Greenfield’s S. 76th Street corridor is about to get a new way to do pizza at home. A take-and-bake shop called Baba Yayo'z has cleared its key zoning hurdle and is lined up for a roughly 1,100-square-foot space at 4646 S. 76th St., with proposed daily hours from 10 a.m. to midnight. The application, filed under Baba Yayo'z USA LLC by landlord and operator Bassam "Sam" Al-Ramahi, outlines plans for a small crew. An opening date has not been announced.
Council sign-off clears the way
According to City of Greenfield public notices, the Common Council held a public hearing on Feb. 17 and adopted a resolution granting the special-use permit for the project. The notice states that a copy of the proposed resolution and staff report is on file in the Community Development Division for review. That vote provides the zoning clearance the applicant needs before moving into the city’s remaining site-review and permitting steps.
What the proposal includes
As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the plan first appeared before the Greenfield Plan Commission on Jan. 13 and seeks approval for a limited-service, take-and-bake pizzeria. The filing puts the unit at about 1,100 square feet and estimates staffing of three full-time and three part-time employees. With the special-use permit adopted, the owner can now pursue site approvals, building permits and health-department signoffs required to open.
Shared storefront and corridor context
The building will share a strip with Smoke X, a vape, cigar and hookah shop. The Smoke X listing on Smoke Guide USA shows an adjacent address at 4642 S. 76th St. and confirms the neighboring retail use. The S. 76th Street corridor is identified in the City of Greenfield comprehensive plan as a commercial area where small retail and service businesses cluster, and planners looked at those adjacencies during the review. City staff included notes on neighboring uses in the materials that accompanied the council packet.
Why take-and-bake fits here
Take-and-bake concepts sell uncooked pizzas that customers finish in their own ovens, a format that can keep labor and equipment costs lower than a full-service pizzeria. Industry reporting points to larger players and suppliers investing in take-and-bake production capacity, suggesting steady demand for convenient, heat-at-home meals. That economics lesson helps explain the compact 1,100-square-foot footprint laid out in the filing. Per Bake Magazine, manufacturers are consolidating to meet rising take-and-bake demand.
Next steps
With the special-use permit in hand, the owner can move ahead with interior build-out along with the site-review, building and health permits needed before the city issues a certificate of occupancy. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted, council approval clears zoning hurdles but does not set an opening timetable, and neither the city packet nor public filings list an opening date.
City filings and building permits will show how the project progresses, and the council packet provides the baseline plan for the take-and-bake operation. We will update this story when an opening date is announced or additional details are filed with the city.
