The “People’s Pizza”

Down North Pizza is no ordinary neighborhood pizza joint. We marry top-quality delicious comfort food with the mission of reducing recidivism rates in our community. Down North is a mission-led for-profit restaurant providing excellent food and quality customer service to North Philadelphia. We exclusively employ formerly incarcerated individuals while providing culinary career opportunities at a fair wage and equitable workplace.

Our aim is to help erase employment barriers faced by formerly incarcerated men and women, by providing culinary career opportunities. Down North also provides the crucial resources that returning citizens need such as reduced housing, legal representation, and transportation.

Down North Pizza is located in North Philadelphia, in the city’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood at 2804 W. Lehigh Avenue. (FAQ’s)