Boombozz to celebrate 14 years with free pizza and more

[Robin Garr]

News release. Wow, 14 years!

BOOMBOZZ PIZZA & TAPHOUSE CELEBRATES 14 YEARS WITH FREE PIZZA AND NEW MENU OPTIONS

Louisville’s pizza bakers, Boombozz Pizza & Taphouse, celebrate its 14th anniversary with a Free Pizza giveaway and a variety of new menu items. On Monday September 3rd beginning at 1 p.m., the St. Matthews, Highlands and Westport Village locations, will each be giving away 50 of its newest creation, the Chicken Sausage and Peppadew Pepper pizza, featuring the sweet and spicy flavor of the Peppadew pepper and topped with All-Natural Grilled Chicken Sausage, red onion, Goat and Mozzarella cheeses with fresh basil on a garlic olive oil glazed crust.

“We are very proud to have been part of the Louisville community for the past 14 years, we constantly strive to bring unique, international flavors to our guests by adding distinct twists to our award-winning menu, and by incorporating flavors like the South African Peppadew pepper and all-natural Grilled Chicken Sausage, we give guests an escape from the ordinary, “says Tony Palombino, Founder/CEO of Boombozz Pizza.

As part of its latest foray into palate expansion, on Monday, Sept. 16, Boombozz will debut new appetizing and healthy menu items plus a new Social Hour that will offer special pricing on select appetizers and drinks seven days a week.

Coming Soon…..

•Balsamic Tomato Bruschetta – Fresh diced Roma tomatoes marinated with chopped garlic, fresh basil, aged Balsamic vinegar and topped with crumbled Feta cheese. Served with olive oil-toasted Ciabatta bread.

•Hummus & Flatbread-Served with stone-fired flatbread

•Mediterranean Platter- a shareable experience featuring our bruschetta, hummus, Greek olives, Peppadew peppers, assorted cheeses and flatbread.

•Soft Pretzels- Choice of half or full order of delicious soft pretzels served with our famous beer cheese queso.

•BLT Wedge Salad- Crisp Iceberg wedge dressed with Applewood smoked bacon, vine ripened tomato and chunky Blue Cheese dressing.

•En Fuego-Penne pasta tossed with Chipotle Cream sauce and Asiago cheese garnished with fresh Roma tomatoes and basil.

•Caprese Flat – Stone-Fired flat bread topped with Fresh Mozzarella, Roma tomato, fresh basil and pesto.

Since its founding in Louisville in 1998, BoomBozz has earned numerous "Best of" awards and dozens of nods in national and local magazines, as well as daily and weekly newspapers, including “Best Pizza,” “Pizza of the Year,” “The Nation’s 10 Best Pizzerias,” and numerous others. Most recently BoomBozz was recognized as one of “America’s Best Pizzas” by Food Network Magazine.

I like BoomBozz a lot, but ... but who and when was the first pizza in Louisville?

(Edited to accommodate a correction in the original post. - RG)

[Robin Garr]

Certainly we've had pizza here since the '60s - or earlier, I guess. We got pizzas from Calandrino's on Bardstown in the early '60s or even before, and I'm pretty sure it was the first. Highland Italian, which was succeeded by Lentini's, also goes back to that same general era.

Of course, they're gone. Hmm ... trying to think here, are there any surviving pizzerias that go back farther than the middle '90s? When did Rocky's open near Jeffboat? I'm pretty sure that was in the '80s. Impellizzeri's is older, but it closed for a long spell. Wick's?

Rocky's across from Jeffboat was definitely there in the early half of the eighties.

It wouldn't surprise me to learn it was there in the '70s.

When did Rocky's open near Jeffboat?

I believe Rocky's Sub Pub in Jeff opened August 1977 around the same time as Bearno's.
Ray Parrella's predated Rocky's I think but I don't know by how many years. Seems like Fondrisi worked with Parrella prior to Rocky's, unless I have my half-remembered local history confused.

No disrespect intended to the Pizza Bakers before us.

Tony P.

Congrats Tony!

Benny Impellizzeri learned pizza when he worked at Fun City pizza in the 60's. Bob Averilo owned it. He was from NJ.

I feel like I just had a Gen-Y moment trying to wrap my head around the concept that there was a time in living memory when there was no pizza. It's kind of embarassing.

I had pizza at the corner of Hikes and Bardstown Rd. in the mid '60's at Joe-z !!

Village Inn? I know it was there in the early 70's. I don't remember the pizza but I do remember the banjo guy...

[Robin Garr]

Don't forget, first 50 at three Boombozz locations after 1 p.m. today get free pizza!

On Monday September 3rd beginning at 1 p.m., the St. Matthews, Highlands and Westport Village locations, will each be giving away 50 of its newest creation, the Chicken Sausage and Peppadew Pepper pizza, featuring the sweet and spicy flavor of the Peppadew pepper and topped with All-Natural Grilled Chicken Sausage, red onion, Goat and Mozzarella cheeses with fresh basil on a garlic olive oil glazed crust.