The supergroup behind the new cheesesteak stand at Reading Terminal Market includes Angelo’s Pizzeria and DiNic’s
DiGuglielmo rejected Nicolosi’s initial offer. Nicolosi and Braunstein then texted DiGiampietro: “Hey. Cheesesteaks. Reading Terminal. You in?’”“It was like that,” Braunstein, 37, said. The stand is named after Nicolosi’s great-uncle Gaetano “Gus” Pollizze, a retired upholsterer who for two decades sang opera for customers while working DiNic’s register. He died in 2009 at age 89.one of the city’s most acclaimed sandwich shops?
“Everybody said the young guys are good but the old guys at the butcher shop, they’re better,” Joe Nicolosi said.“Without question, there are going to be people that say Uncle Gus’ might be Angelo’s-adjacent but the original is better,” Braunstein said. “We’re going to have that. But I would say that Angelo’s is amazing, but they’re doing so many things. We’re going to be singularly focused on one thing.