Father and Son Fulfill Pizza Dreams, Even as Restaurant Industry Struggles

Father and Son Fulfill Pizza Dreams, Even as Restaurant Industry Struggles
Gene Pietrini taste-tests some pizza sauce in his kitchen in Seal Beach, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.—The restaurant industry has been the hardest hit over the past several months in terms of permanent business closures, according to Yelp. Yet a father and son team in Orange County, California, is ready to open a new restaurant.
Gene Pietrini, 67, and Landon Pietrini, 31, are a little nervous, but more excited, about opening their Pietrini Pizza Napoletana restaurant—the culmination of a decades-long passion for pizza.
John Fredricks
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John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.
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