Posted on 07/26/2021 5:33:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A late-night snack run led to an all-out brawl at a Brooklyn pizza shop.
One man was hurt in the wild incident while another faces charges, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported Monday.
This was no pizza party. Cellphone video shows the brawl inside Joe’s Pizza on Bedford Avenue near North Fifth Street in Williamsburg.
It happened around 3 a.m. on July 17, according to police.
At least six men got into an argument that escalated. Multiple punches were thrown, one man hit another with a pizza paddle.
“Oh my God, that’s horrible,” one person said after watching the video. “I would try to deescalate, but it seems like everyone is throwing hands everywhere.”
Staff members told police some customers were harassing women and complaining the food was taking too long.
That’s when Ronnie Kabbani says he took out his cellphone and recorded the video.
“The guys in the back were like, ‘Please stay behind the counter,’ and then they came, they rushed them,” Kabbani said. “Not really sure who threw the first punch… It was complete mayhem. It was like a Looney Tunes cartoon.”
Police said a staff member when to the hospital with minor injuries to his face.
A customer was arrested and charged with assault. Officers said they are not searching for any other suspects.
“You’re just trying to get some pizza, you’re hungry, trying to find some food at the end of the night and then… I felt like I was at the Colosseum in Rome,” Kabbani said.
Witnesses said no one ever did get their pizza.
This article may be disappointing to Freepers, who say “I didn’t even need to looks at the picture.”
Where was Christopher Multisante?
I’m not saying you can’t get great pizza in Williamsburg, but the area is more known for bagels. Lots of Hasidic Jews who won’t be frequenting a place with so much pork (not to mention dairy and meat together). I don’t remember seeing much pizza in that part of the city. Of course, if that’s where you live, maybe it will do if you don’t get beaten up.
Those early A.M. (Midnight-to-5 A.M.) gatherings seemingly tend to go badly most time...
Personally, I have always reserved those hours for the gym, the computer, FR, and deserts...
It’s Williamsburg: they must have some hand-pulled, artisanal, free-range pizza everywhere.
Always liked the guy playing Schicklgruber in the back saluting everybody...
Indeed. or claiming “it’s the Amish” with “clever” induendo.
Both sides were fighting dirty; two against one and such.
The only thing missing would be two guys throwing bags of wheat flour at each other. Two others throwing pizza sauce. Then everybody slip-sliding on the wet, saucy dough covered floors. That tune from the old Benny Hill show comes to mind.
Speaking of pizza and NYC whatever happened to FReeper dp065 from Staten Island? I dont see his posts anymore and he used to post quite a bit here. Hope he’s ok.
Your image of Williamsburg is 30 years out of date. North Williamsburg has been hipsterville for at least 25 years. Satmar Hasids are more in South Williamsburg
Most of those family owned “apizza” places are long gone. Basically your choices these days are pricey artisanal pizza or the 99 a cent slice halal crap.
Yeah, it’s gotten really old.That and a bunch of other worn-out “witty” cliches when these types of articles are posted.
whatever happened to FReeper dp065 from Staten Island
He seems to have disappeared.
I wondered the same thing the other day,
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