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Pizza Fun House is a new parlor by the Serafina Hospitality Group set to debut at 63 West 8th Street by 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village tomorrow. To celebrate the grand opening, the staff is giving out a whopping 500 free slices of delicious, warm pizza from 1pm until supplies last.
Photograph: Courtesy of Pizza Fun House
Although the promotion is enough of a reason to run to the new spot, the restaurant’s concept and menu deserve some attention of their own as well.
The pizzeria looks just like what it sounds like: expect brightly colored geometric Googie-style interiors that are inspired by Serafina co-founders Fabio Granato and Vittorio Assaf’s pop culture memories from their Italian childhood.
The menu plays on nostalgia as well, featuring hearty mains like the meatball parm dish, all served with a side of spaghetti marinara.
House-made pastas include penne a la vodka and meat lasagna but there are also sandwiches and salads on offer.
Photograph: Courtesy of Pizza Fun House
Of course, the main event is all about pizza, and for good reason. Each pie is cooked at a precise 240-degree temperature for five minutes inside a Roman Castelli oven that “allows for a versatile range of styles, all while maintaining the integrity of the dough’s sourdough-like profile,” reads an official press release. The ingredients are sourced directly from Italy—think tomatoes from Naples and olive oil from Sicily—when creating the pizze that are sold by the slice or as whole pies.
Let’s not forget about dessert: banana splits and cannoli are must-haves alongside a range of milkshake flavors that include the black and white, a variety inspired by the iconic New York cookie, of course.
As mentioned in the press release, Pizza Fun House sounds exactly like the classic Happy Days-style diner that plenty of New Yorkers look back fondly on. We’re here for all of it, especially when a visit involves free pizza.
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If you’re anything like me, you’re really enjoying the new X-Men 97 show by Marvel Animation on Disney+ and you want to tell everyone about it (episode 5, right?).
Well, Airbnb can do you one better and you don’t even need powers! It’s launching a chance to stay at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning in Westchester, NY. The stay, which is set up inside a four-bedroom mansion in High Castle and “hosted” by Jubilee, is a 2D experience that includes:
A new student orientation video from Jubilee
The opportunity to concoct experiments in Beast’s lab
The chance to train like an X-Man in the Danger Room
A stop in the iconic War Room for team briefings and to try on Cerebro
Staying overnight in either host Jubilee’s bedroom straight out of the 90s, Wolverine’s room inspired by the series, Beast’s lab, or the new recruits dorm room.
Beignets for breakfast (Gambit’s secret recipe)
On the Airbnb listing for the X-Mansion, Jubilee writes about the experience:
“Hey, I’m Jubilee! If I’m not at the mall, you can find me hanging with my fellow X-Men. We’re talking Cyclops, Storm, and Wolverine! I learned how to light up the sky at Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning. Basically, I have the power to shoot fireworks from my hands. Rad, huh? Can’t wait to have you over to the house so you can see what we’re all about.”
Photograph: Holly Andres, courtesy of AirbnbPhotograph: Holly Andres, courtesy of AirbnbPhotograph: Holly Andres, courtesy of AirbnbPhotograph: Holly Andres, courtesy of Airbnb
Before you leave, you’ll get debriefed on your new mutant powers an official diploma and a class photo.
The space itself looks like the animated series come to life — certainly worth hosting the likes of Magneto and our beloved hero Gambit.
Booking opens at airbnb.com at 5:30pm today (May 1) with stays starting in June. When you try booking, you’ll need to provide your preferred stay dates, your guests, and answer a question about why you want to go. Airbnb will randomly select potential guests and ask them to book it.
Requests to book close at 11:59pm PT on May 13, 2024, and it’s $97 per person to stay the night.
If you can’t secure the stay, you can just go to the two-hour X-Men experience at the X-Mansion, which you can book starting May 9 right here.
This experience is part of Airbnb’s Icons program, a new category of “extraordinary experiences hosted by the greatest names in music, film, television, art, sports, and more.”
“Icons take you inside worlds that only existed in your imagination—until now,” Brian Chesky, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, said. “As life becomes increasingly digital, we’re focused on bringing more magic into the real world. With Icons, we’ve created the most extraordinary experiences on Earth.”
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May is full of reasons to celebrate: not only is it the end of that long, cold New York winter, but there’s also Cinco de Mayo as well as, uh, the birthday of action star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on May 2. All of those festivities are coming together for the fourth annual Guac on the Rock campaign, an initiative from Johnson and his small-batch Teremana Tequila brand. And for the first time, the campaign is stretching out from a mere week of free guacamole to an entire month of gratis guac.
From Wednesday, May 1 through Friday, May 31, Johnson’s Teremana Tequila will reimburse restaurant goers for their guacamole orders up to $1,000,000, when they purchase guac with any Teremana cocktail. (Yes, alas, that does mean you have to be age 21 and over to participate.) All you have to do is head to guacontherock.com and use the restaurant locator to find a participating eatery or bar near you. Once there, order a Teremana drink and guacamole; snap a picture of your itemized receipt and submit it on the Guac on the Rock website; and you’ll see a reimbursement (of up to $10) via Venmo for that guac starter, no matter if you dine in or take out.
Launched in 2021, the nationwide, charitable initiative aims to encourage consumers to support America’s restaurants, by generating additional revenue for the local venues as well as tips for hospitality workers.
“For Cinco de Mayo and my birthday this year, I’m happy that the Guac will be on the Rock for a full month,” said Johnson in a statement. “It’s a testament to the incredible success of Teremana that we are able to give back to our tremendous bars and restaurants and our loyal fans for a fourth year in a row—in an even bigger way than before. I can’t wait to see more people come together to support our nation’s hospitality workers and say thank you by raising a Teremana Toast and participating in Guac on the Rock!”
