The location is different, but the family name and the homemade sauce are exactly the same.
Dashnaw's Pizzeria, formerly on Church Street in Alexandria Bay, opened at 174 E. Main St. in April. Operated by Glenna F. and Rodney E. and sons Bryon J. and Dominick E. Dashnaw, the business has long been a family affair.
"My kids have always had a love for it," Mrs. Dashnaw said. "They just have an interest in making the pizzas and stretching them. It went from something little to a little bit bigger; it just kept snowballing."
The restaurant specializes in thin-crust pizza with homemade dough and sauce and also offers chicken wings in homemade sauce, french fries, salads and more. Traditional toppings aside, the Dashnaws have introduced a few unusual twists to their menu, including a bacon chicken ranch pizza and a buffalo chicken pizza covered in wing sauce and creamy blue cheese.
Though the enterprise is new to the village, the Dashnaws are not new to the restaurant industry. Mrs. Dashnaw has worked as a waitress at Casablanca Restaurant, and the family operated the eponymous pizzeria in Alexandria Bay from April 2010 to this March, when they decided to move closer to home.
"It's been wonderful; it's really nice being in our hometown," Mrs. Dashnaw said. "We started in Alexandria Bay and we loved the people there, but we had that travel back and forth in the winter, and there was so much worry involved. It means a lot for this to be working out. We've given it all of our heart and soul."
In addition to event catering and its 20-person dining space, Dashnaw's Pizzeria provides free delivery to village businesses and will deliver for a small charge to homes within an 8-mile radius. According to Mrs. Dashnaw, New York Pizzeria is the only other pizza shop in the village, although several village restaurants also serve pizza.
Renovation of the pizzeria's facility was done by Rodney Dashnaw and was funded in part by a microloan from the Gouverneur Area Development Corp. The corporation has been providing microenterprise funds for town entrepreneurs through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program since 2005.
"A lot of times people have a good idea and they just do not have all the assets," said C. Korleen Spilman, president of the Gouverneur Area Development Corp. "It's economic development, and we need to provide as many jobs as possible. We've had such success with most of them."
Dashnaw's Pizzeria is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. It's phone number is 287-9464.
Dashnaw's Pizzeria, formerly on Church Street in Alexandria Bay, opened at 174 E. Main St. in April. Operated by Glenna F. and Rodney E. and sons Bryon J. and Dominick E. Dashnaw, the business has long been a family affair.
"My kids have always had a love for it," Mrs. Dashnaw said. "They just have an interest in making the pizzas and stretching them. It went from something little to a little bit bigger; it just kept snowballing."
The restaurant specializes in thin-crust pizza with homemade dough and sauce and also offers chicken wings in homemade sauce, french fries, salads and more. Traditional toppings aside, the Dashnaws have introduced a few unusual twists to their menu, including a bacon chicken ranch pizza and a buffalo chicken pizza covered in wing sauce and creamy blue cheese.
Though the enterprise is new to the village, the Dashnaws are not new to the restaurant industry. Mrs. Dashnaw has worked as a waitress at Casablanca Restaurant, and the family operated the eponymous pizzeria in Alexandria Bay from April 2010 to this March, when they decided to move closer to home.
"It's been wonderful; it's really nice being in our hometown," Mrs. Dashnaw said. "We started in Alexandria Bay and we loved the people there, but we had that travel back and forth in the winter, and there was so much worry involved. It means a lot for this to be working out. We've given it all of our heart and soul."
Renovation of the pizzeria's facility was done by Rodney Dashnaw and was funded in part by a microloan from the Gouverneur Area Development Corp. The corporation has been providing microenterprise funds for town entrepreneurs through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program since 2005.
"A lot of times people have a good idea and they just do not have all the assets," said C. Korleen Spilman, president of the Gouverneur Area Development Corp. "It's economic development, and we need to provide as many jobs as possible. We've had such success with most of them."
Dashnaw's Pizzeria is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. It's phone number is 287-9464.
