Photos: Peterborough Lakers Present Retirement Jersey to The Pizza Factory Owner Peter Bouzinelos

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The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers presented the Pizza Factory owner Peter Bouzinelos with his own jersey and Lakers season tickets in celebration of 43 years of business. Bouzinelos has been a team sponsor for several years. He is closing down The Pizza Factory for retirement with the last day on Jan. 29.

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Hometown PTBO: Peter and Anna Bouzinelos Closing the Pizza Factory After 43 Years of Service

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This week on Hometown PTBO, Samantha Bianco talks with Peter and Anna Bouzinelos of the Pizza Factory, reliving their 43 years of service, how the family started and thanking Peterborough for their patronage as they are closing their doors on Jan. 29.

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The Pizza Factory To Close After 42 Years Of Service

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After 42 years of signature extra garlicky Caesar dressing, pasta and pizza, The Pizza Factory is closing its doors on Jan. 29.

BOUZINELO’S BRAND OF OLIVE OIL AVAILABLE AT The Pizza Factory CAME FROM HIS HOME VILLAGE OF KOUTSI, GREECE. THE TREES were planted over 50 YEARS AGO THAT MADE THE OIL. Photo by David Tuan bui.

The restaurant had posted a notice on its doors informing its customers of its closure next month. Peter Bouzinelos owned and operated the business since April of 1980, five years after arriving in Peterborough in 1975.

Since The Pizza Factory’s opening, it has remained in the same location, on the corner of Lansdowne Street and The Parkway.

THEIR CAESAR DRESSING IS SOLD IN JARS AND IS AVAILABLE EITHER AT THE RESTAURANT OR SELECT GROCERY STORES IN PETERBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA Photo by David Tuan bui.

The Pizza Factory specializes in Greek and Italian food and offers specialties such as pizza, ribs, chicken, panzerotti and souvlaki.

They sell their own brand of products under the name ‘Peter’s Famous Foods’ such as their signature Caesar dressing, reputedly known for its extra garlicky taste.

They also sell olive oil where the olives are grown in Bouzinelos’s hometown of Koutsi, Greece and were planted over 50 years ago. The olives are harvested, hand-picked and cold-pressed by his brother who then ships them to the business for packaging.

Last June, the restaurant started selling two-feet slices of pizza — that was the largest in town — that stemmed from Bouzinelos’s son Kenny (who also works at The Pizza Factory). He got the idea from seeing other pizzerias in Toronto and New York and wanted to replicate that for Peterborough.

Gift certificates remain available at the restaurant but must be used by Jan. 29.

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Foodie Friday: The Pizza Factory On Its 40th Anniversary, Importing Greek Ingredients and Their Line of Famous Products

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We talk with Kenny Bouzinelos of The Pizza Factory about his father Peter starting the restaurant over 40 years ago, importing their own olive oil from Greece and their own line of products including their famous Caesar dressing.

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