The Hot Slice
The Hot Slice brings you inspiring stories, strategies and lessons learned from successful pizzeria professionals and top experts. This podcast is hosted by the team at Pizza Today, the premier network for pizzeria professionals. We’re bringing our award-winning interviewing and 37 years as a trusted pizza restaurant partner to the airwaves with real, in-depth conversations with pizzeria owners, champion pizza makers, industry pros and others to help make your business better.
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288. Pizza Expo Columbus Sessions, Part 4: Unique is a Vibe
The Hot Slice Podcast is back with one last episode from the Pizza Today booth at Pizza Expo Columbus in October with in-person conversations with pizzeria operators. We’re continuing our Pizza Expo Columbus episodes. You’ll hear riveting stories of entrepreneurship, growth, competition, struggles and ever a lesser-known pizza style.
Let’s end the special sessions with pizza pros who share how they’ve found their niche by either introducing an international pizza style, laser focusing on the brand and getting into the details of a pizzeria’s feel. Hear their stories of finding and sharing their uniqueness.
Nick McDonald and Braden Miller, Black Dog Pizzeria, Dublin, Ohio
We geek out about garlic knots and talk competition. We explored what Columbus-style pizza is. Nick shares how the restaurant has rebounded from a fire and what’s next for the business. Find out what’s behind Black Dog’s outstanding branding and marketing.
Fernando Grecco, OG Papa Fern, Queens, New York
What’s Argentinian pizza? Fernando shares what the style is, its heritage and history. He details how he is putting it on the map in the U.S.
Nick Robson, Ohio Pie Company, Brunswick, Rocky River, Parma, Ohio
Nick walks us through creating the Ohio Pie Co. brand and vibe that has now grown to three locations. He explains how once the comfort sets in with a location; it’s time to explore another location. We talk systems and ops with multiple units.
Thank you for being a part of this special series from the show floor at Pizza Expo Columbus.
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