Mystic Pizza
Pizza restaurant · Mystic
56 W Main St, Mystic, CT 06355
Highlights
Nostalgic pizza spot, inspired by the 1988 film, serves pies
Nostalgic pizza spot, inspired by the 1988 film, serves pies
"Best known from a 1988 romantic comedy that follows the romantic entanglements of three servers at a small Connecticut pizzeria and helped launch Julia Roberts’s career, this locale is culturally notable for evoking the feel of a small resort town — a quality highlighted by Roger Ebert — and for showcasing early performances by Vincent D’Onofrio, Lili Taylor, and Matt Damon. The film is now being adapted into a stage musical by Broadway veterans with singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge providing new music; the creative team includes writer Sas Goldberg and director Gordon Greenberg, and Concord Theatricals will handle publishing and licensing, though production dates and venues have not been announced. Observers caution that movie-to-musical transfers can be tricky, but successes like Waitress offer a cautiously optimistic precedent." - Greg Morabito
"Mystic, Connecticut was a relatively sleepy New England town until Hollywood’s attention turned to their local pizza shop, Mystic Pizza. Opened in 1973 by the Zelepos family, the corner pizza joint enjoyed decades of success in their titular town thanks to their “secret sauce.” However, business exploded after screenwriter Amy Jones, who had spent the summer in Mystic, used the restaurant as the setting for her latest screenplay. The resulting film, Mystic Pizza, was released in 1988 and not only shared a title with the Zelepos’ business, but also told the story of three fictional women working at the restaurant. The coming-of-age story received critical acclaim and gathered enough attention that the original Mystic Pizza soon had to deal with lines around the block. The movie proved so successful for the restaurant that they were not only able to open a second location, but Mystic Pizza also now sells frozen pizzas in grocery stores around America. Fans of the film still flock to the restaurant to take pictures at the backdrop of one their favorite romantic comedies. Not bad for a local pizzeria that simply happened to catch a writer’s eye. None" - ghostfilm, ladyredtravel, Antahny, beckieanngalentine, Gillian, T Travel Maven, Kiri the Unicorn, M Martin, whaa fun, Travel Maven, thegenxjourney, Collector of Experiences, a amcagg, Rachel
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