food founded new york new york 1964 headquarters morristown nj number of locations 322 stores in 38 u.s. states and 6 countries key people anthony scotto ceo ben scotto president products pizza pasta salads smoothies sandwiches website villaenterprises.com villa enterprises management is a privately owned multi concept quick service restaurant qsr franchisor with over 330 franchised and corporate locations in 38 us states and 6 countries . the company was founded in 1964 by michele scotto as a pizzeria called villa pizza that was located next to the original ed sullivan theater on broadway in new york city . contents 1 description 2 history 3 brands 4 locations 5 references 6 external links description edit villa enterprises has five fast casual restaurant brands ; villa fresh italian kitchen authentic italian cuisine green leaf s salad concept banana s smoothie concept casa java coffee concept and south philly steak & fries sandwich concept . since 2005 the company has also wholly owned and operated several upscale full service restaurants in northern new jersey the black horse inn & pub and piattinos in mendham nj george & martha s american grille and caf villa in morristown a six 6 the office beer bar and grill . villa enterprises opened a test kitchen at its morristown nj corporate headquarters for menu research and development . history edit villa enterprises began in 1964 when michele scotto opened his first villa pizza shop next to the original ed sullivan theater on broadway in new york city . the success of that store has since led to expansion to over 300 locations . the company is currently run by founder michele scotto s two sons ; anthony scotto serves as ceo and biagio scotto is president . villa s menus support the culinary philosophy of founder michele scotto who emigrated to the united states from naples italy . scotto believed that food should always be prepared by hand on the premises not frozen or pre processed and feature only fresh produce sauces and meats . in 2004 villa enterprises opened a flagship villa caf location at times square in new york city and in 2006 a new international headquarters in morristown nj . entrepreneur magazine named villa enterprises one of the top 500 best franchises of 2008 . in late december 2008 villa enterprises announced it acquired six luciano brickoven pizzeria locations from the luciano group and villa plans to convert them to villa fresh italian kitchen restaurants in early 2009 . brands edit villa fresh italian kitchen features italian entrees old world style pizza homemade pastas salads and strombolis green leaf s features tossed salads made to order wraps grilled panini sandwiches and home made soups . bananas smoothies & frozen yogurt features frozen fruit smoothies fruit frosties frozen yogurt sundaes and milkshakes healthy snacks and hand rolled pretzels . south philly steak s and fries features classic philly cheese steak sandwiches and fresh cut fries chicken cheese steaks deli subs philly style baked potatoes and south philly salads . locations edit besides villa s full service locations in new jersey their restaurants can found in high traffic areas like airports sports and entertainment venues retail outlet centers casinos regional malls travel plazas transport hubs and universities . internationally villa enterprises currently operates 22 locations in italy the united kingdom kuwait the czech republic and mexico . villa began franchising operations in the u.s. and abroad in 1999 . references edit this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . march 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message entrepreneur top franchises of 2008 http www.villapizza.com pdf entrmagjan08.pdf american executive http www.americanexecutive.com index.php option com content & task view & id 6266 & itemid 90 kuwait expansion http www.reuters.com article pressrelease idus182667 22 sep 2008 prn20080922 full service restaurants http www.franchisewire.com article.php id 2864 permanent dead link villa expansion http www.chainleader.com article ca6625143.html villa enterprises acquires 6 luciano brickoven pizzerias http web.archive.org web 20090211180618 http news.prnewswire.com 80 viewcontent.aspx acct 109 villa begins franchising in 1999 http www.entrepreneur.com franchises villaenterprises 282923 0.html external links edit villa enterprises official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title villa enterprises & oldid 735365235 categories restaurant chains in the united stateshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from march 2009all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 06 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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