Antico Casa began years before its first Costco freezer placement. Giovanni Di Palma spent more than a decade working on a version of Antico Pizza Napoletana that could be frozen, finished at home, and still carry the character of the pizza he had built his Atlanta restaurant around.
By September 2026, that long-running experiment had become a regional retail business. Antico Casa had reached Costco stores across seven Southeast states, sold roughly half a million pizzas since its January launch, and added a second production line to support growing demand.
More Than a Decade Went Into the Frozen Pizza
Di Palma developed the frozen concept through years of testing in Atlanta, including work in a West Midtown space that became a laboratory for the project. Dough, freezing, reheating, and the demands of a home oven all had to be considered before Antico Casa was ready for a much larger audience.
