Launching this summer, the restaurant will be located in east London’s Victoria Park Village and will serve Jones’ signature style Neapolitan/New York style pizzas.
The menu will focus on a range of 12-inch pizzas that have been made with a ‘biga’ dough starter and slow-fermented for over 48 hours to achieve the trademark light crispy crust and thin base.
Toppings include favourites like the Honey Pie - with fior di latte, spicy salami, fennel seeds, guindilla chillies, and chilli honey - and the vegan Clapton Cowboy, topped with plant-based Texas ‘beef’ jalapeños, pickled pink onions, and chipotle ranch drizzle.
New additions include previous pub specials, such as the Vodka Penne pizza. A range of pizza sandwiches will also be available as a lunch option, alongside Italian-American sides including slow-cooked Dexter beef meatballs in marinara; a Caesar salad, and a rotating menu of house-made soft-serve ice cream with various toppings.
Drinks options will include Chilli Honey Margaritas and craft beer on tap from local brewery The Five Points Brewing Co.
Jones’ journey with pizza began in her hometown of Walsall in the West Midlands, where family trips to the local deep-pan pizza restaurant were a much-loved ritual. Summers spent with her aunt in Italy opened her eyes to thin, crisp pizzas and sparked a lifelong obsession.
A love for Italian-American comfort food eventually led to her to set up Capish? at food market KERB. In 2018 she then created ACE Pizza, operating from the kitchen of The Pembury Tavern in Hackney, where it will continue to serve its pizzas.
“We’re so excited to be opening ACE Pizza’s first restaurant in Victoria Park. Hackney has been my home for over 15 years, so launching here feels really special,” she says.
“Some of my favourite childhood memories are of sharing pizza and ice cream with my family, and I want ACE Pizza to recreate that same joyful feeling - fun, flavour-packed food that brings people together.
“We’ll be serving up some of our much-loved classics, but there’ll also be a whole new line-up of pizzas you won’t find anywhere else.”
The new restaurant’s interior will pay homage to ‘80s nostalgia, featuring warm pink and soft yellow tones reminiscent of classic ice cream parlours, paired with chestnut wood panelling and plush booth seating.
The overall design is described as combining mid-century modern style with a classic disco diner and with pizza boxes, drawing visual inspiration from counter culture icons Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat stacked high at the counter, ready for takeaway.
ACE Pizza will launch in early summer on Lauriston Road.