Floriana Pastore, the world-ranked pizzaiola behind the Signora Pizza food truck, has traded parking lots for a permanent address, opening Signora Pizza Lab this week at 651 N. Rainbow Blvd. The brick-and-mortar spot pulls the truck’s wood-fired oven and Neapolitan-style pies indoors and sticks to a tight walk-up format, serving wallet pizzas, pizza fritta and whole pies from a small counter. Opening day brought out a line as the team shifted from life in the truck to working a full kitchen.
Menu, opening day and what to expect
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the debut menu at Signora Pizza Lab features six red pies, including an eggplant parmigiana and a spicy diavola, plus four white pizzas such as a cacio e pepe. There are also four fried pizzas, including one with ’nduja, and a short dessert list that hits the classics: cannoli, tiramisù and Nutella-and-pistachio angioletti. The Review-Journal notes that the lab is the first permanent home for Pastore’s Signora Pizza truck and that the truck will pause service during the hottest weeks of summer, signaling a focus on the new shop while still leaving room for offsite events and giving regulars a reliable place to find the full Signora lineup.
Pastore’s reputation and recent honors
Industry write-ups have long pegged Pastore as a serious competitor. World Pizza Champions lists her among the group’s top winners, underscoring her status on the competition circuit. This spring she picked up additional recognition from the international Best Pizza Awards in Milan, a nod covered by Pizza Today that helped push Signora’s reputation beyond the local truck scene.
What goes into the pies
Signora Pizza’s own materials lean hard into process and sourcing, highlighting a naturally fermented sourdough that proofs for more than 36 hours, DOP San Marzano tomatoes, Agerola fior di latte and a traditional wood-fired oven. The choices keep the flavor profile squarely in classic Neapolitan territory. The format, though, nods to street-food culture, pairing wallet pizzas and fried pies with full-size pies built for quick counter service.
From truck to storefront
The move into a permanent space caps a run of wins and steadily growing buzz. In June, Food & Loathing profiled Pastore as she readied the transition from food truck to indoor kitchen following her international recognition. Her route from pandemic-era truck to award season and now to a brick-and-mortar slot mirrors a broader Las Vegas pattern in which operators use mobile concepts to test and build demand before signing on for a lease.
Practical details
Signora Pizza Lab sits at 651 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, in the Rainbow/Summerlin corridor and opened this week with walk-up counter service. The latest operating hours and pop-up dates are posted on the shop’s website and social channels, per Signora Pizza. For now, the truck is slated to stay offline during the hottest stretches of summer while the crew dials in the new kitchen, with expectations that counter service will lead and carryout and limited catering will ramp back up as schedules settle.
For Las Vegas pizza fans, Signora Pizza Lab means getting a full slate from a world-class pizzaiola without having to track down a roaming truck. Those early lines on opening day hint that the lab could settle in as a regular Summerlin stop as the city continues to cultivate off-Strip talent.
