Pizza King Podcast: Empowering Pizzeria Leadership

He Left the Pizza Business for 13 Years. Here's Why He Came Back.

May 19, 2026·41 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

John Gristina grew up around pizza in the Bronx, fought it for years, lost a partnership, and walked away from the industry for 13 years. Then COVID hit. He started doing pop-ups. And the business that once burned him pulled him back in. Today John owns Pizza Fenice in Pelham, New York — Fenice meaning Phoenix in Italian. In this episode, he and Tyrell talk about the hard decision to walk away, the 13 years rebuilding his life, and what it finally took to go back. They get into his doug...

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