Getting into the Christmas spirit, Barstool’s Dave Portnoy saved a pizza shop from closing by donating $60,000.
Portnoy, 47, shared an Instagram video on Monday, December 23, which showed him visiting TinyBrickOven in Baltimore. Before trying a slice of pizza, Portnoy learned from the owner Will Fagg that the food establishment was planning to close in a few days because they weren’t able to get a liquor license.
“We can’t get our liquor license here,” Fagg said. “We’re just not making any money, man. It’s been crazy. The market opened and everyone inside was allowed to sell alcohol and we were never allowed to sell alcohol.”
Portnoy turned to the camera and said,, “We’re gonna have to keep this place open.” He asked Fagg how much money he would need to stay open for a year and subsequently gifted the business owner $60,000 to make it happen.
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The President of Barstool Sports also gave his signature pizza rating — giving TinyBrickOven a 7.9 — after trying the “very good, thin, New York-kinda style” pizza. Portnoy promised that Fagg, who planned to close the shop on Christmas Day, would get the money by then.