217;s Pizza<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marinaspizzaco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>1425 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125<br class=\" \"\/>610-862-4066<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByNatalie Jason Tuesday, April 21, 2026 7:17PM FISHTOWN (WPVI) &#8212; Neighborhood newcomer Mason Lesser is a 25-year old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[77271,17693,5453,77270,69,71,70,2916],"class_list":{"0":"post-172209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-77271","9":"tag-fishtown","10":"tag-fyi-philly","11":"tag-marinas-fishtown","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","14":"tag-philadelphia-news","15":"tag-pizza"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}