For any restaurant, including those that are independently owned and operated, providing a good customer experience is essential. Having adequate staff, creating memorable menus and offering seamless service are all important to establish return business.
When Michael Porreca bought Adrian’s Pizza Thompson Run Road, one of four independently owned franchises in the Pittsburgh area, little did he know that it would come with a bit of history. Equipment history, that is. He purchased the Thompson Run Road location in November 2022 only to learn it was home to a Hobart planetary mixer built in 1928 — and it still worked.
From her love of baking as a teen, Liz Valenti, co-owner ofWheat Penny Oven & Bar in Dayton, Ohio has since refined her craft through several cities, states and restaurants. Raised in Chicago, she met her former (now retired) business partner, Elizabeth Wiley, while in college in Iowa, where the two shared a love of food. Her passion for learning more about baking led her and Wiley to San...
