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LimasScissorhands
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Friend of a friend told me the doors are closed and there's a sheriff's sale sign on the door, as of today. Did a little research and found this: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/di ... 1336226046I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds like Vinny and his family licensed the name and the pizza recipes to new management, with the understanding that the new management would kick a royalty back to the family. And somewhere along the line, the new management stopped paying. So theoretically they could "de-identify" and reopen as Not Vincent's Pizza, but for the moment, they're shut until they pay the judgment. And even if they reopen, they may have some negative PR from f'ing over the family.
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Father George
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:01 pm |
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Varrati's Pizza in Dormont has closed. They had a great pie there too. The world is moving on.
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rocky top
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:23 pm |
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Swiss might lose his mind!
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swissvale72
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:32 pm |
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rocky top wrote: Swiss might lose his mind! Sad to hear....but honestly, at least the Ardmore Boulevard shop has been going downhill since Vince died a few years ago. I understand that the Plum shop is still really good. The legal mumbo-jumbo isn't new to Vincent' s Pizza....the fuckin' imposter, Vincent's of Greentree tried to co-opt the Vincent's brand a few years back...Vince took his ass to court.
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LimasScissorhands
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swissvale72
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Deebo
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 1:26 pm |
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There's a business opportunity here for someone with 50K who's willing to bust his ass.
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Canonsburg15317
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:14 pm |
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swissvale72 wrote: rocky top wrote: Swiss might lose his mind! Sad to hear....but honestly, at least the Ardmore Boulevard shop has been going downhill since Vince died a few years ago. I understand that the Plum shop is still really good. The legal mumbo-jumbo isn't new to Vincent' s Pizza....the fuckin' imposter, Vincent's of Greentree tried to co-opt the Vincent's brand a few years back...Vince took his ass to court. Vincents of Greentree...not so good pizza but great hoagies 
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:40 pm |
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The life expectancy rate in Pittsburgh just climbed a little.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:01 pm |
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Daughter of Vinny bought the building back at the sheriff sale. Quote: Vinnie's daughter regains control of Pizza Park real estate
May 22, 2012 3:03 pm
Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette
Vincent's Pizza Park in Forest Hills, home of the locally known "Vinnie Pie."
Vincent's Pizza Park in Forest Hills, home of the locally known "Vinnie Pie."
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By Len Barcousky / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The daughter of the creator of the high-calorie "Vinnie Pie" has regained control over the Ardmore Boulevard real estate where the business started by her father has operated since 1950.
Toni Zollner, the daughter of the late Vincent Chianese, has owned the building and leased it to a franchise operator, B&C Pizza Inc. She regained control of the building at an Allegheny County Sheriff's sale today, but the sale of pizza shop equipment and furnishings was postponed until June 11.
Vincent's Pizza Park in North Braddock close to the Forest Hills border was closed suddenly by sheriff's deputies on Thursday after Ms. Zollner got a court order claiming unpaid royalties and at least one month's back rent.
B&C Pizza Inc. has leased the building since 2003 and was required to operate as a licensed Vincent's Pizza Park, according to Ms. Zollner's complaint. The licensees, who include Mr. Chianese's longtime business partner, John Bellissimo, owe more than $42,000 in unpaid royalties, the complaint says.Today's action will allow the sale of equipment to be used to pay royalties and back rent.
Ms. Zollner had terminated the license agreement in October, but B&C Pizza continued operating, according to the court suit.
The business, located at 998 Ardmore Boulevard in North Braddock, remains closed. Longtime customers loyal to the shop's topping-heavy signature pizzas, however, should not lose all hope.
While Ms. Zollner, who lives in California, declined requests for interviews, her lawyer, Frank Rapp, has said he believed a deal still might be worked out. "I don't think it's fair to say this is the demise of the Vinnie Pie at the Ardmore location," Mr. Rapp said last week. "I think it's too early to come to the conclusion there's never going to be another Vinnie Pie."
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