Today, I’d like to introduce you all to a new young chef from Pune. Piyush Kulkarni a 22 year old young entrepreneur and his fascinating concept of offering Punekars “The True Italian Pizza” at his Da’nonna Pizzeria!

He started Da’nonna Pizza on the 8th June 2020 and the name is an ode to his grandmother from whose house in Narayan Peth he started this endeavour.

His journey as told to me by him – “As I started there were many hurdles I faced but yet people were kind and loved what I was serving. Started from a one room kitchen apartment as a cloud kitchen with a single deck electric oven then upgraded to a double deck and in no time a gas oven. After a good one and a half year, we found a great place with an area of nearly 2000sq ft near Kamla Nehru park.”

The new restaurant has a 55 seater capacity with cozy ambience, serving authentic wood-fired Neapolitan style pizzas. With Italian food, coffee is a must, so they opened a coffee shop in the same place named Crema & co. with his friend who is a trained barista.

But pizzas that taste just like the Italians was a no go zone!! So they had to give it a little Indian touch, so a little spice and full of flavour pizzas will make you want to eat more and more. The best thing about their pizzas are they ferment the dough for 72 hours making the pizzas very light on your stomach. When here, definitely try out their own style of Buffalo Chicken Pizza. Apart from the classic Pork Pepperoni, the finger-licking Goan Chorizo will definitely blow your mind. Pizza with roasted aubergines, mushrooms and zucchini is a classic pizza that you should try out.

Many people are sceptical when they see aubergines on a pizza, but once they eat they will surely love it. The Veg Popeye Pizza will make you love Da’nonna even more, it is a classic pizza with spinach, baby corn, olives and loads of parmesan.

I can assure you that you will find the taste of Naples in Pune, right from the dough, the sauce everything is made in-house. Soon they are starting to make their own cheese. They source vegetables which are hydroponically grown which bring out the best of farm to table.

Definitely do go and try their Naples style pizza from Da’nonna pizza located in the lane of Joshi hospital, near Kamala Nehru Park.

Address: 796/4 white lotus, Dr Joshi Hospital lane, off, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune-04
Contact: 7774011028