LaRosa’s

August 25, 1930 – Donald “Buddy” LaRosa is born in Cincinnati. Twenty-four years later, the spunky little Italian chef opens a restaurant on Boudinot Avenue with three partners. All have other jobs. Buddy sticks with it, and when he retires in 2007, LaRosa’s has 3,000 employees working in 61 pizzerias with annual sales of $132.4 million.
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