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EMPIRE PIZZA CAFÉ HISTORY In 1994,
Relentless Pizza Corp. delivered from construction to creation to operation,
La Piazza Italian Ristorante & Cafe, in In 1998, La Piazza and
Times Square Pizza, individually and as a group, have participated as a regular
attendee of the “Creative Cooking Expo” at the Fashion Mall in Plantation
(they were the only independent family owned restaurant to participate-other
participants were major chains and corporations), catered and/or provided
food service for the Florida Marlins “Family Fun Fest,” “Family Sundays” and
the “Citrus Series” against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, participated annually
in the American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life,”
a 24-hour event held in Plantation and Sunrise, Florida and, participated
annually as well in the “Wine, Jazz & Taste of Plantation.” La Piazza was
designated the official “room-service” provider for neighboring hotels such
as the AmeriSuites, LaQuinta and LaQuinta Inns & Suites, the Comfort
Suites and As the founding family of La Piazza and Times Square Pizza consistently delivered quality and excellence, it was afforded and given a great opportunity by The Mills Corp., a NYSE publicly held company, to enter “The Oasis” at Sawgrass Mills Mall. With great honor and pride, a lease was negotiated and consummated; Empire Pizza Café rapidly evolved and emerged. Empire Pizza Café
is a very uniquely designed Empire Pizza Cafe’s executive
and management team consists of Eric Levy, CFP, President, Sandy Robert Levy, CPA,
Chief Executive Officer, Sandra Levy, Marketing Director & Event
Coordinator, Robin Dana Levy-Castillo, CC, Chief Operating Officer and
Certified Culinarian and Hernan Castillo, Operations Manager
(SEE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BELOW).
The executive and management team is very “people orientated” and involve themselves and
the company with neighborhood functions to better serve the community. Empire Pizza Café partakes
in the following charitable events: O.J. McDuffy's Annual Cystic Fibrosis Golf Tournament,
Neighbors for Neighbors, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and several American Cancer Society functions.
Empire Pizza Café caters for events not only in the surrounding local area such as the BMW Pro
Player Tennis Tournament at the Welleby Tennis Center, Temple Ramat Shalom and at Volunteer Park,
but it provides such services from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale to West Palm Beach. Some of the
non-local clientele are as follows: in Ft. Lauderdale - The Las Olas River House, The Las Olas
Grand, The WaterGarden, The Museum of Art, Revolution, Voodoo Lounge and The Swimmers Hall of Fame;
in other areas - Delray Beach Orchid Society, Tamarac Community Center and countless homes from
Miami to West Palm Beach.
Empire Pizza Café is an active member of the Plantation Chamber of Commerce.
The restaurant provides "room service"
to 9 local area hotels in the Sunrise/Plantation area as well as catering services for corporate
functions to Microsoft, Motorola, American Express, E-Funds, GL Homes, Universal, All About Staff,
and many other national companies. Empire Pizza
Café provides catering services at the Bank Atlantic Center for stars and entertainers such as: Billy Joel
, The Rolling Stones, Gwen Stefani, Rod Stewart,
Josh Grobin, Cher,
Alicia Keys, Beyonce',
Missy Elliot, R. Kelly, Barry Manilow, Phil Collins, Jimmy
Buffet, Madonna, Pink, American Idols, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, John Legend, Hanna Montana, Jill Scott, and to the NHL Professional Hockey Teams, just to name a few. As depicted on the MSN website, Empire Pizza Café received the following
accolades in Fort Lauderdale from Citysearch:
Winner and Best In:
Italian Food
Family Dining
Special Occasion Dining
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