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442:" One criticism raised about the pizza is the time it takes for the pizza to cook, with a stuffed pizza having an average preparation time of up to 45 minutes. Diners can shorten this waiting period by ordering ahead or taking a half-baked pizza so they can finish baking it in their home oven. Giordano's was voted "Chicago's Best Pizza" by
179:, but he was not satisfied with the pizzas he tasted and decided to open his own restaurant, Roma. When Joseph came to Chicago, Efren has stated they decided to open a restaurant using their mother's recipe and after experimenting over several months developed the stuffed pizza. In 1974, they founded Giordano's.
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appeared that
Giordanos had backed out of its promise which created a massive backlash in Omaha. This caused Giordanos to seriously consider Omaha. On April 12, 2018, the marketing manager for Giordanos announced on Twitter and Facebook "We are definitely coming". The executive team has been scouting locations.
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Giordano's pizzeria. Omaha won a contest conducted by Giordanos in November 2017 to see which city would be the next to open a Giordano's. Omaha beat out Dallas, Des Moines, Cincinnati, and Houston. After much fanfare and attention from Omaha there was a controversy as it
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and $ 2 million to two additional banks and were able to obtain emergency financing in order to stay in operation. While
Giordano's entered bankruptcy at a time when many other restaurant chains and pizzerias were being forced to re-organize due to faltering sales, the company's bankruptcy attorney,
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Apostolou family faced difficulty in leasing and selling their commercial real estate properties. Their firm, Randolph Partners LLC, eventually defaulted on its real estate loans on January 1, 2011, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 8, 2011. Due to
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of their ambitions to expand the chain by opening over 100 new locations in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. However, this desired expansion did not materialize. Under
Apostolou's stewardship, Giordano's opened a restaurant in Milwaukee in 1995 and planned for five more, but the
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ideologue. The company's bankruptcy lawyer withdrew from the case as a result, and the bankruptcy court responded by barring
Apostolou from entering the company's headquarters as well as any of its restaurants. John and Eva Apostolou eventually sold the business for $ 52 million to Chicago
300:. The official opening date was February 3, 2015. This is the second Indiana location for Giordano's with the first Indiana location in Merrillville. In July 2015, Giordano's made its entry into the Minnesota market, opening a restaurant in the Uptown area of
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sharing the same primary lender, Giordano's was included in the proceedings along with over 30 affiliate companies. Overall, the companies listed nearly $ 50 million in combined liabilities to
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Apostolou complicated matters when he challenged the proceedings by filing
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