Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria said it is opening a location in Shanghai come January.
Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria said Tuesday it is opening a location in Shanghai come January.
The San Mateo-based company said its first “Ello Amici’s” is to be located on Xiangyang Road in the popular HuaiHai Road shopping district of Shanghai, featuring a menu similar to what is available to Amici’s diners in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The location in China comes as a result of collaboration between Amici’s co-founder and President Peter Cooperstein, partner Mike Forter and the Lo Family of Shanghai. Menlo Park resident Sophie Lo is a Bay Area businesswoman and her brother Jimmy Lo is a real estate developer in China, Amici’s said in a prepared statement.
“Our goal is to open several locations in Shanghai and then expand into Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau and other areas in China,” Cooperstein said in the statement.
The pizza company has 12 locations from San Jose to Vacaville in the Bay Area, and is planning to open another location in Southern California’s La Jolla in spring 2012. Its pizza is also served at San Jose Sharks National Hockey League games in the HP Pavilion.
Click here to read the press release from Amici’s.
Written by Lisa Sibley. She can be reached at 408.299.1830 or lsibley@bizjournals.com.
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