Homie Slice Brings Late-Night NY-Style Pizza To Worcester

WORCESTER, MA — A brand new spot to get pizza is officially open in the city.

Homie Slice, a New York-style pizza takeout window, soft-opened on Mar. 5 at 20A Millbury St. in Worcester. Its owner, Victoria Mariano, told Patch that the team is still fine-tuning operations before planning a larger public grand opening in the coming weeks.

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The concept was inspired by Mariano's upbringing in New York and years spent searching for a classic late-night slice experience in Worcester. She teamed up with Chef Chris Wolfe, who owns Big T's Jerky House and local pizza chef Mike Gheorghe.

“I’m from New York originally, before coming to Worcester to go to Clark, and I always loved grabbing a late-night New York-style slice growing up,” Mariano told Patch. " I am the owner of Electric Haze, and when the space became available next door, I decided to jump on it."

Her ties to Worcester go back nearly two decades. While attending Clark University, she launched her first business through an entrepreneurship capstone course in 2007.

“It was my class project, the first hookah lounge in Worcester, called Spiritual Haze,” Mariano said. “I graduated in 2008 and stayed in Worcester to run the business.”

The business later expanded into Electric Haze, which opened in 2013. “The longer I stayed in Worcester, the deeper I dove in. I can’t imagine leaving now," she told Patch.

Mariano says Homie Slice aims to stand apart by sticking closely to a traditional New York-style recipe.

"We make the sauce and dough from scratch, and use a recipe that's very New York style, simple and quality ingredients," Mariano told Patch. "There isn't many New York-style places in Worcester."

Mariano said the major difference she sees is that slices are available until 2:30 a.m., saying, "It doesn't get better than grabbing a quick and delicious slice in between going out at night."

On a personal level, Mariano told Patch the opening fills a long-standing gap for Electric Haze customers and staff.

“A lot of times people will just not eat while they are hanging out there because they don't feel like going somewhere else,” she said. “ I've always been a natural hostess, and it always really bothered me not being able to provide food for my customers and staff. So having food available now makes me feel better."

Though the pizza shop itself is small, Mariano hopes growing demand could eventually lead to a second location.

“It’s a super small space, so I hope to get enough demand to be able to open another location in the next couple years,” she said.

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