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How This Bergen County Pizzeria Survived COVID-19 Pandemic, Opened Third Storefront How This Bergen County Pizzeria Survived COVID-19 Pandemic, Opened Third Storefront
How This Bergen County Pizzeria Survived Covid-19 Pandemic, Opened Third Storefront Loyal customers. Hardworking staff members. Sheer luck. That's how Francesca Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta owner Sal Reina says his pizzeria was able to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, and then open a third Bergen County location. With stores in Glen Rock and Elmwood Park, the new Fair Lawn location on Broadway was set to open in March -- just one week before COVID-19 swept the state. As neighboring businesses fell one-by-one, Reina couldn't help but wonder if it would happen to his, too. "Once I heard schools were closing," said Reina, "I knew something drastic was going to happen…