Elli’s Country Store owner Amanda Ellioff gets her pizza ovens ready (Credit: Monique Singh-Roy)
When Bella Vita Pizzeria quietly closed its doors about two weeks ago, it appeared that the people of Shelter Island would have to go without pizza, but that’s when local businesses sprang into action.
“As soon as I heard they were closing I had a meeting with everybody,” said Amanda Ellioff, owner of Elli’s Country Store. “We said, ‘all right , we’ve got to make pizza, we have to make this happen!’ ”