Tony Boloney's proprietor Mike Hauke.
Perhaps they need to name it the anti-Putin pie.
Jersey pizza chain Tony Boloney’s is promoting heart-shaped pies within the colours of the Ukrainian flag, and says 100% of the proceeds will go to feeding hungry mouths within the war-torn nation.
“Folks had been telling me to not throw my hat into the ring like that is some sort of political assertion,” stated proprietor Mike Hauke. “This isn't about politics.”
Pictures of civilian deaths and cities devastated by Russian missile assaults introduced Hauke’s reminiscences again to his late Polish-Russian grandma, Minga.
“I stored considering what if that was Minga attempting to make cookies or pierogis for her grandkids, however she will’t as a result of it’s f–king raining bombs exterior,” he stated. “This warfare is bulls–t.”
Hauke, who based the pizza chain in 2009, instructed The Submit he’s already bought greater than 500 of the specialty pies — which run $99 for 2 and may solely be bought on the meals supply platform Goldbelly. Some had been even frozen and UPS delivered to locations as distant as Texas and California.
Income from the pies can be funneled by the nonprofit World Central Kitchen and its operations in Ukraine.
Although the pizza is eye-catching with the cheese dyed a vibrant yellow and blue, Hauke stated it nonetheless tastes like every other of his common pies.
Tony Boloney’s has places in Jersey Metropolis, Atlantic Metropolis, Hoboken and Lengthy Department.
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