Metro Pizza Thanks LV First Responders With
First Responders Night Nov. 8
Local Las Vegas restaurant group Metro Pizza will pay tribute to the city’s true heroes with a special dine-in night on Wednesday, Nov. 8. From 6-9 p.m. at the four main Metro Pizza locations, all Las Vegans are welcomed to dine with members of the local police, fire, ER staffs and EMTs to thank them for their efforts in the wake of the Oct. 1 tragedy and ongoing courageous work in our community. Net proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Las Vegas Victims Fund.
“After all that our first responders have done, we wanted to find a way to thank them personally,” said Metro Pizza Co-Founder and Co-Owner Sam Facchini. “Rather than just do that privately, we thought it would be nice to provide our friends and neighbors an opportunity to do the same.”
Participating Metro Pizza locations are:
1395 East Tropicana Ave (702) 736-1955
4001 South Decatur Blvd (702) 362-7896
6720 Sky Pointe Dr (702) 564-6726
1420 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy (702) 458-4769
About Metro Pizza
The story of Metro Pizza begins in 1980, when cousins John Arena and Sam Facchini, at the age of 24, decided to bet on each other and move from their native Brooklyn, NY to Las Vegas, Nev. to open their first local pizzeria. Thanks to the massive early success of their first Original New York Pizza (renamed Metro Pizza in 1986), they have since expanded to five restaurants, plus one licensed location at McCarran Airport, and a “bread and breakfast bakery,” all in Clark County, Nevada, their proud adopted home for over 37 years.
In 1986, Arena and Facchini were honored at Pizza Expo as the first independent pizzeria owners to be selected as National Pizza Operators of the Year. Dedicated to gaining respect for the craft, John and Sam helped to create the original competitions at Pizza Expo that today have become the benchmark of pizza making expertise. Both Arena and Facchini show no signs of slowing down after 50 years of an unbreakable, remarkable partnership.
Metro Pizza’s numerous accolades have included “Top Ten Pizzerias in America” (USA Today), “Best Pizza in the State” (The Food Network), “Best Pizza” (The Cooking Channel, CitySearch.com), “Top Pizza in Las Vegas” (Zagat), “Nevada Restaurateurs of the Year” (Nevada Restaurant Association), National Pizza Operators of the Year (Pizza Today), and “Best Pizza” by the Las Vegas Review-Journal a record nine times in a row.
John Arena and Sam Facchini have received the Key to the City from Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, and have had the honor of serving five U.S. presidents (both at their restaurants and inside Air Force One), as well as the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra.