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The End of the Hoboken Pizza War? New Pizza Shop Changes Name
New signs were hung in the window of 207 Washington St.
It looks like the fight over the name Artichoke Pizza has died down in Hoboken.
As of Wednesday, new signs flanked the windows of 207 Washington St. Rather than "Famous Artichoke Pizza," decorated with a big artichoke in the background, the new name seems to be "Famous Pizza" against a solid green background.
No signs of any artichokes.
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, until owner Frances Garcia burst that bubble.
"It's not us at all," . He said that two former employees had taken the name and run off with it to Hoboken.
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The two former Artichoke employees in Hoboken—Emad Youssef, 27, and Khalf Ibrahim, 28, both Egyptian natives—denied all allegations in a previous interview, saying their name was "totally different."
Apparently not different enough to keep it the same, or avoid law suits.
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