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Dave Portnoy reviews pizza at Brandywine Hundred’s Café Sitaly
It took a decade, but Barstool Sports’ “El Presidente” finally brought his popular One Bite pizza review to Delaware.
Which pizza spot was the first First State pie to get an online video review from David Portnoy, founder and owner of the sports/culture blog website and digital media company.
Was it Nick’s Pizza near Prices Corner with all its online buzz? Nope.
Maybe Wilmington’s La Pizzeria Metro, another favorite among pizza nerds. Negative.
Perhaps the state’s biggest pizza seller, the iconic Grotto Pizza with its trademark sauce swirl on top. Sorry, not this time.
UPDATE:Barstool Sports continues its Delaware tour & reviews Grotto Pizza; Grotto responds
Portnoy picked Café Sitaly, a 42-year-old Italian restaurant and pizza parlor that sits in a non-descript strip mall wedged between a health spa and an Edible Arrangements gift shop on Naamans Road in Brandywine Hundred.
The review was posted online Tuesday night, but was filmed on a previous afternoon, said Café Sitaly manager Ricardo Martinez Jr., whose father, Ricardo Martinez, and business partner, Marvin Hernandez, have owned the restaurant for nearly six years.
The One Bite review
The Café Sitaly One Bite review was posted around 6 p.m. Tuesday across all of Barstool Sport’s various social media pages, including to its 17.2 million followers on Instagram, 6.2 million followers on X and 1.4 million subscribers on its One Bite-centric YouTube page.
Twelve hours after the review was posted, it had already racked up more than 230,00 views/likes across those three social media platforms, not including additional views from the Barstool Sports website or its One Bite app.
In the review video, Portnoy follows the format for most his One Bite posts: He’s seen walking out of the restaurant, flipping open the pizza box and taking a bite out of a fresh-out-of-the-oven cheese pizza. Even though it’s called One Bite, he actually usually takes a second bite out of the crust end of the slice as well.
In the one-minute video, while wearing a Barstool Sports ballcap and “Jon Gruden Quarterback Camp” sweatshirt, he points out it was “maybe” his first review in Delaware after picking up the anonymously ordered pizza. (According to onebitepizzarankings.com, which tracks all his reviews in a spreadsheet, he is correct.)
“That’s a football pizza,” he said as he saw the pie for the first time. “And when I say football, I mean a little bit doughy. A little bit cheesy. Little bit like Sunday afternoon-have-a-couple-of-beers-tired-from-the-weekend-just-watch-ball-type of pizza.”
Not exactly a detailed Zagat review, but that’s the raw charm of the series.
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After taking two bites of the slice, which had plenty of hot mozzarella cheese sliding off the top, he delivered his rating, which is out of a possible score of 10: “This couldn’t be more basic football 7.3 pizza. Slap me across the face.”
In the review, he also twice jokingly mentioned not to confuse Café Sitaly with Sitaly to Go located 2 miles south at 1806 Marsh Road, due to a sign in the restaurant declaring they are “not associated.”
Portnoy also noted that there is one other pizza place in Delaware that “everyone tells me to go to.” But after stopping to think of the name for a few seconds, he conceded, “I don’t know what it is.”
Two men on the sidewalk are later shown watching him film the review and he talks to them as he walks back to his car.
One asked, “6.4?” Portnoy replied, “No, I have a friendlier scale now. I don’t give out 6s unless its absolute garbage. A low 7 probably means what an old scale 6 is. It’s a basic pizza.”
Previously, the closest Portnoy came to Delaware was for reviews at a trio of West Chester, Pennsylvania, pizza joints over the years: Pizza West Chester (8.4 rating), West Chester Pizza Cafe (8.1 rating) and Benny’s Pizzeria (7.3 rating).
The highest-rated pizza shop reviewed so far is Monte’s Restaurant in Lynne, Massachusetts, with a perfect score of 10.
The Café Sitaly reaction
Café Sitaly manager Ricardo Martinez Jr. said he had just left the shop Sunday to get supplies when Portnoy arrived to pick up his pizza.
Martinez, who has seen the One Bite reviews and said would have recognized Portnoy, said he liked the video, even if he thinks they could have scored a bit better.
“I think our pizza could have been a little better. We didn’t make it crispy like he likes it,” he said. “I feel that pizza looked a little bit rushed. We were busy at the time. As long as we didn’t get a 6 or under.”
Even so, he hopes the attention leads to a boost in pizza sales. And considering the large following of One Bite, which includes pizza fans traveling to taste test pies Portnoy has reviewed, his wish could very well come true.
The whole experience still has Martinez scratching his head a bit, especially how Café Sitaly got on Portnoy’s radar: “I’m just confused at how this is the first Delaware place he went to.”
Café Sitaly’s history
Martinez and Hernandez purchased Café Sitaly from founding owner and chef Tony Causi.
Café Sitaly’s website lays out Causi’s history as a pizzaiolo, which started in Sicily, hence the restaurant’s name:
Causi was born in Palermo, Sicily, and began baking with his great-grandfather at the age of 15 in Bagheria, Sicily.
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He immigrated to New York in 1971 and opened his first restaurant in Bethpage called Dino’s Pizza, eventually continued opening five more locations across Long Island.
A decade after moving to the United States, he moved to Dover and opened Marina’s in Wilmington. Over the years, he owned more than 30 restaurants in Delaware, including Café Sitaly, which opened in 1982.
Delaware Online readers’ top pizza places in 2023 and 2019
Last year, Delaware Online/The News Journal ran “Munch Madness” Delaware’s Favorite Pizza Challenge ― a bracket-style pizza contest with readers voting for their favorites.
The Final Four included Cafe Napoli, Pizza By Elizabeths, Tony & Dominick’s Pizza and Margherita’s Pizza and in the end, the final two were Cafe Napoli in Milltown and Margherita’s Pizza in Newark with Cafe Napoli taking the “March Munchies” crown.
And in 2019, readers picked their top 16 pizza parlors in Delaware with Grotto Pizza reigning supreme.
- 1. Grotto Pizza, various locations
- 2. Nicola Pizza, Lewes area
- 3. Dom’s New York Style Pizzeria, Newport
- 4. Tony’s Café Italian Eatery, Newark
- 5. Café Riviera Italian Pizzeria & Restaurant, Concord Mall
- 6. DiMeo’s Pizza, Wilmington
- 7. Argilla Brewing Co. @ Pietros Pizza, Milltown
- 8. Mr. P’s Wood Fired Pizza, Lewes
- 9. Gianni’s Pizza, Wilmington
- 10. Little Anthony’s, Newark
- 11. Mama Gina Pizza, New Castle
- 12. The Wood Fired Pizza Shop, Newark (now Pizzeria Mariana)
- 13. Little Vinnie’s Pizza & Pasta, near Prices Corner
- 14. Riviera Pizza, Bear
- 15. Mario’s Pizza, Newark
- 16. Pomodoro Pizzeria, Bethany Beach
Have a story idea? Contact Ryan Cormier of Delaware Online/The News Journal at rcormier@delawareonline.com or (302) 324-2863. Follow him on Facebook (@ryancormier) and X (@ryancormier).
Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports and renowned pizza reviewer, recently made his way to Brandywine Hundred’s Café Sitaly to sample some of their famous pies. Known for his brutally honest and entertaining pizza reviews, Portnoy did not hold back when critiquing the offerings at this Delaware eatery.In his signature style, Portnoy documented his experience on social media, giving his followers a play-by-play of each slice he tried. From the crispiness of the crust to the quality of the cheese, Portnoy left no stone unturned in his quest to find the perfect slice.
As expected, Portnoy’s review garnered a lot of attention from pizza lovers across the country. Whether you agree with his assessment or not, one thing is for sure – Portnoy’s pizza reviews are always entertaining and informative.
If you’re in the Brandywine Hundred area and looking for a spot to grab a slice, be sure to check out Café Sitaly and see if you agree with Dave Portnoy’s take on their pizza. Who knows, you might just find your new favorite spot for a slice in Delaware.
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