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In 1959 I wanted my own business! The first choice
was a Beer & Wine carryout, but it was too
expensive, so I decided on a pizza place.
In April of 1959 we opened up our first location at
2629 Mock Road in a small shopping center. At the
time, we had two daughters, Teri and Marita and one
son, Michael. We combined the two girls names and
came up with Terita's.
I bought the best cheese, sauce, pepperoni and other
ingredients I could find. The dough recipe was given
to us by a cousin, who owned a pizza place at the
Lockbourne Air Force Base and, after not finding a
suitable sausage, I made my own homemade Italian
sausage with no fillers! In 40 years, nothing has
changed; we still use only the best ingredients.
In the beginning, I was unable to afford to pay for
help so all of my family volunteered: mother,
father, wife, mother-in-law, cousins and friends.
Most of the equipment was coin-operated machines,
and once a month a service man would collect the
money out of the boxes.
It took two more locations before the business was
successful enough for us to buy, enlarge and remodel
3905 Cleveland Avenue (which was a hole in the wall
when we bought it), and we have been located there
since 1962.
My son, Tom, was born in 1961 and the owner since my
retirement, but I am still active and happy to be
involved in the business!
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