Three friends craving the New York-style thin slice pizza decided to make it themselves and opened Johnny Tomatoes Pizza — featuring the thin, firm, but foldable pizza slices they craved — in south Sarasota County.
The first shop opened in Sept. 2025 at 4260 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, located on the south side of Tamiami Trail, just east of Jacaranda Boulevard.
The second shop opened Jan. 3 at 5808 S. Tamiami Trail, on the north end of a shopping plaza anchored by a Chevron gas station, between Tamiami Trail and Hollywood Boulevard and bordered on the north by Southwood Street…