Sonny's Pizza brings '80s Brooklyn vibe to University Heights

Sonny's Pizza brings '80s Brooklyn vibe to University Heights

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A blast from the past... and the other side of the country. A New York-style, 1980s themed pizzeria opened in San Diego earlier this month. Paying homage to Brooklyn, New York pizzerias of the '80s, Sonny’s Pizza opened in San Diego's University Heights neighborhood on Wednesday at 1728 Madison Avenue. World-renowned restaurant Nobu opens location at Hotel del Coronado The pizzeria has been teasing its opening sin…

Sonny’s Brings Pizza and Brooklyn Vibes to University Heights

The team behind Madison on Park and Madi just dropped their newest project in University Heights: Sonny’s, a 1980s Brooklyn-inspired pizza joint that fuses Italian-American soul food with downtown New York grit. Tucked into a century-old former auto shop around the corner from Madison, Sonny’s embraces the charm of its roots with reclaimed wood, graffitied walls, vintage wallpaper, and a bright orange pizza oven straight from Italy. This place f…