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 Former Cassano's location in Springboro, Ohio | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food wholesale |
| Founded | Dayton, Ohio, USA (June 4, 1953) |
| Headquarters | Dayton, Ohio, USA |
Key people | Vic Cassano, Sr. (Co-founder, d. 2002), Vic Cassano Jr. (d. 2010) |
| Products | Pizza, Subs, Salads |
| Website | www.cassanos.com |
Cassano's Pizza King, currently operating under the brand Cassano's, is a pizzeria chain based in Dayton, Ohio which produces Dayton-style pizza. Established on June 4, 1953, by the grocer Victor "Vic" J. Cassano, Sr. (June 4, 1922 – January 1, 2002) and his mother-in-law Caroline "Mom" Donisi, the company currently (2005) operates 34 Cassano's Pizza King restaurants in the Dayton area, and has three other western Ohio franchises (in Russells Point, Fairfield and Sidney), plus a franchise in Quincy, Illinois, and another in Hannibal, Missouri. The company also operates dozens of Cassano's Pizza Express kiosks in gas stations, convenience stores and hotels, and sells frozen pizza dough under the name Cassano's Fresh Frozen Dough Company.
From the mid-1980s to 1997, the chain operated under the name Cassano's Pizza and Subs,[1] and this branding is still present (as of 2007) on signage and menus at some locations.
In the mid-1970s, Cassano's was ranked by the National Restaurant Association as one of the top four pizza chains in the United States.[2]
In 2016, Cassano's Pizza King, Ohio Historical Marker, was designated by the Ohio History Connection at Kettering, Ohio.[3]
- ^ "Cassano's changing name". March 31, 1997.
- ^ Beyerlein, Tom (2008-02-17). "Wife of Cassano's Pizza founder dies". Dayton Daily News.
- ^ "Montgomery County / 22-57 Cassano's Pizza King | Remarkable Ohio". www.remarkableohio.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.