Prosciutto's Pizzeria & Pub | Our Story

Prosciutto’s has always been more than a restaurant. It started in 2005, when original owners Joel and Kelly Pfyffer opened the doors in Cornelius and brought a little bit of Boston with them. They created a neighborhood place centered around great food, New England sports, family, friends, and the kind of bar where people know your name. Over the years, Prosciutto’s became known for its New York-style brick-oven pizza, homemade dough and sauce, wings, pasta—and, of course, Sundays filled with football.

Eventually, I went from sitting on one side of the bar to working behind it. I spent eight years bartending at Prosciutto’s, getting to know our regulars, our families and the Cornelius community even better. I loved the energy of the place and, most of all, the people who made it special. Then, after all those years, timing and opportunity came together in a way we never could have planned.

Today, we are incredibly proud—and incredibly lucky—to be the next chapter of Prosciutto’s. We want to honor what has always made this place special while continuing to make it better. You’ll still find the pizza, wings, Boston spirit and neighborhood-bar feel Prosciutto’s was built on. But you’ll also find some new energy, new traditions and plenty of reasons to stay awhile. We want Prosciutto’s to be the place where you bring your kids, meet your friends, watch the game, celebrate the wins, become a regular—and maybe, 20 years from now, realize just how many memories you made here. Because that’s exactly what happened to us. We feel unbelievably fortunate to own what we have always believed is the greatest neighborhood bar in Cornelius. Welcome to Pros!