Chef Tim LaBant of The Schoolhouse to Open Old School Pizza Spot in Wilton

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This just in from GoodMorning Wilton...

It’s big news in the foodie world when you hear that the Schoolhouse at Cannondale chef and owner Tim LaBant is expanding his culinary footprint and opening up a second restaurant. The award-winning chef is known for melding farm-to-table creativity with fine dining, so you can only imagine what kind of white tablecloth, haute cuisine will spring from LaBant’s imagination.

Pizza.

That’s right, LaBant will be opening up a pizza place, called Parlor, right here in Wilton, in a space at River Park Shopping Center.

Yep, a pizza place in a shopping center. Light years from what you think of when you think Tim LaBant, Schoolhouse Restaurant chef/owner.

LaBant laughs at the image. “There’s a reason for that.”

He wanted to open Parlor in the center of town and for it to have a different vibe–something of a cross between the old school pizza parlors that CT is known for and a lively, great, neighborhood space.

“I think there’s something humble about an old school pizza parlor. Look at like a place like Pepe’s, something that’s just got linoleum everywhere. It’s got an amazing product and they’re packed all the time for a reason, because their product is great, and they care about one thing–pizza and the people that are there,” LaBant says.

Parlor will be located in the former tutoring space between PTP Personal Training and Happy Wok. It’s a small space but it’s being built out with around 32 seats, a bar, and a wood-burning brick pizza oven they call “the Ferrari of ovens,” all with an open kitchen for diners to be able to watch what happens in the kitchen. LaBant says he also hopes to bring a similar atmosphere that he has every night at Schoolhouse.

Read the complete article here.