Texas exclusive · Costco Galleria, Houston · Aug 20–23 · while supplies last
Born in a pizzeria · not a factory
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Costco Roadshow · Houston Galleria

Born in a pizzeria.
Not a factory.

3× Michelin Bib Gourmand · 4× 50 Top Pizza USA

From Atlanta's legendary Neapolitan pizzeria to your freezer — the same hand-stretched, hand-topped pie, baked in your own oven in about 10 minutes.

Meet founder Gio Di Palma in person — he'll be at the Galleria all four days.

Dates
Thu–Sun · Aug 20–23
Hours
Costco warehouse hours
Where
3836 Richmond Ave, Houston ↗
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Portnoy gave it an8.3…for FROZEN!
The only Antico Casa in Texas

When the run sells out, it's gone

This is a roadshow, not a shelf. There's no other Antico Casa inventory in Texas — and when these sell out, that's it until we launch the region. Come meet Gio at the Galleria and taste it from the person who spent over ten years getting it right.

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Who we are

One idea, no shortcuts, and a line out the door

Giovanni Di Palma opened Antico Pizzeria Napoletana on Hemphill Avenue in Atlanta in 2009 with a single idea: an artisan pizza made from the highest-quality ingredients, with no shortcuts anywhere in it. He called it Neo-Neapolitan — Naples-style, with a little New York in it. No press, no marketing, no plan beyond making it right. People found it, started lining up, and never really stopped.

Antico Casa is that same pizza — now in the freezer aisle, still made by hand.

Michelin Bib GourmandThree years running
50 Top Pizza USAFour years running
Food Network“Best. Pizza. Ever.”
8.3 on One BiteHighest-rated frozen Neapolitan · Dave Portnoy
Why Gio made it

Solved with time and people — not additives and machines

Most frozen pizza reaches the shelf through mass production that needs additives — dough conditioners so a machine can handle the dough, stabilizers so it survives the trip. Gio spent over ten years refusing to do that. So the Margherita is, essentially, six things: Italian flour, spring water, sea salt, organic tomatoes, real cheese including buffalo mozzarella, and fresh basil and garlic — finished with extra-virgin olive oil. No dough conditioners. No artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors. A label you can read out loud without explaining anything.

What makes it different to make

Our perfection is our imperfection

Steps a machine could do faster, we still do by hand — you can taste the difference, and see it on the pie.

Opened by hand

Not pressed, not sheeted, not rolled. A person stretches every crust — which is why they're never perfectly round.

Topped by hand

Sauce ladled, cheese torn, basil placed. No two pies look the same, because no two should.

Aged, fermented dough

Real Italian flour — not enriched, no folic acid. Time does the work that chemicals do in a factory.

Ready in ~10 minutes

Thaw, oven to 425°, top rack, about ten minutes. Restaurant-quality on a weeknight.

On the table this weekend

The pizza that built the brand — and a first taste of what's next

Hand-stretched, hand-topped, oven-baked. 100% naturale.

In your cart now

Margherita

Organic tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella and Pecorino Romano, fresh basil and garlic. The pizza that built the brand — and the one in Costco now. (Yes, the mozzarella is from real water buffalo.)

Roadshow preview · not in stores yet

San Gennaro

Salsiccia, caramelized onions, and dolce piccante peppers over fior di latte and organic tomato sauce. Featured on Food Network's Best. Pizza. Ever. — you're tasting it before it launches.

Come taste it · meet Gio

Find us at the Costco Galleria roadshow

Free samples all four days — and the founder himself, on-site. Thursday through Sunday, while supplies last.

Dates
Thursday–Sunday, August 20–23, 2026
Hours
During Costco warehouse hours
Location
Costco Wholesale
3836 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77027
Meet the founder
Gio Di Palma will be on-site all four days