Mom & Pop hole in the wall Italian Pizza/Sub shop?

[Plan R]

House of Pizza on Central? It's a hole in the wall and they serve pizza and subs. But I think the owners are Greek.

[mullman]

Mario's beside the gym (which was a movie theater 20 yrs ago) in Matthews Festival off Hwy 74.
Family owned - great pizza and calzones.
Frankly it is tired on the inside, but the food is good - fits 'hole in the wall' request.

Avanti in the Arboretum is also family owned - good pizza & pasta (love their baked ravioli).
Recent renovation, very clean.

[lumbollo]

Is the Open Kitchen still well... open? If so, it has been there since the 1950s. It's pretty hole in the wall looking. It's on W. Morehead.

[am2]

avantis pizza, south charlotte

[LBIkid]

Originally Posted by Plan R

House of Pizza on Central? It's a hole in the wall and they serve pizza and subs. But I think the owners are Greek.

Heck yeah. Bit of a rough area nowadays, but they make one of the biggest and best meatball parm. subs I've ever had. I love that place.

[Metallisteve]

(holy crap the planets must be aligning...Lumbollo and I are on the same page!!!)

Open Kitchen (http://www.theopenkitchen.net/ - broken link) is probably the most "whole in the wall" type of place I've ever been too...and it's not bad food either! Yes, they're still open. They're a Greek-Italian place (like many are) and offer a sweet tomato sauce (I say that because some prefer a traditional savory sauce, calling sweet fake). Lots of history and friendly staff.

I don't particularly have a favorite spot in town, but I do have regular places:
- DaVinci's in the University City/Davis Lakes area...NY style pizza, good and decent prices
- Villa Francesca in Uptown at the corner of 7th and Caldwell..."Grandma's Special" pizza is one of the best unique pizzas I've ever had