Dough & Co. expanding with new Northport location | Long Island Business News

Dough & Co. Pizza is expanding with a second Long Island restaurant. 

The business leased a 2,463-square-foot space in a retail strip center at 1014 Fort Salonga Road in Northport. The spot was formerly occupied by Regalo Pizzeria. 

Dough & Co.’s young partners, Daniel Rocca and his friend Teddy Fortunato, opened their first restaurant at 318 Main St. in Huntington in Feb. 2022. 

Though both just 25, Rocca and Fortunato already have many years of restaurant experience. While he was growing up, Rocca’s family owned and operated pizzerias and he was still a teenager when he became a manager at Umberto’s in Plainview. Fortunato has also held a few different jobs in the restaurant industry, including a cook at a diner, bar manager and pizza delivery driver. 

Dough & Co. has also earned some accolades in its brief history. It earned best pizza honors from Newsday in the last two years and was named the top three best pizza in the New York tri-state area by the Washington Post. 

The new Northport location represents a big leap forward for the young restaurateurs. 

“We are very excited to be opening in Northport. Already having a location in Huntington, we felt Northport was the next great step for us,” Rocca told LIBN. “My business partner Theodore Fortunato is a current resident of Northport and always found it home, and for myself I have met nothing more than the kindest hardworking families in the Northport community. It’s safe to say our experience with Northport as a town is spectacular. Our Northport store has beautiful ample parking which is a great improvement from our Huntington location but will provide the same delicious pizza and food our highly recognized Huntington location provides.” 

Marissa Cosentino of Scout Realty Group represented the tenant, as well as the landlord, 1014 Holding Company LLC, in the Northport lease transaction. 

“Nothing brings people together quite like great food,” Cosentino said. “Wishing them continued success and fulfillment in this new location.” 

Rocca and Fortunato hope to open their new Northport restaurant in mid-June.