The Short & Sweet Life of Vertillo's Pizza

In April 2019, Steve and Marlene Patrick moved their pizzeria from Thorsby (a small town south of Birminham where they had been for 19 months) to Sheffield. The 312 North Montgomery Avenue building had been home to Rhoda P's until that eatery moved to a larger location farther north in the city. Sheffield was eager to have the building occupied, and the Sheffield Redevelopment Authority footed the bill for new tables and chairs. For those who claimed the City didn't offer Vertillo's needed help, we're going to at least partially disagree.

Thirty months later, Vertillo's closed the Sheffield location, moving to a larger building on Florence Boulevard. Photos indicate the tables and chairs went with the owners.

Vertillo's officially opened in the former Pizza Hut location on October 20, 2021. The eatery officially closed on October 26, 2022. 

For those looking for a rationale to the establishment's closing, there probably isn't one single factor. Like most businesses, their choices were not always popular, but the pandemic logically played a much larger role in sinking the small pizzeria than missing posters, stolen flags, and wife beaters. 

We do have to ask if the Sheffield Redevelopment Authority will now reclaim the furnishings?

Note: 10/29 - Per Kim Auld who identifies herself as a friend of the owners, new furniture was purchased for the Florence establishment. The furniture purchased by the Sheffield Redevelopment Authority was placed in basement of Montgomery Avenue location unclaimed.