LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — By day, Ethan Spiezer is a particular schooling instructor. By evening, he is operating Solamente Pizza.
Solamente Pizza began as a interest throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is at 8390 W. Sahara Ave., between Durango Drive and Cimarron Street.
“I saw people literally crying, eating my pizzas, which is not something I had anticipated. I thought it was, like, a horrible thing,” Spiezer stated. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so sorry, what’s the matter?’ and they’re like, ‘I can finally eat pizza that doesn’t hurt my stomach,’ because we have a wholly, naturally leavened, long fermented dough that’s just different than other places.”
Whereas his pizza brings tears of pleasure to these with delicate stomachs, the method of operating a restaurant with no prior expertise isn’t as simple to digest. Spiezer stated he’s a number of dangerous days of enterprise away from closing, on account of loans he took out to start out his enterprise catching as much as him.
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“Each week’s life depends on the previous week’s sales, and that’s it for a lot of small businesses,” Spiezer stated. “I myself haven’t, like, cut myself a check since we’ve opened. I’m here just trying to make sure we stay afloat.”
Spiezer reached out to individuals locally on social media and fellow Clark County Faculty District lecturers for assist, which boosted his gross sales, however the specter of closure continues to loom.
“If we can just have either more customers, or if anybody wanted to come aboard and, you know, join our company or, you know, be a member of the partnership here at Solamente, that would be more than enough,” Spiezer stated.
Whereas it’s a wrestle, he’s optimistic. “I’ve been welcomed by celebrity chefs, Michelin starred chefs, and, you know, like the ‘old boys club’, so to speak, and it’s heartwarming, but then, to see the community, the people come out and support me.”
Spiezer is hoping that assist helps him go from surviving to thriving, with a dream of opening extra eating places.
