The Ravioli King Of Brooklyn Making Nearly $2 Million Per Year
George Joseph Switzer III runs Queen Ann Ravioli, a Brooklyn pasta shop founded in 1972. Inside, vintage machines produce thousands of pounds of pasta each week, including up to 1 million boxes of ravioli a year.
Switzer generates nearly $2 million in annual revenue even as rising costs, mass production, and a changing neighborhood put pressure on his business. But for him, the challenge is not just making pasta — it's preserving a disappearing way of doing business one batch at a time.
George Joseph Switzer III runs Queen Ann Ravioli, a Brooklyn pasta shop founded in 1972. Inside, vintage machines produce thousands of pounds of pasta each week, including up to 1 million boxes of ravioli a year.
Switzer generates nearly $2 million in annual revenue even as rising costs, mass production, and a changing neighborhood put pressure on his business. But for him, the challenge is not just making pasta — it's preserving a disappearing way of doing business one batch at a time.
