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Associated Press
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Dave Portnoy's One Bite Pizza Festival Returns - Bigger, Better, and More Delicious Than Ever Saturday, September 13, 2025 Randall's Island
New York's Leading Food Festival Featuring 40+ of America's Greatest Pizzerias: Ceres, Lucali, Sally's Apizza, Frank Pepe, John's of Bleecker, Di Fara, Joe & Pat's, De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies, Prince Street, and many more! Ticket On Sale: This Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:00AM ET All-Inclusive Pizza Tickets Begin at $179.99 - Register Now! NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 16, 2025 / Pizza kingpin Dave Portnoy is back with the third and biggest-ever edition of his viral phenomenon, One Bite Pizza Festival, returning to Randall's Island on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Following two consecutive sellouts, including 10,000+ fans in 2024, Portnoy and Medium Rare are cranking the ovens to full blast for a day that promises more pizzerias, more slices, and more unforgettable pizza-inspired experiences than ever before. This year's festival partners include PEPSI®, Ninja, BILT Saputo, Verizon, Ferraro Foods, Marie's Refrigerated Salad Dressing, High Noon, Marra Forni, '47 Brand, Flatiron Pepper Co. Tickets to the festival will be available starting this Friday, June 20th at 10:00AM EST. Make sure to register for the pre-sale now to lock in the best pricing. This year's festival features 40+ top-rated pizzerias handpicked by Portnoy himself, dishing out all-you-can-eat slices from legendary names like Lucali, Di Fara, Frank Pepe, Prince Street Pizza, Ceres (VIP Only) and more. Expect a massive menu of New York style, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Tomato Pies, Grandma slices, Bar Pies, and beyond. Festival attendees can also indulge themselves in an authentic taste of Italy thanks to Ferraro Foods serving five new dishes this year at their activation and Pepsi is making sure everyone gets the most flavor out of their pizza 'bites' by giving a complimentary ice-cold Pepsi®, Pepsi® Zero Sugar, or Pepsi® Zero Sugar Wild Cherry to each ticket holder (while supplies last). For those with a sweet tooth, every ticket includes entry into an Italian Dessert Village featuring NYC's most indulgent treats from Sal & Jerry's Bakery, the Lemon Ice King of Corona, Ferrara Bakery & Cafe, The Espresso Guys, Eileen's Cheesecakes (VIP-Only), Veniero's Pastry (VIP-Only) and more. Along with fan favorite slices, guests will engage with a myriad of flavors and fun brought to them by our festival partners. New for this year, the 2025 rendition of One Bite Pizza Festival will host pizzerias within the Pizza Deserves Pepsi experience as well as Saputo's Pizza Plaza. Also, Ninja will be highlighting their all-new 5-in-1 pizza oven serving up four types of pizza slices - all with the touch of a button in the same oven. Taking place across two sessions, fans can select if they would like to purchase All-Inclusive Pizza afternoon or evening tickets starting at $179.99 or opt in for VIP experiences inclusive of open bar and early access should they choose to for $649.99. Session 1 will be held from 1:00PM-4:30PM with early access from 12:30PM-1:00PM for VIP guests. Session 2 will follow a similar format, opening from 6:00PM-9:30PM for general admission pizza lovers with VIP early entry from 5:30PM-6:00PM. If you are seeking the world's most luxurious pizza experience, snag a seat at the Chef's Tasting VIP Table featuring a full service nonstop buffet from the festival's 10 featured headliner pizzerias, a special dessert, and exquisite drinks delivered directly to your seat by dedicated servers. Tickets to the festival's two sessions will be available starting Friday, June 20th at 10:00AM EST. Make sure to register for the pre-sale now to lock in the best pricing. 'One Bite Pizza Fest is back for year three - and this time, the recipe's bigger, bolder, and tastier than ever, with even more legendary pizzerias in the mix! Over the past year, my team and I toured the country, devoured countless slices, and I handpicked 40+ of my all-time favorite spots to bring together in one epic, Pizza-filled day. Get ready for all-you-can-eat pizza, an irresistible Italian dessert village, awesome interactive brand experiences, and a whole lot more. One Bite, Everyone Knows The Rules!' -Dave Portnoy As the Official Soft Drink Partner of One Bite Pizza Festival, Pepsi is providing all attendees complimentary Pepsi, Pepsi Zero Sugar, or Pepsi Zero Sugar Wild Cherry so they can experience how its unique balance of flavor, sweetness, and refreshing crisp fizz are the perfect accompaniment to cut through delectable cheesy pizza bites. The Pizza Deserves Pepsi experience will feature popular pizzerias: Squan Tavern, The Galley Pizzeria, and Nonna's, showcasing firsthand how their delicious pies deserve only the best cola - Pepsi. By the end of the festival, attendees will agree: Pizza Deserves Pepsi. Get ready to witness innovation in action - Ninja is showcasing their high performance 5-in-1 outdoor oven at the Ninja Artisan One Bite Backyard. Don't miss their live activation featuring four unique pizza creations cooked to perfection before your eyes along with all your favorite lawn games! Guests will have the ability to step up and taste whichever kind of slice their pizza palette desires - from Neapolitan and Thin Crust to Pan and New York Style. Bilt is returning for the second year as the Official Rewards Program partner of One Bite! Bilt is the housing and neighborhood commerce network that transforms spend into rewards and benefits for everyone involved-including at their favorite local pizza spots. Bilt Members can purchase or use their Bilt Points to get tickets to the One Bite Pizza Festival. Once they're in, they'll enjoy exclusive experiences within the festival, including expedited access to the Bilt Neighborhood onsite at One Bite! Not a Bilt Member? Not a problem; you can sign up on-site or today to join in on the fun! Visit or download the app here. Saputo is bringing next-level flavor with rich, artisan cheese creations that elevate every bite. Festival attendees can savor Saputo's premium cheeses featured at two standout pizzerias; Regina's Pizza and East Village Pizza, located at the Saputo Pizza Plaza, where melt-in-your-mouth moments are guaranteed. Stay connected during Dave Portnoy's One Bite Pizza Festival. Verizon has you covered as the exclusive wireless and cellular partner of Dave Portnoy's One Bite Pizza Festival. Verizon customers can score exclusive tickets to the event through Verizon Access and enjoy expedited entry via a dedicated fast lane, making it easier than ever to join the celebration. Ferraro Foods, the premier Italian foodservice distributor, renowned for supplying the finest ingredients to your favorite pizzerias & beyond for 50 years, is back for their third year with the beloved Ferraro Piazza - an ultimate Italian village experience. Visitors can enjoy delicious samples from their famous brands, capture memorable photo moments, and immerse themselves in a vibrant setting filled with authentic Italian charm. From five exclusive dishes to a photo-worthy activation, Ferraro is delivering the goods (straight from Italy to your feed). Marie's Salad Dressing is bringing a bold twist to the One Bite Pizza Festival by taking your slice to the next level. Stop by their one-of-a-kind dressing wall to sample their rich, creamy dressings, drizzle or dip your pizza, and discover why Marie's is the ultimate sidekick to your slice. High Noon is returning to the One Bite Festival grounds this Fall! Look for Dave Portnoy's drink of choice which will be available in 5 flavors throughout the grounds for fans 21+. High Noon will be serving their #1 Best Tasting* Vodka & Tequila Seltzers alongside their newest addition, the non-carbonated Vodka Iced Tea. High Noon is made with real spirits, 100 calories or under, is gluten free and has no added sugar. High Noon. Sun's Up! *Source: The Tasting Panel, September 2023. Sun Sip Responsibly. ©2025 High Noon Spirits Company, Modesto, CA. All rights reserved.*Select flavors rated blind tasting of industry professionals. Vodka Flavors: Peach, Pineapple, Watermelon, Grapefruit. Tequila Flavors: Lime, Strawberry. Marra Forni, the globally renowned and fastest-growing manufacturer of brick and deck ovens, with a wide range of fuel options including wood, coal, gas, and electric, is set to return to the One Bite Pizza Festival for the third consecutive year-celebrated for its innovation, customization, and exceptional quality. With nearly 40 Marra Forni ovens on site, some of One Bite's top pizzerias will once again have the opportunity to cook their pizzas using the finest wood- coal & gas-fired commercial ovens in the industry, as well as the most advanced stackable electric ovens available. '47 is serving up serious style at One Bite Pizza Festival as the Official Merch Partner. From classic caps to limited-edition festival gear, fans can rep their pizza passion in comfort and style. Swing by the '47 booth to score exclusive merch made just for the fest-because great pizza deserves great threads. Delicato Family Wines is bringing your favorite wine pours from Coppola Wines to One Bite-perfectly paired with a hot slice. Festival goers can sip and savor signature selections, and for the first time ever, enjoy the all-new Coppola Spritz-a refreshingly crisp twist made exclusively for the festival and available throughout the grounds! Bringing the heat once again, Flatiron Pepper Co. returns with their bold, small-batch pepper blends! They're dishing out free samples to spice up your slice and ignite your taste buds, all straight from the Flatiron flavor lab. DOWNLOAD HIGH RES FLYER ### About Medium Rare Lauded events, experiential, and management company, Medium Rare works at the intersection of Sports & Entertainment, partnering with well-known athletes and brands to create iconic media properties including Travis Kelce's Kelce Jam, Shaquille O'Neal's Fun House, Guy Fieri's Flavortown Tailgate, Sports Illustrated The Party, Rob Gronkowski's Gronk Beach, and more. Creating and executing iconic IP and events that draw in millions of views and fans from around the world, Medium Rare also reaps industry accolades, recognized with six Webby Awards, Forbes 30 Under 30, Pollstar Next Gen, and Variety New Leaders, INC 5000, and more. For more info, visit Contact InformationAmanda Brocato RMG, EVP of Corporate Strategies & Events 512.743.3941 SOURCE: Medium Rare press release
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
Heartless Long Island driver mows down family of geese — despite pleas from good Samaritan to slow down
A fowl scene unfolded on a Long Island highway when a heartless driver slammed into a family of geese despite pleas from a good Samaritan to slow down — killing the adults and two of their goslings. The massacre on Veterans Highway in Islandia left Coleen DeLorenzo in tears. DeLorenzo, 58, was on her way to work and heading north Thursday morning when she spotted the two adult geese and their six feathery babies crossing the four-lane thoroughfare just before the Long Island Expressway. 'Everybody stopped,' the Patchogue resident told The Post. 'These geese were in a very perilous part of the road. . . . I saw them from a mile away.' She put her hazard lights on and was getting out of the car when she looked over her shoulder and saw a blue van that wasn't slowing down. 'It was a Disabled American Veterans van, and they were flying,' DeLorenzo said. 'I waved my hands, they never even looked up. They hit the entire family of geese. They obliterated them at 50, 60 miles per hour.' 'This van never even tapped the brake.' Devastated, DeLorenzo 'started running around trying to save the goslings. 'I picked up one baby that was hit, I thought maybe we could save it,' she said. 'It died in my hands.' A young couple eventually helped her gather four surviving goslings, while workers doing construction nearby stepped in and used their trucks to block traffic. 'I was sobbing, covered in blood. They came over and blocked the traffic and used tarps to cover the bodies and move them, made sure I was ok.' DeLorenzo and the couple helping her eventually made contact with Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, which took in the survivors and posted about the incident on social media. Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at the center, said the surviving Canada geese are doing fine. 'The thing is, you know when you hit and kill something. You hear it, feel it. And to just keep going?' she said. 'That is the tragedy of it all.' The center, which posted an emotional video of DeLorenzo pleading with people to slow down, takes in nearly 3,000 animals a year, 'everything from eagles, hawks, owls, foxes, you name it,' she said. The incident has left DeLorenzo shaken. 'I'm sick over it. It was such a violent act it will never go out of my head,' she said. 'That any human being could lay their head down and sleep at night after doing what they did — I feel lost.' Disabled American Veterans, the organization whose name was on the van, could not immediately be reached for comment.
New York Post
17-05-2025
- General
- New York Post
Murder so fowl: Long Island driver mows down family of geese
A fowl scene unfolded on a Long Island highway when a heartless driver slammed into a family of geese despite pleas from a good Samaritan to slow down — killing the adults and two of their goslings. The massacre on Veterans Highway in Islandia left Coleen DeLorenzo in tears. DeLorenzo, 58, was on her way to work and heading north Thursday morning when she spotted the two adult geese and their six feathery babies crossing the four-lane thoroughfare just before the Long Island Expressway. Advertisement 4 The goslings were brought to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown. Sweetbriar Nature Center 'Everybody stopped,' the Patchogue resident told The Post. 'These geese were in a very perilous part of the road. . . . I saw them from a mile away.' She put her hazard lights on and was getting out of the car when she looked over her shoulder and saw a blue van that wasn't slowing down. Advertisement 'It was a Disabled American Veterans van, and they were flying,' DeLorenzo said. 'I waved my hands, they never even looked up. They hit the entire family of geese. They obliterated them at 50, 60 miles per hour.' 'This van never even tapped the brake.' Devastated, DeLorenzo 'started running around trying to save the goslings. 'I picked up one baby that was hit, I thought maybe we could save it,' she said. 'It died in my hands.' Advertisement 4 The van which struck the goslings' parents and two siblings 'didn't even tap its brake,' DeLorenzo said. Sweetbriar Nature Center A young couple eventually helped her gather four surviving goslings, while workers doing construction nearby stepped in and used their trucks to block traffic. 'I was sobbing, covered in blood. They came over and blocked the traffic and used tarps to cover the bodies and move them, made sure I was ok.' DeLorenzo and the couple helping her eventually made contact with Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, which took in the survivors and posted about the incident on social media. Advertisement 4 The goslings were brought to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown. Sweetbriar Nature Center Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at the center, said the surviving Canada geese are doing fine. 'The thing is, you know when you hit and kill something. You hear it, feel it. And to just keep going?' she said. 'That is the tragedy of it all.' The center, which posted an emotional video of DeLorenzo pleading with people to slow down, takes in nearly 3,000 animals a year, 'everything from eagles, hawks, owls, foxes, you name it,' she said. 4 Coleen DeLorenzo was on her way to work when she spotted the family of geese, including six goslings, on the side of busy Veterans Highway in Islandia. Sweetbriar Nature Center The incident has left DeLorenzo shaken. 'I'm sick over it. It was such a violent act it will never go out of my head,' she said. Advertisement 'That any human being could lay their head down and sleep at night after doing what they did — I feel lost.' Disabled American Veterans, the organization whose name was on the van, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The First 30 Days: Trump's 5 Biggest Moves and Their Economic Impacts
President Donald Trump signed 74 executive orders, seven proclamations and 20 memoranda within the first 30 days of his inauguration, reported Scripps News. Find Out: Read Next: While these accelerated moves created a commotion in Washington, D.C. and fear in Americans, most haven't impacted the economy for the moment, according to Jason DeLorenzo, market analyst and principal and owner of Volland. 'For now Trump's policies are focused on the DOGE's activities, tariffs and immigration, but many other policies haven't had time to impact the economy directly, although they could impact geopolitics. 'These policies are causing disruption in D.C. and while the tariffs haven't had time to ripple through the economy yet, they are causing sentiment to sour.' GOBankingRates turned to DeLorenzo and Cheney Hamilton, research analyst at Bloor Research and CEO of Find Your Flex Group, for analytic insights into Trump's five biggest moves during the first 30 days of his second term and their impacts on the U.S. economy. Talk to your spouse or neighbor, and the conversation will likely become a venting session about rising grocery costs climbing higher as a result of tariffs, especially if you're retirees on a fixed income. 'If Trump's policies lean toward protectionism, like tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, we could see a shift in offshoring trends, with companies reevaluating where and how they invest in automation as well as talent,' Cheney said. 'If businesses face higher costs for global supply chains, they may double down on AI and automation as a way to reduce reliance on human labor and cut costs; as a result, it could accelerate AI-driven job displacement in lower-skilled roles, particularly in industries like manufacturing, logistics and customer service,' Cheney said. 'At the same time, if offshore options become more expensive, companies might look to re-shore jobs, but with AI augmentation, meaning the jobs coming back won't look the same as before.' Learn More: According to Trump's rhetoric, closing federal offices and the Department of Education will save the government money, another move sparking a big reaction in Americans, DeLorenzo said. 'The plans to shut down the Department of Education have caused a major stir throughout the country, as student loan payments need to be processed somewhere, special needs programs need to be funded somewhere, and public school funding needs to be made somewhere,' DeLorenzo said. He added, 'The reaction of the country is why Trump balked at closing the department; it's something he can't do by executive order anyway,' DeLorenzo said. 'Ultimately, these acts don't have a huge impact on the economy except [in creating] fear and uncertainty among market participants.' Halting foreign aid funding has significant implications for the country. 'As far as the economy goes, it puts many out of work but also contracts our economy since USAID activities expand our exports and sales of American goods, primarily food,' DeLorenzo said. 'While USAID does have reason to be scrutinized, the blanket closing of foreign aid is a diplomatic and humanitarian mistake.' The American economy hasn't felt the impact of offshore drilling yet. However, DeLorenzo said increasing the supply of oil when the demand is shrinking could lower oil prices to $50 a barrel as long as there aren't any more wars. Eradicating birthright citizenship could have a devastating effect on the U.S. economy. 'The overall policy of deporting immigrants will create a demographic-fueled economic contraction, and eliminating birthright citizenship would contribute to that; these are people who are building a life, eating food, renting shelter and working; labor supply will decrease as will aggregate demand,' DeLorenzo said. He added that China and Japan are now facing a similar demographic crisis to what America could feel over the next few years. Editor's note on political coverage: GOBankingRates is nonpartisan and strives to cover all aspects of the economy objectively and present balanced reports on politically focused finance stories. You can find more coverage of this topic on More From GOBankingRates4 Housing Markets That Have Plummeted in Value Over the Past 5 Years This article originally appeared on The First 30 Days: Trump's 5 Biggest Moves and Their Economic Impacts Sign in to access your portfolio
