Piada Italian Street Food

Piada Italian Street Food
Industry Restaurants
Founded 2010
Founder Chris Doody
Headquarters Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Number of locations
 33
Area served
 Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, Kentucky
Website mypiada.com

Piada Italian Street Food is a fast casual Italian cuisine restaurant chain with 27 locations in six states (Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, and Texas) and 6 to be opened as of 2016.[1] There are seventeen locations in Ohio, two in Michigan, two in Indiana, one in Kentucky, three in Minnesota, and six in Texas.

The restaurant features custom-rolled wraps in a stone-grilled, thin-crusted dough made from organic flour and extra virgin olive oil, as well as chopped salads and bowls.[2] The chain features food prepared along an assembly line, and has been called an Italian copycat of Chipotle Mexican Grill.[3]

Chris Doody, owner of the company, is a co-founder of the Bravo Brio Restaurant Group chain.[2] He sold his stake to investors in 2006 and launched the Piada concept around the Italian "wrap-like sandwich" known as a Piada or Piadina, a street food he sampled in northern Italy. It is stuffed with pastas, meats, cheeses, sauce and vegetables.[4][5] Piada also serves pasta bowls, chopped salads, chips and dip, soups, and cannoli chips—a dessert item. There is a kids menu featuring smaller versions of the main menu items.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Piada Locations Piada Company Locations
  2. 1 2 Mark Fisher New Italian restaurant chain March 28, 2012 Dayton Daily News
  3. ↑ Chipotle: Fundamentally Sound, But Overvalued Nonetheless April 3, 2012 Seeking Alpha
  4. ↑ Dan Eaton New Piada hopes diners beat path to Italian fare August 6, 2010 Columbus Business First
  5. ↑ Pamela Willis Piada's third location lands in Gahanna June 17, 2011 Columbus Local News (Suburban News Publications)
  6. ↑ Piada Menu Piada Menu on MyPiada.com
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