A Black-owned pizzeria shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, has garnered national attention after securing a spot on The New York Times list of best pizza places in the United States.

Awaited pizza restaurant Bird Pizzeria is open in Charlotte Optimist Park neighborhood near Optimist Hall. The restaurant started as a pop-up during COVID.

New York Times ranks the country’s best pizza restaurants, like Bird Pizzeria in Charlotte, NC, owned by Kerrel and Nkem Thompson.