damnlines.comdamnlines.comThin-and-crispy, old-fashioned Staten Island pizzeria with a devoted Great Kills following and a second location in Tottenville.
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Yelp reviewers of the Great Kills location repeatedly call Nonna's "always crowded," though several add they've learned to "always come at a good time" — evidence that regulars route around known rush windows rather than the restaurant running any formal queue system, per Yelp. At least one reviewer reported waiting "right off the bat" on a first visit, showing walk-in waits do form at the counter even without a host stand, per Yelp.
The volume behind those waits is corroborated from inside the kitchen: in a profile by the New York Pizza Project, a Nonna's pizza maker named Francis describes production as constant, saying "when you hit that point of being just nonstop - this is nonstop, this place, it just keeps going, we don't stop" — a firsthand account that crowding is a steady-state condition rather than a single predictable rush hour.
There's no reservation system in evidence; Nonna's operates as a classic slice-and-pie counter with pickup and delivery ordering through its own site, per nonnaspizzaonline.com, and no Resy, OpenTable, or Tock listing turned up in research — consistent with walk-in-only service at both the Great Kills and Tottenville locations.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: Walk-in counter service only; no reservation platform (Resy/OpenTable/Tock) found.
Walk-ins: Yes — walk-in/counter service at both the Great Kills and Tottenville locations.
Listed as open 11:00 AM–10:00 PM daily across online ordering aggregators; not independently confirmed on the official site.
Nonna's doesn't post official wait times, but Yelp reviewers repeatedly describe the Great Kills location as "always crowded," and one reported waiting "right off the bat" on a first visit, per Yelp. A pizza maker profiled by the New York Pizza Project described the kitchen as running "nonstop," suggesting waits can form throughout service rather than during one predictable rush.
No — no Resy, OpenTable, or Tock listing was found for Nonna's, and its official site, nonnaspizzaonline.com, only advertises pickup and delivery ordering, not table bookings. It operates as a walk-in slice-and-pie counter.
Yes, walk-in counter service is standard at both the Great Kills and Tottenville locations, per the restaurant's official site. Yelp reviewers who've walked in describe the Great Kills shop as consistently busy, so some wait is possible, especially on Friday nights.
Thin, crispy-crust pizza, with reviewers on Yelp and in a New York Pizza Project profile singling out the Sicilian pie, vodka pie, and white clam pie as standout orders. It has run two Staten Island locations, Great Kills and Tottenville, per its official site.
The original location is at 27 Brower Ct in Great Kills, Staten Island, NY 10308; a second location operates in Tottenville at 311 Page Avenue, per the restaurant's official site, nonnaspizzaonline.com.
Sources: Yelp · New York Pizza Project · Nonna's Pizza official site