Ah-Beetz pizza brand, known for their New Haven style pizza, expanded in late 2025 announcing their first franchise location, in Marietta, Georgia. The location was opened by three long-time friends and pizza enthusiasts, Brett Benik, Jason Doherty and Emanuele Cardaci. These entrepreneurs’ love for pizza and business — led them to bring the concept of Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza — to the suburbs of Atlanta.
The Ah-Beetz mission is to deliver the soulful, charred, and authentic “Apizza” culture of New Haven, Connecticut, to neighborhoods across America. Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza was born from the childhood memories of founder Nicholas Laudano. Growing up in the “Pizza Capital of the World,” Laudano spent his youth in the legendary kitchens of New Haven’s “Big Three” pizzerias, Sally’s, Pepe’s and Modern. This is where he learned the “alchemy” of making New Haven style pizza and the specific Neapolitan dialect that turned “a pizza” into “Ah-Beetz!”
Every Ah-Beetz pie features the signature thin, crispy-yet-chewy crust with distinct “char”-the dark, smoky bubbles that provide character and flavor when mixed in with the other high quality ingredients, baked in special high temperature 800-degree ovens. From the iconic White Clam Pie (clams, garlic and olive oil), the “Classic Mootz” signature cheese pizza (mozzarella, family recipe sauce, pecorino romano cheese), to the Margherita Pie (fresh mozzarella, pecorino romano, tomato sauce, basil and oregano). New Haven pizza is referred to as some of the best pizza in the world. This is also highlighted and expressed by pizza icon critic David Portnoy…