Nino’s Pizza ‘keeps local thriving,’ wins first Golden Slice Award

And the first Golden Slice Award goes to Ninoʼs Pizza & Restaurant, 456 Broadway!

Slice founder and CEO Ilir Sela and the Slice team traveled to Ninoʼs on Saturday, Jan. 21 to honor a business that epitomizes

According to Sela, Anthony Beninati has been serving the community for over 30 years and has built Ninoʼs “into one of Americaʼs true local favorites.”

Along the way, Sela said, “the shop has shown incredible ous-portion salads, entrees, desserts, sides, hot heroes, cold heroes, wraps, paninis, pasta, classic favorites, heart-healthy choices, calzones, rolls &strombolis, and drinks.

Sela, Albanian by birth, grew

“hometown pizza joint” as they kicked off the Keep Local Thriving Tour.

Slice (slicelife.com), a tech platform dedicated to keeping “local” thriving, empowers independent pizzerias with the tools and services — such as online ordering — that they need to better serve customers and keep up with the demands of the digital age.

As partners to some 18,000 independents such as Ninoʼs, Slice says it has “a front-row seat to see their remarkable dedication to customers, contributions to the community, and commitment to technology in building vibrant, enduring businesses.” It makes sense: the Slice team says with pride that theyʼre pizza people, and they show they deliver “more customers, less guesswork.” resilience, overcoming everything from global pandemics to family challenges. As a leader, Anthony has created a productive team that shares the same customer-first values. Slice was absolutely honored to present to Anthony and team with the first Keep Local Thriving award, The Golden Slice.

Ninoʼs Pizza & Restaurant, which reminds patrons “Who eats well, lives well,” makes a variety of square pizzas, and gluten-free, grandma style, and thin crust pizza. Looking for wings? Ninoʼs Pizza & Restaurant has you covered.

Thatʼs just a taste of the menu, of course, and they cater. Check out Ninoʼs at ninosmenu.com for the full menu of grandma-style and gourmet pizza, pizza, gluten-free, specials, appetizers, Mikeʼs Hot Honey, homemade soups, gener- up in Staten Island. Prior to founding Slice (formerly MyPizza) he started Nerd Force, an IT company, in 2013 after he earned his computer science degree from City University of New York–College of Staten Island.

Beninanti opened Ninoʼs Pizza &Restaurant in 2016 with his brother, Thomas Beninati.

Ninoʼs Pizza &Restaurant, 456 Broadway, Hillsdale, is here for takeout. It delivers to Hillsdale, Woodcliff Lake, Park Ridge, Washington Township, Montvale, River Vale, Saddle River, Westwood, Emerson, Old Tappan, and Pearl River.

Open for delivery and pickup every day but Monday. Call (201) 497-6900.

For the menu, hours, and more info: ninosmenu.com