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453:" 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
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appeared that
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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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January 2020, outside of Illinois, Giordano's has locations in Denver, CO, Kissimmee/Celebration, FL, Lake Buena Vista/Disney Area, FL, Sand Lake/Universal Studios, FL, Fort Wayne, IN, Greenwood, IN, Castleton, IN, Indianapolis, IN, Schererville, IN, West Des Moines, IA, Richfield, MN,
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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
311:. 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
421:, Daniel Zemans, praised the sauce used in the stuffed pizza for having a strong tomato and herb flavor, while noting the crust as a less enthusing yet suitable element of the pizza. Denise Du Vernay, in a review of several Chicago-area pizzerias for
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Apostolou complicated matters when he challenged the proceedings by filing
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