Luigi's New York Giant Pizza occupies a strip-mall counter on San Diego's College Area stretch of University Avenue at 6126 University Ave, serving hand-tossed pies in sizes from 14 inches up to a 28-inch giant. The 92115 location sits a few blocks south of SDSU on a corridor that connects to the bar and nightlife district along El Cajon Blvd, where the tiki-cocktail program at The Luau generates post-event pizza orders that funnel south to University Avenue. Owner Younes runs the kitchen as a family operation with both thick and thin crusts across a menu covering pizza, calzones, pasta, subs, chicken wings, gyros, and Greek salads — a Mediterranean-Italian crossover uncommon in the typical San Diego pizza shop. A Greek salad with kalamata olives and feta shares counter space with meatball subs and Philly cheesesteaks, and gyro plates round out the non-pizza side of the menu. Late-night hours on Friday and Saturday keep the kitchen running past 10 for the college crowd, and combo deals pair a 16-inch pie with lasagna or spaghetti and a garden salad. A double-deal stacks two 20-inch two-topping pizzas with a two-liter soda, scaling for group orders from the dorms and apartments ringing campus. The same University Avenue commercial strip runs into the international dining corridor where Wei Wei Asian Express and a string of Southeast Asian kitchens draw on the neighborhood's student and immigrant communities. The San Diego County health department scores the kitchen at 94 out of 100, and the shop has maintained a Slice ordering partnership for seven years running.