City market guide · United States
Tampa offers a candidate conversation shaped by corporate activity, sports and events, established neighborhoods, mixed-use projects, and northern-suburb planning. Russo's pairs New York-style pizza with a full Italian kitchen, so a local plan can consider office catering, family meals, and other occasions.
Russo’s Franchise Disclosure Document is active in Florida. Qualified candidates can request the FDD and discuss territories now.
Market and site availability are subject to review.
The food comes first
Russo's New York Italian Pizzeria brings together Chef Anthony Russo's family recipes, fresh preparation and neighborhood hospitality. This is more than a pizza-only concept: a full Italian kitchen gives guests reasons to visit for lunch, family dinner and group occasions.
New York Italian cuisine pairs the familiar comfort of a neighborhood pizzeria with a broader Italian-American table. Thin, foldable pizza slices sit alongside fresh pasta, calzones, salads, sandwiches and Italian entrees. The menu lets a family share a pizza while choosing different meals from the same kitchen.
Signature items include the giant 28-inch party pizza, handcrafted New York-style pies and fresh pasta with scratch-made sauces. Fresh dough and extra virgin olive oil are part of the brand's kitchen standards. Menu items and approved sourcing vary by market.
Explore the chef and ingredient standards
Photography from Anthony's New York Italian, Chef Anthony Russo's Houston restaurant. Photos illustrate the chef's cuisine, not a confirmed menu for this market. Franchise dishes, ingredients and halal sourcing require market-specific approval.
Russo's kitchen cooking-oil standard is extra virgin olive oil instead of seed oils. This is not a certification that every purchased ingredient is seed-oil-free. Confirm ingredients, allergens and approved sourcing for your market with the team.
Chef Anthony Russo's family recipes bring together New York-style pizza, fresh pasta, calzones, salads and sandwiches. Guests can share a large pizza, choose individual pasta dishes or order a meal for a group from the same kitchen. This menu supports family dining, takeout, delivery and catering occasions.
For an owner, the distinction is a chef-driven restaurant concept with established recipes and preparation standards, rather than a pizza-only menu. Explore how training, approved suppliers and operating guidance help your team carry those standards into daily service. Review the approved menu, staffing and sourcing requirements for your proposed location.
Explore the menu and ingredient standardsThe founder's standard
Chef Anthony Russo's restaurant experience and family cooking traditions shape the brand. His standard is simple: "If it isn't fresh, don't serve it." Franchise ownership means carrying that food and hospitality standard into your own restaurant team.
Review the recipes, training and operating responsibilities with the development team. Get to know the people behind the brand before choosing your ownership path.
Read the Russo's storyChoose your restaurant format
A full-service restaurant combining New York-style pizza, pasta and Italian entrees with dine-in hospitality, takeout, delivery and catering. Discuss the kitchen, seating, staffing and site requirements for your proposed market.
A smaller-footprint concept focused on slices, whole pies, takeaway, delivery and catering with a simplified menu. Ask about the current format specifications and whether this model can be offered in your proposed market.
Photos show existing brand restaurants, not proposed sites or a Slice Bar rendering. Format availability and specifications require approval.
Historical U.S. franchise performance
Top 25% of franchised stores
$1,368,586
Average 2025 net sales
Top 50% of franchised stores
$1,042,444
Average 2025 net sales
Based on Item 19 of the Russo's Franchise Disclosure Document, fiscal year 2025. Some outlets have sold these amounts. There is no assurance you will sell as much. These are historical net sales figures, not profit, owner income, cash flow or forecasts. Individual results may vary.
These U.S. results do not represent international performance or expected results. See the current FDD for complete definitions, outlet population, notes and qualifications.
Serve your community
Qualified partners can discuss a halal-focused menu and sourcing plan for selected markets. Review approved meats, supplier documentation, preparation practices and menu execution with Russo's before making halal claims for a restaurant.
Bring questions about local sourcing and kitchen procedures to your development conversation. The restaurant format, menu and sourcing program must be approved for the specific market.
Explore the halal franchise option
Build a neighborhood dining experience around family meals, lunch and dinner, with pizza and a full Italian menu.
Serve guests at home and at work. Plan pickup access, packaging, staffing and delivery costs as part of daily operations.
Explore office lunches, celebrations and group orders with pizza and Italian food. Local relationships and reliable execution support repeat catering opportunities.
These channels create different ways to serve customers, not guaranteed sales or profit. Forecast each channel separately for your proposed location.
Hear from a franchisee
Hear Waruna describe his experience as a Russo's franchisee in Doha, Qatar. His owner interview gives you a firsthand perspective to consider alongside your own questions about training, opening and operations.
Individual experiences and results vary. Speak with current and former franchisees and review the applicable disclosure documents before making a decision.
Watch more franchisee storiesBefore evaluating Tampa, Florida, understand the Russo's restaurant concept, review investment requirements and explore training and support. Then use the local research below to prepare your market questions.
Your local market plan
Choose a practical service area before comparing Tampa sites. Research Downtown and Water Street for customer access at lunch and dinner, then compare a workplace-catering plan in Westshore with household pickup in South Tampa or Carrollwood. Where a proposed delivery route crosses water, check actual meal-period travel times rather than relying on distance alone.
Record loading space, parking and how drivers would collect orders during a busy dining period. Bring those findings and your operating-team plan to Russo's; a Tampa Bay label is too broad to define a restaurant territory.
Areas to evaluate, not confirmed available territories. These are research starting points, not approved sites or a list of existing restaurants. Franchise Development must confirm current availability.
The right ownership conversation
A Tampa Bay operator should know local leasing, permitting, hiring, vendor networks, and the differences between urban and suburban service areas. Validate delivery cost and travel time by zone. Multi-unit candidates should identify restaurant leaders and outline how they will coordinate event marketing, training, and operating standards.
Propose a specific Tampa trade area and explain who will lead day-to-day operations. Review the investment and training before making a site commitment.
Show how your management team, capital and opening schedule could support more than one restaurant. Each proposed location requires review.
Qualified groups can discuss developing a defined area in Tampa. Territory boundaries, schedule, obligations and fees belong in approved agreements, not assumptions.
Chef-founded. More than pizza.
New York-style pizza brings people in. Pasta, Italian entrees, salads and desserts give guests more ways to order and return. Russo’s pairs a chef-created menu with dine-in, takeout, delivery and catering.
Your Tampa forecast should test each channel separately, including labor, food costs, delivery fees and local competition. More channels do not guarantee more profit.
Explore the menu and ingredientsKnow the commitment
A Tampa pizza franchise budget starts with the published U.S. range, then requires a site-specific estimate. The current Franchise Disclosure Document governs the investment table, fees, assumptions and obligations.
Do not treat historical Net Sales as profit or personal income. Review operating costs, working capital and the disclosure documents with your own advisers.
Review U.S. investment detailsPrepare to operate
Ask how site review, training, opening preparation, approved suppliers and operating systems fit your ownership plan. The applicable franchise documents define the full support program.
For Tampa, identify your restaurant leader early and map hiring, training, permitting and the proposed opening schedule together.
Review franchise training and supportDiscuss site evaluation, restaurant layout, equipment planning and opening coordination before committing to a property.
Review culinary and operational training, recipes, approved suppliers, food safety and service standards for your management team.
Ask about operating systems, technology, local marketing guidance, grand opening support and ongoing resources.
The applicable franchise documents define the support program, responsibilities, expenses and country-specific arrangements.
Watch owners in Texas and Qatar discuss their restaurants, training and day-to-day work. Their experiences describe existing restaurants; they do not predict results for a new market.
Watch franchisee experiencesBefore you inquire
This page starts a franchise development conversation about Tampa, Florida; it does not confirm an open territory. Russo's must review the proposed area, candidate and development plan before confirming availability.
The published U.S. investment range is $439,350 to $1,490,000, including the $35,000 franchise fee. Your Tampa budget depends on the site and restaurant plan. Review the current FDD for the full investment table, assumptions, fees and obligations.
Yes. Qualified operators may discuss multi-unit ownership and area development agreements. Propose the cities or trade areas, management team, capital plan and development schedule. Any area, exclusivity, timing and commercial terms require approval and the applicable agreements.
Start with your contact details and preferred market. Include your ownership goals and capital range. Your experience, proposed trade areas, management plan and timeline help the team decide what to review with you next.
Compare the menu, investment, training, operating responsibilities and sales channels. For Tampa, investigate the named research areas on this page and build a site-level plan for access, staffing, delivery economics and competition. Historical sales are not profit or a guarantee.
Compare the complete investment, your role as an operator, training, supplier obligations and the proposed territory. Ask how the menu and sales channels fit your specific trade area. Review disclosures and agreements before committing capital or signing a lease.
Other Florida markets to compare: pizza franchise in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pizza franchise in Jacksonville, Florida, pizza franchise in Miami, Florida, pizza franchise in Orlando, Florida. Return to the Florida pizza franchise guide for statewide registration status and trade-area research.
Start with your market
Share your preferred Tampa trade area, ownership interest and capital range. Franchise Development can help you review the concept and the right next step.
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