Beschreibung

At the corner of Thames and Wellington sits Firehouse Pizza. What could be an attractive corner with the Wellington Plaza and the starting point, as the signs designate for Ocean Drive, as well as the gateway to the 5th Ward neighborhood, is instead, marred by the vulgar appearance of Firehouse Pizza. A few observations:

Exterior:
1 The graffiti which has been “tagged” on the façade and interior of this historical building is not art, it is disgusting.
2. The parking lot is not well kept, overgrown weeds, an empty sign post, and uncollected trash.
3. The outside seating area appears to be a collection of unwanted restaurant equipment and a massive mistake of artistic design.
4. The front (Thames St.) entrance has broken windows, outdated fliers/ advertisement, and routinely has beer bottles, cigarettes butts and weeds growing from the building, etc…
5. The South side of the building (facing Asterisk restaurant) has several windows which have fallen out and or have missing panes of glass.

Interior:
Having dined at Firehouse Pizza for the better part of its’27yr operational life, the food has steadily declined and only raises two major concerns: is this really a functioning restaurant that has been thoroughly inspected by health inspectors OR is this some sort of guise for an alternate business which, by the above mentioned items and the overall demeanor and appearance of staff and the majority of the patrons would suggest, perhaps, a more lucrative form of business than selling bad pizza and subs.

Two neighboring restaurants to Firehouse Pizza are both extremely presentable and upstanding. Is there a different standard for Firehouse Pizza which accepts the aforementioned conditions as that which speaks to the best interest of the greater Newport community?

Enough is enough; Newport city officials, do something. Residents, stop tolerating such inaction by the City and by the owner(s) of Firehouse Pizza.