Slice of Authentic Italy in Logan
The new Le Nonne Pizzeria is a little bit of Italy serving, what the owners call “authentic” Northern Italian pizza as well as sandwiches and salads.
Le Nonne Pizzeria, located on 132 N. Main Street, is in the heart of downtown Logan.
Their attention to taste, aesthetic value and detail is what they’re all about, said Anthony Velasquez, part owner and manager of Le Nonne.
“Our pizza is completely different from everything. We have a great product; you really can’t find anything like it anywhere else,” he said.
The menu consists of Tuscan style recipes including Pizza Quathro Stagioni which has tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto cotto, artichokes, mussels, black olives and anchovies for toppings. This particular pizza is the most expensive at $13.50.
However, Anthony said, the prices are very reasonable for what patrons are getting, Anthony said.
“Just because we serve gourmet pizzas people assume we are over priced and that isn’t the case,” he said.
Every pizza is 15 inches in size excluding personal sized pizzas which are served at lunch.
Anthony said the pizza is made to order, with no preservatives. The crust is a wheat crust and is very thin, which Anthony said is traditional in Italy. He said all the ingredients are sautéed and there isn’t too much cheese “like Americanized pizzas.”
Tiffany Velasquez, wife of Anthony Velasquez and part owner said the ingredients they use for their recipes are made fresh locally and the wheat they use to make the pizza is imported.
There are two Le Nonne resteraunts in Logan – one being an all around Italian restaurant and the other is Le Nonne Pizzeria. They are both co-owned by the Velasquez family and the Micheli family.
The pizzeria has been open for three months and Anthony said he feels like they’re doing well so far. It is a family run business so they don’t have much money for advertising, but were able to do a little here and there, he said.
He said he thinks the restaurant will do well because he believes in their product. It isn’t like Americanized pizza, “It’s the real thing,” he said.
Drew Larson, an employee at Le Nonne Pizzeria and a Utah State University student said he really likes the pizza. “I like the crust; it’s the best part,” he said.
They use a stone oven to cook the pizzas, he said, just like they do in Italy, but it makes it a little harder to cook them because there is no timer.
“I have to look at the pizzas to know when they’re done,” he said.
The texture and taste of authentic Italian style pizza compared to Americanized pizza is completely different, Anthony said.
“If you’re someone who cares about detail and flavor then you’ll like my pizza,” said Anthony.
He said he wants people to come and try it – even to just experience something different. Anthony and Tiffany said they encourage USU students to come and eat before and after games.
Anthony said they cater Funatics, a recently opened billiards hall and entertainment business, and and they do serve more Americanized flavors of pizza.
Logan resident, Drew Neilson said, “It’s very good pizza, it’s by far the best in town.”
Anthony said, starting Friday they will begin their delivery service for the convenience of his customers.
Le Nonne Pizzeria is catering the Logan street lights ribbon cutting ceremony in Logan which is taking place Friday at 6:00 p.m. where they will be giving away free pizza.
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Le nonne Pizzeria, features pizza al pesto é pollo as one of its Tuscan-style pizza selections. (Photo by John Zsiray)
(Photo by John Zsiray)
Le Nonne´s Pizzeria, located at 132 N. Main Street in Logan, opened three months ago. “If you´re someone who cares about detail and flavor, then you´ll like my pizza,” co-owner Anthony Velasquez says. (Photo by John Zsiray)