Barstool's Dave Portnoy donates $60,000 to save TinyBrickOven from closing on Christmas

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — TinyBrickOven can now stay open thanks to Barstool Founder Dave "El Pres" Portnoy, also known for Barstool Sports' One Bite Pizza reviews, donating $60,000 to the pizza shop.

The business previously planned to close on Christmas Day.

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Portnoy tried a reheated pizza with limited time left in Baltimore, and after trying the pizza commented, “this is a reheat, and very good.”

“There’s no way this place should be going out of business, none,” Portnoy said.

After asking how much TinyBrickOven needed to stay open for a year, Portnoy agreed to donate $60,000.

Portnoy gave the reheated pizza a score of 7.9. “Cost me 60 dimes right there but whatever, I’m a nice motherf-.”

Portnoy deposited the money into William Fagg's, the owner of TinyBrickOven, account the very next day.

“I did text him a really big thank you. And he texted us back and said I think you’re going to be really busy now. And I was like, yeah, I think so too. I mean I told him the story had gone like, had gone like way more than any other of his normal stories," said Fagg.

Fagg, calling the generous donation from Portnoy, a Christmas miracle.

“I feel like it is man. I believe in miracles still. The timing is certainly, certainly seems less than coincidental," said Fagg.