If New Haven is the pizza capital of the United States, then Sally’s Apizza (pronounced “ah-beets”) might be considered the West Wing. While their famous pizza has long since escaped Connecticut, it could soon find a new home at 30 Thomson Place.

“To our knowledge, the only other pizza restaurant in this area is Pastoral ARTisan Pizza and Bar. It is a Neopolitan pizza restaurant which differs from Sally’s classic, New Haven pizza style,” said Michael Cronin Esq. at the February 7 abutters meeting. “The proposed hours of operation are Monday through Sunday, 11 am to 11 pm. There are no current plans to offer delivery.”

“Is 11 firm? Are you guys thinking you might want to extend it?” asked Tom Ready, a Fort Point Neighborhood Association board member.

“It actually is extended [already]. Most of our other locations were 11 o’clock on the weekends, 9pm Sunday through Thursday,” replied Regional Operations Manager Jonnathan Bara.

“We just like to have kitchen options later in the neighborhood, right? Obviously, if it’s extreme, two or three in the morning, we’d have to have a different conversation,” said Ready, recognizing Boston’s lack of quality dining options later in the night.

Vice President of Development and Construction Eric Gelfond said they might consider closing later on the weekends in the summer but would have to consider the cost of doing so and the rowdier late-night crowds. “We can’t just stay open to lose money,” he said.

Ready additionally inquired into whether or not Sally’s was considering offering additional seating outdoors.

Much like delivery apps, outdoor seating, though convenient, has been a source of frustration for many across the city. Sally’s will be contributing to neither, though pick-up will still be available and the garage door-style windows will open up in the warmer months.

“We’re going to have about 140 seats in our dining room, in our plans that have been permitted,” said Gelfond. “I think there’s 30 at the bar, roughly, and the other 110 and we have different kinds of areas in the dining room.” These numbers are still awaiting approval from the Boston Fire Department. 

A member of the Seaport Neighbors Association voiced concerns for Thompson Place itself. “Thompson, as you well know, narrows down to basically being a one way street,” he said. “ Looking at your website, looking at comments, all of that, it’s obvious you’re very successful. Lots of takeout business because, you know, it’s often hard to get into the building itself and we’re just worried about how that will be managed.” He additionally asked if Sally’s would accept reservations.

“We utilize Open Table, and we’ll be getting more efficient with [reservations], it’s really been helping us,” replied Bara. 

“We are popular,” said Gelfond. “But there’s 40 seats in the dining room [In New Haven] that contributes to that line, which, you know, it’s a great optic from the outside, but we’re revealing the magician’s trick.”

The last issue of the night was trash. More specifically trash pick up. Fort Point resident Heidi Sawyer urged Sally’s to coordinate with the rest of the community on trash pick-up. “We have a lot of trash trucks that are going down that alleyway, and it seems like a lot of different companies,” she said. “I think if there’s some more unison of the trash pickup, that would be great. And if possible, to do it between 8am and 6pm” 

Sally’s will have a more formal meeting with the Fort Point Neighborhood Association on February 25. A hearing with the Boston Licensing Board has yet to be scheduled but is expected by Cronin to take place in early March.