History
Villa Enterprises began in 1964 when Michele Scotto opened his first ‘Villa Pizza’ shop next to the original Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. The success of that store has since led to expansion to over 300 locations. The company is currently run by founder Michele Scotto's two sons; Anthony Scotto serves as CEO, and Biagio Scotto is President.
Villa's menus support the culinary philosophy of founder Michele Scotto, who emigrated to the United States from Naples, Italy. Scotto believed that food should always be prepared by hand on the premises–not frozen or pre-processed–and feature only fresh produce, sauces and meats.
In 2004, Villa Enterprises opened a flagship ‘Villa Café’ location at Times Square in New York City, and in 2006 a new international headquarters in Morristown, NJ.
Entrepreneur Magazine named Villa Enterprises one of the top 500 Best Franchises of 2008.
In late December 2008, Villa Enterprises announced it acquired six Luciano Brickoven Pizzeria locations from the Luciano Group, and Villa plans to convert them to Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen restaurants in early 2009.
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