Our Family
Making You Feel Right at Home
Tony’s Pizza & Pasta Italian Restaurant is a family-owned restaurant in Bridgeville, DE that offers authentic Italian dishes to pizza and pasta lovers in Sussex County. We always serve our delicious food with a smile and make our customers feel they are at home. Read on to learn about our family and what makes our restaurant different from the rest.
Antonio (Tony) & Rosa Carannante
Owners and Husband & Wife
“Our Pizza Man”
Forever in our Hearts
June 7, 1952 – December 31, 2017
He opened his first Italian restaurant in Newark, DE (Ciao’s Pizza) in 1989. He then moved to Sussex County and opened Sal’s with his brother in 1996. In 1997, he changed the name of the restaurant to Tony’s Pizza & Pasta. The new building opened last May 8, 2014.
Today the tradition continues and grows. Salvatore & Nella Carannante and their 3 loving boys continue to work the family business, along with Lisa Carannante’s loving sister.
Our Staff
Salvatore & Nella Carannante
Managers
Salvatore was born and raised in Italy and came to the United State in 2009. He met Nella in 2006 and they got married in 2013. In 2014, they had the most wonderful twin boys, Alex and Daniel.
Lisa Marie Carannante
Manager - Waitress
Lisa is the daughter of Tony, born and raised in DE. She makes sure your orders are taken immediately and your food is served fresh and hot.
Salvatore Carannate
Pizza Man
Antimo is the son of Tony and serves as our courteous and reliable pizza man. He was born and raised here the United States, in the beautiful state of DE. Mo has three sons, Dominic age 16, Angelo age 10 and Antonio age 5.