Lakewood’s Deli Italia Is Now Pizzeria Leopold

For the past four years, “we’ve put labor and love into every dish we make,” says Lindsay Lyons, who purchased longtime Lakewood staple Deli Italia at 1990 Wadsworth Boulevard with her husband, Chris, in 2018 — less than a week after the couple got married.

At the time, the two hoped to make the market and deli into a dining destination, expanding its food offerings and giving the outdated space some upgrades. Now they’re making their biggest move yet: rebranding the thirty-plus-year-old market as Pizzeria Leopold, named for their son, who was born just after the restaurant was able to reopen following the mandated shutdown of indoor dining during the pandemic in 2020.

“Growing our family also pushed us to continue to grow and change the place…