Ron Newman ([personal profile] ron_newman) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2016-01-16 08:28 am
Entry tags:

"Oath Craft Pizza" proposed to replace Singer sewing machine store

As reported earlier, the Singer sewing machine shop at the corner of Elm and Day streets is moving to West Cambridge.  The new prospective tenant is a 16-seat superfast-order restaurant called Oath Craft Pizza.

Here are the submitted plan and the city planning staff report.  (Though I see only 13 seats in the diagram.)

From the planning report: "This pizza establishment is providing a different kind of experience by using super-efficient ovens to cook craft pizza in 90 seconds. "

They currently have two locations, Nantucket and South Station, but want to grow into a real chain.

Oath Craft Pizza Has Aggressive Growth Plans for Boston, Starting With South Station (Eater.com, 8/11/15)

The smallest pizzeria ever is opening in South Station (Boston Business Journal, 10/22/15)

[identity profile] dougo.livejournal.com 2016-01-18 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
For when you really want pizza but you're too lazy to cross the street to Mike's?

[identity profile] scott gunther (from livejournal.com) 2016-01-18 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
or walk 200 feet down Day St to Sacco's?

[identity profile] keithn.livejournal.com 2016-01-19 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I know Mike's is a Davis Square institution, but... the quality of the food there is the worst in the area. I wouldn't say Mike's fulfills any of the area's pizza needs.

[identity profile] frotz.livejournal.com 2016-01-25 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it will fill a niche fairly well; I've had their pizza in South Station and liked it. (Certainly moreso than the last time I had Mike's.) The pizzas are relatively small and fast and expensive, though; I think they'll fill the "hey I need some food before this movie" niche well, but not so much the "let's get a pizza for dinner" niche. Also they're thin and crispy and get cold fast, so benefit from immediate consumption vs. takeout-for-later.