Pizza Delight vs Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen Franchise Comparison

Pizza Delight is a mid-scale family restaurant chain where family and friends can enjoy quality time together over delicious food in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. We aim to delight every customer with our fabulous pizza, pasta, salads and signature dishes served by our remarkably friendly and efficient staff. The first Pizza Delight opened in 1968 in Shediac, New Brunswick. Today, there are over 100 locations across Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta.Pizza Delight has served millions of customers over its 50+ year history. Why do customers keep coming back? Our restaurants serve great-tasting food, in comfortable surroundings.

A meal at Pizza Delight helps our guests to catch up with the people they care about most. These simple, yet powerful, customer benefits have fueled the growth of the Pizza Delight brand. Today we have over 114 restaurants in Atlantic Canada and Ontario, selling over $55 million per year.

Using the family recipe for hand-tossed dough, the sauce made from fresh-crushed California 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. "It was 800 square feet. I had a pizza oven, a dough mixer and two tables. That's it. I could only sit eight people.” A few years later, he created Anthony’s Pizzeria, located in Clear Lake, Texas, and soon moved to Houston.

For almost a decade, Anthony refined his menu using classic Italian family recipes and zeroed in on the perfect New York-style pizza. In 1992, Russo’s New York Pizzeria opened in downtown Houston, Texas and proved to be a success.

 

Russo's Restaurants is a national and international franchisor of the fast casual and casual dining brands Russo's New York Pizzeria and Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen. Based in Houston, Russo's Restaurants are composed of a mix of corporate and franchised locations across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida and Hawaii. Russo's has entered international markets as well, with locations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. There are an additional 20-plus units in development both in the United States and internationally. Chef Anthony Russo has created his concepts from years of applying his unique, family recipes featuring New York-style pizza along with a broad variety of handcrafted pasta creations, calzones, salads, sandwiches, soups and desserts, reflecting his commitment to his New York roots where food and family come first.