JOEY'S PIZZERIA

What JOEY'S PIZZERIA does

Joey's Pizzeria is a privately held, single-location casual restaurant operating from 197 Lower County Road in Dennis Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Established as a pizzeria in the 1980s after operating as a 1950s gingerbread house, the business was rebranded in the 1990s into a retro-themed pizzeria featuring 1940s-1960s decor with an original movie star mural. The company operates with approximately 5 employees and runs on seasonal hours (Thu-Sun 12pm-9pm, Mon-Wed 4pm-9pm), with reduced hours before July.

The core product is hand-tossed Italian thin-crust pizza in 12-inch and 16-inch sizes, offered as classic build-your-own pies and signature specialty pizzas ("The Great Gourmets"). A full casual dining menu includes salads, subs on house-baked rolls, appetizers, Italian dinners, platters, and a kids menu. A unique differentiator is Paine's Creek Oyster Farm, a wholly-owned subsidiary on Cape Cod Bay that supplies the restaurant with fresh oysters on a 2-4 year grow cycle. Oysters are sold in-restaurant with day-of-week pricing specials and also distributed online via the Island Creek Oysters e-commerce platform for domestic shipping.

The business model is direct-to-consumer, combining on-premise dine-in and takeout sales with e-commerce oyster fulfillment through Island Creek Oysters. Customer mix is local Cape Cod residents and seasonal tourists. The company has no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or funding rounds, and operates as an independent family-style business.

Name

JOEY'S PIZZERIA

Legal name

Joey's Pizzeria

Website

https://joeyspizzas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Joey's Pizzeria is a single-location, privately held Italian thin-crust pizzeria in Dennis Port, Massachusetts, serving Cape Cod residents and seasonal tourists with pizza, subs, salads, and oysters from its own Paine's Creek Oyster Farm, also sold online via Island Creek Oysters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Pizzeria

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Shellfish Farming (112512)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Pizza Fast Casual (THAFABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seafood Fast Casual (THAFABAJ)

Keywords

• Italian thin-crust pizza
• Casual dining restaurant
• Cape Cod pizzeria
• Fresh oyster sales
• Retro diner dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Dennisport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dine-In and Takeout Sales: Traditional pizzeria revenue from selling pizzas, salads, subs, appetizers, dinners, and platters to dine-in and takeout customers. Operating seasonally with varying hours.
2. Oyster Sales: Fresh Paine's Creek oysters sold by the dozen at the restaurant (Mon-Wed $1 each, other days $2.50 each, minimum 6). Also available for online ordering through Island Creek Oysters platform for shipping.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Joey's Pizzeria operates a single-location casual dining restaurant in Dennisport, MA on Cape Cod, serving hand-tossed Italian thin-crust pizzas in 12" and 16" sizes alongside a full menu of salads, subs baked daily on-site, appetizers, Italian dinners, platters, and a kids' menu. The restaurant also sells fresh Paine's Creek Oysters harvested from its own wholly-owned oyster farm on Cape Cod Bay, both at the restaurant and online via a third-party platform.

Product overview

Joey's Pizzeria is a single-location restaurant serving hand-tossed Italian thin-crust pizza since the 1980s. The core product is pizza available in 12" and 16" sizes, offered as Classic Pizzas with build-your-own toppings or as The Great Gourmets specialty pizzas. The menu also includes salads, subs, appetizers, dinners, and platters, creating a full casual dining experience. A unique offering is Paine's Creek Oysters, sourced from the restaurant's own oyster farm on Cape Cod Bay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Paine's Creek Oysters: Owned oyster farm on Cape Cod Bay producing fresh oysters with a distinctly briny, clean Cape Cod Bay flavor. Oysters take 2-4 years to reach harvesting size.

Products and services

• Classic Pizzas Hand-tossed Italian thin-crust pizzas available in Small 12" and Large 16" sizes, customizable with classic toppings including cheese, pepperoni, sausage, and vegetables, offered to dine-in and takeout customers.
• The Great Gourmets Specialty Pizzas Signature specialty pizzas including Blue Hawaiian, Meat Lovers Feast, Veggie Lovers Feast, Cape Cod Margherita, Buffalo or BBQ Chicken, Chicken Roasted Peppers, Greek Pizza, and Heidi Hawaiian.
• Salads Fresh garden and specialty salads including Garden, Greek, Antipasto, Caesar, Chicken Caesar, and Joey's Chicken Kabob with Feta, served with multiple dressing options.
• Subs Sub sandwiches on freshly baked daily rolls, including Eggplant Parmesan, Chicken Parmesan, Meatball Parmesan, Italian Sausage Parmesan, Grilled Veggie, Ham & Cheese, BBQ or Buffalo Chicken, Chicken Kabob, Turkey, BLT, Steak & Cheese, and Steak or Chicken Bomb.
• Appetizers Starters including Clam Chowder, Mozzarella Sticks, Chicken Fingers, Buffalo Fingers, Chicken Wings, Buffalo Wings, French Fries, Beer Batter Onion Rings, Jalapeño Poppers, Island Oasis Smoothie, and Fried Dough.
• Dinners Italian dinner entrees served with Penne or Spaghetti (or Salad): Eggplant Parmesan, Meatballs, Sausage, Fresh Chicken Parmesan, Pasta & Sauce, Ravioli, and Marinated Chicken Kabob.
• Platters Casual platter meals served with fries or onion rings including Fried Cod Sandwich, Cheeseburger Plate, Hot Dog Plate, Clam Strip Platter, and Chicken Tender Platter.
• Little Joey's Menu Kids menu (under 12) featuring child-sized portions with French fries including Hot Dog Plate, Cheeseburger Plate, Grilled Cheese Plate, Pasta & Sauce, and Chicken Finger Plate.
• Paine's Creek Oysters Fresh oysters grown at Joey's own Paine's Creek Oyster farm on Cape Cod Bay, available raw on the half shell or baked, with $1 oyster specials Monday through Wednesday.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recognized as 'the best pizza on Cape Cod' by Frommer's Travel Guide

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Island Creek OystersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoey's Pizzeria sells Paine's Creek Oysters (their proprietary on-premise oyster farm product) through the Island Creek Oysters online store platform. Island Creek Oysters provides e-commerce fulfillment and shipping services for the restaurant's oyster sales to customers outside the Cape Cod area.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Blaze Pizza: National fast-casual pizza chain with assembly-line thin-crust preparation. Comparable to Joey's on the thin-crust pizza category but is a multi-unit national concept rather than a single heritage restaurant.
• Domino's Pizza: Largest U.S. pizza chain by retail sales with national delivery and digital infrastructure. Comparable to Joey's only at the category level (pizza); operates as a publicly traded, multi-thousand-unit incumbent with a fundamentally different business model.
• MOD Pizza: National fast-casual pizza chain operating broadly across the U.S. Comparable to Joey's on the fast-casual pizza category but operates as a large multi-unit chain rather than a single independent location.

Direct peers

• Sally's Apizza: Legendary New Haven, CT family-owned Italian apizza institution with similar heritage and quality positioning. Comparable to Joey's as a multi-decade regional Italian pizzeria operating from a small footprint with strong destination appeal.
• Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana: Iconic New Haven, CT coal-fired Italian thin-crust pizzeria with deep heritage recognition. Closely comparable to Joey's on product (classic Italian thin-crust), regional footprint, and brand-equity-from-heritage positioning.
• Santarpio's Pizza: Boston, MA family-owned Italian pizzeria operating since 1903 with a classic coal-fired thin-crust product. Directly comparable to Joey's on being a long-running, family-operated regional Italian pizzeria with a traditional product and loyal local following.
• Modern Apizza: New Haven, CT family-owned Italian apizza shop with multi-decade heritage and a thin-crust menu. Comparable to Joey's as a regional artisan pizzeria with strong word-of-mouth recognition and a traditional product.
• Upper Crust Pizzeria: Boston-based artisan pizzeria known for hand-tossed Italian thin-crust pies. Comparable to Joey's as a regional New England operator focused on quality, traditional Italian thin-crust pizza with a sit-down casual dining format.
• Regina Pizzeria: Boston's North End Italian pizzeria institution serving coal-fired thin-crust pizza since 1926. Comparable to Joey's as a heritage New England Italian pizzeria with strong brand recognition built on a traditional product.

Others

• Island Creek Oysters: Duxbury, MA-based shellfish hatchery, grower, and direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform that distributes Joey's Paine's Creek oysters online. Comparable as a channel partner enabling Joey's oyster sales beyond Cape Cod, rather than as a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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