Hakki Akdeniz
The ‘Pizza Champ’ Delivering Pizzas to those in Need on the Bowery
Posted May 6, 2020 at 5:05 am
When Chinatown was down, he was there; when COVID-19 hurt the destitute, he was also there. Hakki Akdeniz, the so-called pizza champion, was on the Bowery this weekend distributing pizzas and other snacks to those in need. Specifically, the queue of folks outside the Bowery Mission on Saturday. The pizza-maker had cameras rolling… Delivering pizzas […]
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Clayton’s Corner: One More for the Door [PHOTOS]
Posted November 21, 2019 at 5:08 am
Lower East Side documentarian Clayton Patterson returns with his eponymous photo essay series, Clayton’s Corner. Patterson has documented thousands of locals posing at his front door on Essex Street over the last three decades. This unassuming neighborhood portal is legendary amongst locals, even though you probably haven’t heard of it. Hakki Akdeniz. Known professionally as Famous […]
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Famous Hakki Opens ‘Cluck’s’ Fried Chicken Spot on Essex Street
Posted November 18, 2019 at 5:03 am
Famous pizza maker Hakki Akdeniz just unveiled his latest fast food concept. It’s chicken-focused fast food and seems poised to collect plenty of cash from weekend revelers in Hell Square. Cluck’s debuted last week at 115 Essex Street, mere steps from Hakki’s Champion Pizza. The signature menu offering here is the “chicken cone,” which is […]
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‘Greens and Grains’ Shutters, While Famous Hakki Readies Essex Chicken Spot
Posted October 17, 2019 at 5:03 am
Greens and Grains is no more after a year in business, as Hell Square eats another of its own. Instead, the so-called Pizza Champion is opening a chicken-focused eatery. Hakki Akdeniz, who owns a plethora of pizzerias around the neighborhood, is planning to open Essex Chicken at 115 Essex Street. Just a few doors down […]
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Pizza Champ ‘Famous Hakki’ Plans New Chicken Spot on Essex Street
Posted September 4, 2019 at 5:00 am
The Lower East Side pizza champion is diversifying with a new spot dedicated to chicken. Hakki Akdeniz, who owns a plethora of pizzerias around the neighborhood, is planning to open Essex Chicken at 115 Essex Street. Just a few doors down from Champion Pizza. The 24-seat newcomer will boast a small menu of assorted chicken, […]
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Pizza Champion Hakki Akdeniz Opens Another Slice Joint on Hester Street
Last modified November 18, 2013 at 8:37 am
Famous dough-stretcher Hakki Akdeniz is expanding his Lower East Side pizza empire. The one-time World Pizza Champion just opened another parlor at 84 Hester Street, beside the corner Chinese bodega. Newspaper clippings boasting his prowess hang in the windows, as do bilingual printouts. The pizza joint is seemingly without proper title, identified solely by its […]
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SX Grocery Now Open at 123 Essex Street
Posted June 17, 2011 at 6:09 am
The latest Lower East Side bodega is a pun on its namesake street. More after the jump!
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Famous Hakki Pizza Reveals Signage at 123 Essex
Posted April 14, 2011 at 6:09 am
Famous Hakki Pizza puts official stamp on Essex Street.
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Hakki Pizza to Open Outpost at 123 Essex
Posted April 12, 2011 at 6:09 am
Visco was one of the last old-world holdouts on Essex Street just north of Delancey. Its old digs will soon serve pizza.
