Pietrini Pizza Napoletana will be closed through Wednesday, December 8 due to the passing of owner Gene Pietrini at the age of 68. Gene and Blair Pietrini have long been active members of the local community, and Gene turned his passion for Neapolitan pizza into the business that opened this year on the border of Los Alamitos and Cypress.
“His greatest joy was in delighting our customers [and] we hope you had the chance to experience this joy,” reads the announcement on the Pietrini Pizza website. “It is our honor [and] privilege to carry on his greatest dream in continuing to make Pietrini Pizza an extension of our home.”
Blair Pietrini, who grew up in Rossmoor, was very active with Grateful Hearts and their Charity’s Attic store for many years before helping Gene and her son Landon begin Pietrini’s {Pizza Napoletana. pizza was a long time passion for Gene, as detailed in this article last year in the Epoch Times.
The OC Breeze has more of the story here.
Pietrini Pizza temporarily closes due to passing of owner Gene Pietrini
