STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Grand opening alert: Denino's Greenwich Village pizza outpost will officially start turning out its signature, crunchy pizzas on Wednesday, July 13.

When Joe and Steven Castellano posted signage last month, announcing Denino's coming to 93 MacDougal St., passersby immediately started expressing their enthusiasm.

This shop is the very first franchised Denino's of its kind. The brothers Castellano are proprietors. Joe tended bar for years at the Port Richmond original parlor.

"Looks like it's going to be amazing," said Mike Burke, whose family owns the Denino's brand. Positive feedback comes particularly from Staten Island transplants in Manhattan.

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This location makes four Denino's. The flagship outfit lives at 524 Port Richmond Ave. There is another in Brick, N.J. and brother Mike Denino runs the Aberdeen pizzeria.

"It's the same menu as the Port Richmond store but with one or two extra items off the Brick menu," said Burke. That translates to a "couple of pastas;" exactly which ones, however, are still to be determined.

And, a new pie rolled out on the menu at all the Denino's called the "A Salut!" with arugula in a lemon dressing, ricotta cheese, fresh mozzarella, shaves of Parmigiano Reggiano and extra virgin olive oil.

Staten Island's Denino's was born in 1923 when John Denino opened a confectionery at the corner of Hooker Place and Port Richmond Avenue. The business started serving beer in 1933 at a pool hall opened next door and by 1937, the tavern opened in its current location with Carlo Denino, John's son, as one of the managers.

In 1951, Denino's signature pie was born, a crunchy, fairly thin-crusted pizza turned out with remarkable consistency. These specimens are fore-runners to styles found at Jimmy Max's of Westerleigh and Eltingville and Nucci's North and South of West Brighton and Richmond Valley respectively.

Denino's unique touch includes sauce ladled over the mozzarella cheese and toppings are added atop. M.O.R. pie (meatballs, onions and ricotta cheese) are cooked in advance, then cubed.

Denino's consistently wins attention for its pies as in the "Best of Staten Island" readers' polls.

The phone number of the Village Denino's is 646-838-6987. For the franchise info, go to Den Deninos.com to inquire.