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The Pete Is Back in Papa Pete’s Pizza
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The Pete is back in Papa Pete’s Pizza.
Papa Pete’s has been a local institution since 1974, delivering its original pizza recipe to hungry residents at three area locations. The pizza place’s founders, Joann and Pete Peterson, sold the business to outside interests in 1999.
In 2007, the Petersons’ children, Tami Rupley, Keli Coscia and Chris Peterson, opted to buy the chain back.
“It was just the perfect time,” says Chris Peterson. “It was time to bring it back in the family and see to it the product is as good as it should be.”
The siblings have made a few changes since returning to the family business, including reintroducing the recipes created by the original Papa Pete.
“We’ve gotten a tremendous amount of response from our clientele about the improvements and the consistency,” Peterson says.
Peterson oversees operations at the original store in Castle Rock, while his sisters do the same at the operations in Longview and Ridgefield.
Story by Dan Markham
