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Authentic "Old World Wood Fired" Brick Oven Pizza
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CORKY'S "Wood-Fired" BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA RISTORANTEEst. 2002 Arlington, TX.FORMERLY KNOWN AS... The Original Corky's "famous" Italian Restaurant, Inc. Est, 1937 Hartford, CT.
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In the early 70’s, I felt led to open my own Restaurant. In keeping with our family's tradition, I named it Corky's. We were also located in Hartford County but across the Connecticut River, just a few miles from where my father began. This Corky’s began as a small 1,500 sq. ft. pizzeria(the left half of the building)as seen in the photograph above. After a couple of years we expanded to 3,000 sq. ft. utilizing the entire building, also seen in the same photograph. Our menu expanded as well.
After a few more years I purchased the original building as well as several surrounding properties for our final expansion to 8,000 sq. ft. We employed approximately 45 employees and the menu expanded even more. An arial photograph of this facility is shown below.
This Corky’s was a "full service" restaurant with an eight page menu. Corky’s “famous” Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, Inc. Our menu consisted of authentic Italian Brick Oven Baked Neapolitan style pizza, Sicilian style pizza, broccoli pie, spinach pie, calzone, and homemade garlic rolls. Everything was hand made fresh to order and baked directly on a firebrick-cooking surface, just as I learned from Dad.
Corky's not only earned a reputation for serving "Authentic Old World Style" Brick Oven Baked delights... but also for serving over fifty seven home-style dinners from pasta to chicken, veal, shrimp, crab legs, lobster tails etc. Also salads, appetizers, Italian subs, homemade soups and homemade deserts. Someone once said, "if you have ever had the opportunity to indulge in one of CORKY'S Brick Oven Baked delights, you will know that it is truly...a little Pizza Heaven!"
In 1995, I retired from the restaurant business and relocated to Southwest Florida.
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The picture above is what the Connecticut Corky's looked like when I retired in 1995 and moved to Southwest Florida.
As the years flew by, I became bored with my retirement and began to miss my first love: the restaurant business. I put together a plan to return to the time of my life that I enjoyed the most.
At this time in my life I"ll keep things simple and fun by opening a small friendly family oriented “Brick Oven Pizzeria”... similar to the one I opened in the 70’s.
The menu will consist of authentic Italian Neapolitan pizza, spinach pie, calzone, stromboli, Fresh Garden salads, a few fresh baked pasta dishes and a dessert or two.
The only difference will be the location. My search for a location began in Naples, Florida where I was living but things were about to take me on an unexpected journey.
Please click on the link below, "Journey", for updated information on the "New" Corky's "Old World Wood-Fired" Brick Oven Pizzeria.
Other pages entitled "The Crew" and "The Deception" can be seen by clicking on the links at the top of this page.
Thanks... Nick
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