Three Puerto Rican businesses join forces to create a romantic experience combining Neapolitan tradition, Portuguese wines and a sweet lavender touch at Lote 23.
If love is served on a round plate, this Valentine's Day comes with sourdough. Next Thursday, Feb. 13, Lote 23 in San Juan transforms into a gastronomic garden where Neapolitan pizza blooms with a romantic touch.
Three well-known local businesses have decided that love tastes better when shared. Venus Pizza, which has gone viral since opening last summer for its distinctive Detroit-style pizzas, joins La Paz, a favorite spot for many for its authentic Neapolitan pizzas served outdoors, and Cru Wine Shop, which moved its successful wine food truck into a cozy space on Calle del Parque. Together they are creating "Flores y Pizza," an experience that promises to delight both palates and hearts.
❤️🔥 The love menu? Three pizzas that read like culinary poetry: a mushroom pizza in white sauce, a margherita where tomatoes form a bouquet over the cheese, and the already well-known Arúgula y Flores de La Paz, which, according to owner Dante Arroyo, is the perfect marriage of tradition and innovation.
For an added romantic touch, Cru Wine Shop brings a selection of Portuguese wines, verde, white and rosé, whose labels are as floral as their notes. "Every bottle tells a love story," says Ariana Camayd Cabán, owner of Cru.
For its part, Venus Pizza will add a sweet note by preparing a Lavender Tiramisú "to match the theme of the event," said Carlos Jeriel González, owner of the pizzeria.
Beyond delighting customers with a local menu, the business owners hope people will enjoy a different kind of experience.
"The idea behind the whole event is that it can be like a Valentine's Day or Galentine's date. For people to have a super cool, different experience, immersed in the theme," González said.
With the February breeze as a special touch, Camayd Cabán invites customers to "spend a quiet little while outside before the summer heat arrives."
This vision of creating spaces for people to share aligns with the event's philosophy. Arroyo sees in these collaborations an opportunity to "give customers a beautiful experience," extending an open invitation to everyone to be part of this special celebration.
Entrepreneurship in bloom, one bite at a time
All three business owners agreed that the event, beyond being an opportunity to offer the public innovative experiences, is a prelude to future collaborations with more local businesses, a way to get their names out, attract more customers and grow.
"It's super important to do this kind of activity. I'd like to keep doing it as the business grows. There's a lot of competition in the market, but we want to support local businesses. It's better to hold hands and rise together," said the owner of Venus Pizza.
Arroyo of La Paz shares that vision of collective growth.
We want to build, keep growing, collaborate and join forces. It's a useful tool for moving forward.
To be part of this floral and gastronomic experience, those interested can place a pre-order through the Instagram account of Venus Pizza or visit the location that same Thursday.
This content was translated with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
