We banded together to open Lampo Neapolitan Pizzeria on little more than a shared love of italian food and culture and a dream. A dream that grew into an obsession over numerous long road trips in search of true Neapolitan pizza, pizza that relies on quality ingredients, proper technique, and HEAT! Fueled by our idols and inspirations to be our own boss and to cook the food we want to eat, our obsession led us to where we are now, as we are set to bring you Lampo, Charlottesville's first VPN certified pizzeria. Through all of this it was the love and passion that drove us to craft a restaurant around delivering an authentic, top quality dining experience seeded in the best ingredients we can find brought to you in an environment thats fun and relaxed. It was the love and passion that drove us to import a 3-ton brick oven, handcrafted in Naples and shipped across the Atlantic before being craned into our restaurant through a hole in the roof.
It was the love and passion that led us to do things, in a few words, the hard way, but that's because we believe it's the right way and wouldn't be happy doing it any other way.
Luckily, it's this same obsession to quality and authenticity that led us to the 330M Berkel slicer. A hand operated salumi slicer crafted in Italy, whose whole purpose in life is to precisely shave paper thin pieces of pork goodness straight onto a plate for your enjoyment. Its one of the rare instances in life when the best way, just so happens to be the easy way. Throughout this entire process we have strived to do things the right way and we firmly believe that this slicer is an integral piece of the puzzle that is Lampo. In fact you could call it the final piece to the puzzle, it's currently missing, and we need your help funding it. Please help us by donating whatever you can afford, even if it's a dollar or less, every little bit helps and it still means the world to us!
Our goal, with your support and donations, is to raise just enough money to call one of these beauties our own. The 330M Berkel Slicer is a handcrafted work of art and with an MSRP of $8,000.00, while justified, it does cost a bit more than your average meat slicer. With your help we can reach this goal in no time, we've got some sweet Lampo swag and other great perks to extend our thanks with!
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FIVE 4 $5: A big thanks and a high five from all of us!
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Big Thanks and a Bumper Sticker: Not only will you get a high five from all of us but we'll also send you a sweet bumper sticker.
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Sweet Lampo Swag: At this donation level you'll receive a lampo bumper sticker and one of our awesome t-shirts.
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Lampo Swag and a Gift Certificate: Donate $50 and we'll send you a Lampo t-shirt and a $25 gift certificate.
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VIP Party Pass: A $100 donation gets you a ticket to the soft opening party! Help us celebrate our grand opening by being one of the first to try Lampo's pizza and Italian small plates. Yeah, FREE PIZZA!
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Create your own special: It's your turn to be the chef! With this contribution we'll work with you to develop your very own unique pizza. We'll have your pizza on the specials board for a week and you'll get a shout out on the menu!
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Pizza Party: You and a friend get to come to an exclusive cooking class with the Lampo chefs. Spend a Sunday afternoon learning how to make traditional neapolitan pizzas while enjoying an italian cocktail or two.
At this point, the hardest part is done: the oven is in place, the roof is back on and smoke will be billowing from the chimney any day now. We are eager for you to try our pizza, but we also want you to be excited about what else we'll have to offer. We are lucky to partner with Flora Artisanal Cheese to bring you rare and exciting formaggi, we hope to impress with our small plate program, and that Berkel slicer will get a lot of work with our extensive salumi project that's in the works! Lampo is coming soon, but with your support we'll be able to open the doors with STYLE, and finally have the chance to do at least one thing the easy way!
