|
|
|
More on the Pizza Brain/Little Baby's collabo
"We're in cahoots. It's for real," says Dwyer. This means that not only are the pizzeria and the ice cream parlor partnering, they're actually sharing a single large Frankford Avenue space.
More on the Pizza Brain/Little Baby's collabo
Yesterday we shared this panel comic "formally" announcing the partnership between Pizza Brain (2313 Frankford Ave.), which Brian "Brain" Dwyer has been working on for more than a year, and Little Baby's Ice Cream, which rolled out its trike last spring and just locked up zoning for 2311 Frankford, right next to Guinness World Record holder Dwyer and his crew. Both parties have remained impressively mum about the whole thing, but Dwyer and LB's Pete Angevine met us yesterday to share some of their preliminary plans. "We're in cahoots. It's for real," says Dwyer. This means that not only are the pizzeria and the ice cream parlor partnering, they're actually sharing a single large Frankford Avenue space.
While both parties are keeping quiet in terms of what the venue will actually look like and how much room will be dedicated to each facet (Pizza Brain partner Ryan Anderson, an industrial artist, is in charge of fabrication), the intent is to "[create] this shared space as a single destination," according to Angevine. He and partners Martin Brown and Jeff Ziga currently operate out of a small shared commercial kitchen space; all production will shift to 2311 Frankford when it's ready, allowing Little Baby's to up their output 12-fold. They'll still work the streets on tricycles — they're adding three more to the fleet for this spring and summer — but having this home base means they can expand into shakes, floats, ice cream sandwiches and sundaes, plus more coconut-based non-dairy flavors.
Dwyer, the consummate idea guy, has plans for the operational aspect of Pizza Brain locked in — they'll serve large 18-inch pizzas for groups, plus 10-inch personal pizzas, priced at around five bucks, for individuals. No slices. Dwyer was initially skeptical about that last part, but came around after realizing he and chef Joe Hunter would be able to offer a baked-to-order, not-killed-by-heat-lamp alternative for a low price. "We're emphasizing the made-fresh and made-to-order aspect," says Dwyer. "Come in, hang out, bring a friend, eat. Be known."
Hunter, with input from Anderson, Dwyer and partners Auston Adams and Mike Carter, has developed a number of specialty pies for the menu. Granny Smith apples, shaved almonds, mozz, gorgonzola and caramelized onions; 'shrooms, rosemary oil, goat cheese, fontina and mozz; and prosciutto, thyme and date pies are all on the roster, along with staples (plain, pepperoni).
Beyond eating, the "Little Brainby's" space will also serve as an artistic repository for portions of Dwyer's pizza memorabilia collection, and there's talk of an arcade lineup, too. A shared outdoor yard will offer a gathering space and open-air seating. There's no official date locked in for the guys beyond "spring," but ice cream man Angevine points out that there is "a lot of incentive for it to open up as soon as it gets warm."
Illustration: Ethan Harper
Pizza and ice cream together at last! This sounds awesome and I think $5 for a personal pie is very reasonable, can't wait for them to open.— MLF- finally i can get that hot pizza-shake i've been craving.
+ I'm diggin' the designs PIZZA-BRAIN, keep it up!— tugboats2k2
- barstool scientist
- Booze
- Brew Revue
- Chef Salad
- Closings
- Coffee
- Contests
- Dealage
- Dirty Dishes
- Don't Front
- Eat This Immediately
- Field Trip
- Food and Art
- Food and Holidays
- Food and Movies
- Food and Music
- Food and Politics
- Food and Sports
- Food and Web
- Food Blogs
- Food Books
- Food Events
- Food News
- Food TV
- Gifted
- Happy Hour Hopper
- How-To
- In Print
- Interview
- Meal Ticket
- Menu Time
- Not So Quickfire
- Notes from the Weekend
- On Wheels
- Openings
- Patio Drinking
- Philly Beer Week 2010
- Photos
- Private Chef POV
- Product Placement
- Recipes
- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
- Top Chef
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
- Ill-Advised Ranting
- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
- Real Big
- Where'd I Eat Last Night?
- Top Chef Masters
- The Good Word
- Next Iron Chef
- Arterial Terrorism
- Food and Radio
