Alleycat's Pizza

Alleycat's Pizza
Industry Restaurant Chain
Founded 2004
Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan
Key people
Alan Pontes, Mark Thomas
Products Pizza, calzones
Website alleycatspizza.com

Alleycat's Pizza, usually referred to simply as Alleycat's, is a pizzeria chain restaurant that started in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2004. From its humble origins in the tiny basement level of a building on Lishui Street,[1] it has expanded to nine locations throughout Taipei.

History

Alleycat's was started in 2004 by Alan Pontes, a South African immigrant with Italian family roots. The dearth of Italian pizza available in Taiwan gave Pontes the idea of starting his own pizza restaurant, featuring a masonry oven.[2] Addressing a long-felt need among the foreign population for more traditional pizza varieties (as opposed to the locally popular toppings based on East Asian cuisine), it was an immediate success. A second location opened in Neihu in early 2006, quickly followed by a third in the former VFW post building in Tienmu.

The original Lishui Street basement location was closed in 2006 when a street-level space in an adjacent building became available.

In 2007, Pontes briefly left Taiwan, and the chain was sold to Mark Thomas. Pontes has since returned, and has started a new restaurant chain, Yuma Southwest Grill.[3]

Signage

Alleycat's signage is simply the name in red-on-black lettering in a stylized font. Although the chain has used various drawings for promotions from time to time, it does not use a logo.

See also

References

  1. "RESTAURANTS : Alleycat's". Taipei Times. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  2. "Alleycat's Pizza - About". Alleycats. 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  3. "RESTAURANT REVIEW: Yuma Southwestern Grill". Taipei Times. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-14.

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