Big Bill's NY Pizza

What Big Bill's NY Pizza does

Big Bill's NY Pizza is a single-location, family-owned New York-style pizzeria and Italian restaurant operating from 8243 S. Holly Street in Centennial, Colorado, founded in 1995 by Bill Ficke after retiring from a professional basketball coaching and scouting career. The restaurant employs approximately 13 people and serves local Centennial and Denver-metro diners through dine-in service and phone/walk-in takeout only, deliberately refusing to accept orders from third-party online ordering platforms. Its product portfolio centers on hand-tossed New York-style pizza (whole pies in 12", 14", and 16" sizes, plus by-the-slice), complemented by scratch-made calzones, pasta entrees (including gluten-free and whole wheat options), hero sandwiches, salads, wings, desserts, and a beer and wine program. A distinctive menu feature is a set of specialty dishes named after notable local customers and Denver basketball community figures.

The business operates a pure transactional, direct-to-consumer revenue model with no subscriptions, no online ordering, no delivery, and no catering program — all revenue is one-time in-person or phone-based food and beverage sales paid per unit. Pricing is fully disclosed and ranges from $7.50 kids' meals to $28.50 for a Sicilian party pizza, with pizza pies clustered in the $14.50-$24.00 band. The restaurant has no digital presence beyond a basic informational website, no mobile app, no third-party delivery partnerships, and no e-commerce capability. Its sole adjacent entity is the JoAnn B. Ficke Cancer Foundation, co-founded by Bill Ficke and his son Dan in 2009, which receives all proceeds from the restaurant's annual "9/11 Day of Giving" fundraiser — a charitable event that has raised over $1.645 million (and is publicly claimed at over $2 million) for Colorado cancer research since inception. The company is privately held, has no outside funding, and shows no signals of geographic, channel, or product-line expansion.

Name

Big Bill's NY Pizza

Legal name

Big Bill's NY Pizza

Website

https://bigbillsnypizza.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Big Bill's NY Pizza is a single-location, family-owned New York-style pizzeria and Italian restaurant in Centennial, Colorado, founded in 1995 by Bill Ficke, serving local Centennial and Denver-metro diners through dine-in and phone/walk-in takeout only, with no third-party delivery or online ordering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant / Pizzeria

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Family-Style Restaurants (THAFACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pizza Fast Casual (THAFABAB)

Keywords

• New York style pizza
• Italian restaurant dining
• Pizzeria takeout service
• Hand-tossed pizza
• Neighborhood casual dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Centennial

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Dine-in and Takeout Food Sales: Traditional restaurant revenue through sale of pizzas, calzones, hero sandwiches, salads, pasta entrees, wings, appetizers, desserts, and beverages including soda, beer, and wine. One-time transaction-based purchases with no recurring revenue component.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Big Bill's NY Pizza is a single-location, family-owned New York style pizzeria and Italian restaurant in Centennial, Colorado, selling hand-tossed pizzas (whole pies in Small/Medium/Large and Sicilian party sizes, plus individual slices), scratch-made calzones, pasta entrees, hero sandwiches, salads, appetizers, kids' meals, desserts, and a beer/wine beverage program. The restaurant serves customers through in-person dine-in and phone-based takeout orders only, with no third-party online ordering, and prepares dough and sauces from scratch daily.

Product overview

Big Bill's NY Pizza is a traditional New York-style pizzeria and Italian restaurant offering a single-location dining experience in Centennial, Colorado. The product portfolio centers on hand-tossed New York style pizza (available as whole pies in multiple sizes or individual slices), complemented by Italian entrees including pasta dishes, calzones, salads, and hero sandwiches. The restaurant also offers specialty dishes named after notable customers, kids' meals, appetizers, desserts, and a full beverage program including beer and wine. All items are prepared fresh daily, with gluten-free crust options available for pizzas and spaghetti dishes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New York Style Pizza (whole pies)
• Pizza Slices
• Sicilian Thick Square Party Pizza
• Calzones
• Pasta Entrees
• Salads Salads including dinner salad, chopped dinner salad, Caesar salad, veggie salad, antipasta for 1 or 2, New York salad with chicken, and white albacore tuna salad, with multiple dressing options.
• Hero Sandwiches Hot and cold hero/hoagie sandwiches including meatball parmigiana, sausage parmigiana, chicken cutlet parmigiana, eggplant parmigiana, New York hero, veggie hero, boss hog, white albacore tuna, ham and provolone, salami and provolone, capicola and provolone, and super hero.
• Starters and Sides Appetizers and sides including wings with celery and ranch, breadsticks, garlic bread, garlic bread with melted mozzarella, garlic knots, sticks and stones combo, and minestrone soup.
• Kids Entrees Kid-friendly pasta dishes for ages 10 and under, including spaghetti, baked rigatoni, stuffed pasta shells, ravioli, and eggplant parmigiana, served with meatball or sausage and a soda for $7.50.
• Desserts Dessert offerings including homemade cannoli (vanilla or chocolate chip), homemade NY style cheesecake with walnut graham cracker crust, Haagen Dazs ice cream, and ice cream sandwiches.
• Beverages Beverages including soda with free refills, soda pitchers, apple juice, Yoo-Hoo, domestic and imported beer (bottles and draft), white claw, wine by the glass or carafe, and hot tea and coffee.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• JoAnn B. Ficke Cancer FoundationcoreOthers · 1 January 2009Founded by Big Bill Ficke and his son Dan in 2009 following the passing of JoAnn Ficke from lymphoma. The foundation distributes all funds raised through Big Bill's annual '9/11 Day of Giving' fundraiser. Over $1.645 million has been raised since 2009. Big Bill serves as President (emeritus) and Dan serves as current President of the foundation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Domino's Pizza: Largest pizza chain by global retail sales, with strong delivery and digital ordering infrastructure. Competes with Big Bill's for pizza occasions in the Denver metro, especially on convenience-driven orders Big Bill's chooses not to serve.

Direct peers

• Blaze Pizza: Fast-casual build-your-own pizza chain with national footprint. Competes with Big Bill's for casual pizza occasions, though emphasizes counter-order speed rather than full table service.
• Jet's Pizza: Regional pizza chain famous for Detroit-style deep-dish and square pizzas with broad menu (subs, salads, wings). Comparable to Big Bill's Sicilian thick square pizza and broad Italian-American menu.
• MOD Pizza: Fast-casual pizza chain serving individual-style artisan pizzas with a broad menu including salads and sides. Comparable as a competing casual-dining pizza concept targeting similar family and dine-in occasions.
• Mountain Mike's Pizza: West-coast-focused pizza chain known for family-friendly casual dining, hand-tossed dough, and a broad menu including wings, sandwiches, and salads. Comparable to Big Bill's as a casual full-service neighborhood pizzeria with traditional crust styles and family appeal.
• Round Table Pizza: West-coast pizza franchise known for traditional hand-tossed pies, family dining rooms, and a multi-format menu. Comparable as a traditional neighborhood pizzeria with dine-in and takeout.
• Marco's Pizza: Fast-growing Italian-style pizza franchise with dine-in, carryout, and delivery. Comparable to Big Bill's as an Italian-American pizza concept with broad menu including subs and salads.

Emerging players

• Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza: Coal-oven pizza concept emphasizing authentic preparation and an upscale-casual dining room. Comparable to Big Bill's on authentic cooking method and Italian-American menu breadth.
• Papa Murphy's: Take-and-bake pizza chain selling raw pizzas for customers to bake at home. Competes for the same family-meal pizza occasions but with a fundamentally different preparation model than Big Bill's dine-in/takeout hot pizza.
• &pizza: Fast-casual build-your-own pizza concept with a strong digital/ordering focus. Competes for pizza occasions with a more tech-forward and counter-service model than Big Bill's traditional dine-in approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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