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Family-owned Paesan’s Pizza expands into Schenectady County

Tough economic times are not slowing down one family owned business as their sixth pizzeria opens, with further expansion planned.

If you’re from the Capital District you might have heard of Paesan’s Pizza and Schenectady County is now getting their share of the pie. Although there are five other locations in nearby areas, the opening in Rotterdam on Nov. 15 marked the first taste for the county. The three brothers are hoping to bring residents what they’ve been asking for from them.

“We got people requesting, ‘When are you guys going to open up in Rotterdam?’” said Franchi Scavio, co-owner of the business.

Brothers Vinnie, Lorenzo and Franchi Scavio designed the 5,000 square foot restaurant at 2513 Guilderland Ave. in Rotterdam. The contemporary design has high ceilings, granite countertops, tiled floors and flat screen televisions on the walls. Franchi said one of things people say when they first enter the store is they can’t believe it is a pizzeria.

The move just made sense to Franchi, because they look at demographics and where else they’re located. He said they try to open up their stores at least five miles apart from each other, so they can start a new delivery zone where one ends. Although, Rotterdam is a location they’ve came to enjoy.

“[Rotterdam] reminds me of back home,” said Franchi. “We grew up in Brooklyn and the neighborhood we grew up in was mostly Italian, which is like here, we see there is a lot of Italians. What I like about it most it is not a corporate town; it is very blue collared, hard working families and you don’t have to go to a shopping center to buy something.”.......................>>>>.....................>>>>..............http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1292254500

One of these days, my family has to get to Paesan's to try out their pizza and welcome them to
Rotterdam.   We will still support the other pizza places in town -- in particular Lucia's Two Go -- but it
is nice to have some other pizza places in town.

I visited them on a recent trip back to Rotterdam.  Place is real nice, clean, but they only serve thn crust Brooklyn style.  I prefer a little more bread type dougn.  Went over to the old Krispy Pizza (forget what it's called now) on Altamont Ave and got a 12 cut from there....it was real good.  If you like thin, Paesans slice looked good, but can't comment on the taste.

tippy says "two paddles UP"