On Oct. 3, 2025, Steve and Jen DeFazio opened the doors of their family pizzeria. For the past four months, they have served the community with fresh, oven-fired pizzas.
Steve and his son James DeFazio described how their family’s dream traveled from Utica, New York, to a storefront in Collegedale.
“I’ve never been in the food industry,” said Steve, “but I’ve always wanted a pizzeria. When I was a kid in New York, everyone had a pizzeria. You’d go there to hang out, have school lunch. … I thought it would be cool to own one of my own.”…