Pupatella Pizza Location Planned For Leesburg On East Market Street

LEESBURG, VA — A new pizza place is coming soon to Leesburg. Pupatella, a Neapolitan pizza chain based in Northern Virginia, will open a location on East Market Street soon.

The Burn reported that a Pupatella sign is now present and the facility is undergoing its final construction touches. The new restaurant will open at the former Pizza Hut location at 350 East Market Street.

Pupatella currently operates six locations in D.C., Springfield, Fairfax, Arlington, and Reston. The Leesburg location will be the chain's first facility in Loudoun County.

Pupatella specializes in Neapolitan pizza, a flat-style pizza made from mozzarella cheese, a specific Italian tomato, and a light, airy, and thin crust. The chain has not announced an opening date for the Leesburg restaurant.

Enzo Algarme is the founder and owner of Pupatella.

"My grandmother, she was the 'pupatella' of her family," Algarme said in a video on the chain's website. "She was just a big inspiration for me."

Algarme was born and raised in Naples, Italy and was inspired to start his own restaurant after being disappointed by American pizza.

"When I first came to the U.S., I tried an American pizza and I was like, 'Wow. This is just not it,'" Algarme said. "To me growing up, it was just a really simple product that had the simplest ingredients."

More information about Pupatella is available on the restaurant's website.