{"id":148762,"date":"2025-02-27T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=148762"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:02:59","slug":"247-setting-out-on-his-own-with-vincent-sgarlato","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/podcasts\/247-setting-out-on-his-own-with-vincent-sgarlato\/148762\/","title":{"rendered":"247. Setting Out on His Own with Vincent Sgarlato"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Listen to Vincent Sgarlato, owner of Eleven B in East Village New York, on The Hot Slice Podcast with Pizza Today<\/h2>\n<p>Eleven B has been a pizza mainstay in the East Village for 18 years. But owner Vincent Sgarlato has been in the business since he was eight years old. Vincent reached out to us wanting to share his story with the pizza community.<\/p>\n<p>His early start began in his family\u2019s pizzerias in Brooklyn. As the business grew, the family expanded into malls. Vincent shares how that time was pivotal for him to learn the business. Find out how that road led him to open his own pizzerias.<\/p>\n<p>We talk about Eleven B\u2019s success and Vincent\u2019s approach to the business and his passion for the industry. Eleven B has both a full-serve restaurant and an express pizza shop. Vincent details how he looks to expand the express side of the business.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Eleven B at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elevenbnyc.com\/\">https:\/\/www.elevenbnyc.com\/<\/a> and on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elevenbnyc\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elevenbnyc\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Thank you to our sponsors<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-50 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights lgc-first\">\n<div class=\"inside-grid-column\"><a href=\"http:\/\/performancefoodservice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;563b839d161d7292b01e2bd6&quot;],563b839d161d7292b01e2bd6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ls-is-cached lazyloaded aligncenter wp-image-60089\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice-300x40.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Performance Foodservice logo\" width=\"272\" height=\"36\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice-300x40.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-50 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights lgc-first\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lloydpans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"563b839d161d7292b01e2bd6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148652 ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LloydPanspodcastlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LloydPanspodcastlogo.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":148763,"template":"","categories":[3276],"podcast_categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-148762","podcasts","type-podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>247. 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