‘Pizza for the people’: Two Bernal Heights kids are opening their dream shop

After watching “Do the Right Thing” as kids in Bernal Heights, Nathaniel Talbot and Jamari Hilliard-Vasquez did what anyone would: They ordered a pizza from the now-closed Valencia Street staple Arinell.

Now, they’re turning that childhood memory into a business.

For 18 months, the friends have been operating Fatty Natty, a New York-style pizza pop-up known for thin crusts and unexpected toppings. They’ll put down roots with a brick-and-mortar set to open in 2027 at 420 Cortland Ave. in Bernal Heights…

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