CHEF RUSSO'S ITALIAN KITCHEN FRANCHISE

Meet Chef Russo

The son of first-generation Italian immigrants, Chef Anthony Russo grew up in a New Jersey home where the kitchen was the center of family life. There was always cooking and baking at home, and many of the ingredients came from the family garden, just as his Grandpa and Nona Russo did back in Avellino, Italy.

The Entrepreneur Emerges Chef Anthony

Italian Heritage

Using the family recipe for hand-tossed dough, sauce made from fresh-crushed California vine-ripened tomatoes, and imported Italian cheese blends, Anthony became the sole owner and chef of his first restaurant Russo’s Pizza in the early 80’s. A few years later, he created Anthony’s Pizzeria, located in Clear Lake, Texas, and with a move to Houston allowed him to grow his small family-style restaurant concept. For almost a decade, Anthony refined his menu using classic Italian family recipes and honed in on the perfect New York-style pizza. Meanwhile, he developed his kitchen concept to maintain a casual dining experience while having less overhead. In 1992, Russo’s New York Pizzeria opened in downtown Houston, Texas and proved to be a model for franchising success.

“[My first restaurant] was 800 square feet. I had a pizza oven, a dough mixer and two tables. That’s it. I could only sit eight people.”

Anthony Russo, CEO & Founder

Russo’s New York Pizzeria

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*The following data involves historic performance information for Domestic Restaurants corporate- or affiliate-owned, open and operating under effective Franchise Agreements by the same franchisee for fiscal year 2021. There are 35 franchised domestic Russo’s New York Pizzeria Restaurants operating under effective Franchise Agreements as of December 31, 2021. 30 of which had been open for 12 months or longer. The following results include (a) the average Gross Sales for the 24 Domestic Russo’s New York Pizzeria Restaurants that were franchisee owned, open, and operated for fiscal 2021. (b) The cash flows for the FOUR (4) company-owned Russo’s New York Pizzeria Restaurants operated for fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Because we do not maintain the accounting records of our franchisees, we are unable to make any representation to the reliability of the financial data provided by franchised Restaurants.

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