NORTON SHORES, MI - Lombardo's Sicilian Pizza was supposed to open quietly, but that hope was dashed with the restaurant ran out of supplies by the end of the first night.

Lombardo's, 1697 W. Sherman Blvd., opened on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Word got out quickly. After the first night, owner Jim Lombardo had to scavenge supplies from his father's and brother's pizza places, Joe's Pizza King and Lombardo's Pizza, both in Wyoming, respectively.

"It's a problem, but it's a great problem to have," Lombardo said of the response from customers.

We can’t say thank you enough for the OVERWHELMING response in our pizza! We haven’t had our Gand opening yet or even a... Posted by Lombardo's Sicilian Pizza - Muskegon on Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The Lombardos consider themselves pizzaiolos, which is Italian for pizzamaker, he said.

The sauce recipe they use at all three businesses has been in the family for about 60 years, Lombardo said. The whole-milk mozzarella cheese is grated on site. All the meats are cut on site. The dough is made fresh every four hours, hand rolled, and hand tossed.

Pizza prices range from $9.50 for a 12-inch with cheese to $33.50 for a 24-inch with five toppings. A veggie specialty pizza ranges from $11.50-$26. A deluxe with ham, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, green olives and green peppers runs from $15.50-$36.

The menu also included Stromboli, subs, manicotti, lasagna, breadsticks and garlic bread.

Stromboli has been a big hit, Jim Lombardo said. At Joe's Pizza King, they would make 11-12 a week, but at Lombardo's in Muskegon he's making eight to 10 a night.

Other crowd favorites so far are the homemade lasagna and manicotti, he said.

Lombardo's father, James Lombardo, inherited Joe's Pizza King from his father Josepe Lombardo. Josepe Lombardo's father also had a pizza place in Grand Rapids called Pizza Gino.

Josepe Lombardo was the first of the family to emigrate from Sicily to the United States.

"He came over at 18 years old, and was working and sending money back home," Jim Lombardo said.

Eventually, the rest of the family followed him, he said.

Jim Lombardo managed Joe's Pizza King until he and his wife, Kelsey Lombardo, decided to open their own shop on the lakeshore.

It took about a month to get the former Domino's ready to open, he said.

Lombardo's is open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to midnight Friday, 4 p.m.-midnight Saturday, and 4-10 p.m. Sunday.

The business' Facebook page already has almost 60 reviews - all five stars except one four-star review.

I'm heading down Sherman Ave and I see that Lombardo's has opened. In Muskegon it always seems like there is an... Posted by Kiel Reid on Saturday, February 10, 2018

Nice work, can’t wait to try more. Excellent crust, good sauce, not like the rest in town. Wish I could have had it warm I hit every damn red light on the way home. Posted by Cliff Shaut on Sunday, February 11, 2018