Nighthawk Napoletana
Pizza restaurant · Algiers Point ·
Wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, sourdough crust, quality ingredients
Wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, sourdough crust, quality ingredients
"Nighthawk Napoletana’s modern Neapolitan menu keeps it classic and fresh, offering staples like margherita and pepperoni alongside a funky Italian sausage, charred poblano cream, and raclette combo; another topped with calabrian chili paste and njuda. Canonical Italian sides and desserts (think arancini, meatballs, chocolate budino) are served on red-and-white checkered table cloths; the beverage menu features cocktails, nonalcoholic drinks, and carefully curated wines." - Eater Staff
"The former home of a popular Westbank pizzeria has been revived by Adrian Chelette, a local chef with a long background making standout pizza in New Orleans. Chelette, who most recently manned the pizza oven at Seventh Ward hotspot Margot’s following his time as co-owner at Ancora Pizza, has opened Nighthawk Napoletana, a simple, modern neighborhood restaurant with a large wood-burning pizza oven flanked by a dining counter, a bar, a small covered patio, and a narrow dining room. The restaurant’s succinct menu features eight sourdough Neapolitan-style pizzas, a few salads, and small plates like meatballs and arancini." - Clair Lorell, Justine Jones
"Chef Adrian Chelette’s Nighthawk Napoletana offers superb sourdough thin-crust pizzas in flavors both traditional and not. Take a seat in the red-checkered-tableclothed dining room and try a cold cut pizza topped with mortadella, or a sausage pizza with taleggio and poblano cream. Order the Caesar and try to guess the dressing’s secret ingredient. Reasonable wine is a bonus." - Beth D’Addono
"I tried Nighthawk Napoletana (opened in 2023) and found the pizzas to be gooey and Naples‑worthy, with crust‑char and a tart red sauce." - Jenny Adams
"At 141 Delaronde Street, Adrian Chelette is opening Nighthawk Napoletana—working with the owners of the popular taco hut Barracuda and taking over the former Tavolino space—to offer a succinct menu of eight Neapolitan-style pizzas along with small plates like meatballs, bruschetta and arancini, salads, and classic Italian cocktails; Chelette, who ran the kitchen at Margot’s since its April 2022 opening and previously operated a Nighthawk pizza pop-up, is branching out on his own." - Clair Lorell