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Um,

I can't imagine a better birthday gift than being named

CEO of the family business.

Gi Ottos has been my life since I was a kid.

Back then, I barely knew how to make dough much less run a business.

My dreams were much bigger than my skills.

After years of working in the restaurant, I am honored to be carrying out the

family tradition of making the best pizza this side of Chicago and evolving

our old school Italian ambiance into an upscale and elevated food experience.

Well, you forgot one thing, Riley.

You must continue crushing our competition.

Roman's pizza.

Mm-hmm.

. I mean, if there's one thing that every generation of Gito know it's how to

beat the inferior Roman's pizza . Uh, but unfortunately we'll also have

to make sure that this new pizza chain there, pizza did PAs Pizza did.

We'll need to make sure that they know that we are the number

one pizzeria in this town.

Woo.

You promise me that?

Yeah.

I promise you.

You got it.

Okay.

Well, happy birthday and, uh, let's see.

Yeah.

Riley, my beautiful c e o cousin.

I can honestly say I have never been prouder to be a gito in my life.

Thank you, Declan . Now, as a fellow female business owner, Declan, you

cannot advertise your jewelry here.

Come on, we're family.

I made the perfect size cutout featuring some of my engagement rings that'll

fit right over the exit ly fine.

It was worth a shot.

I really am excited for you and for this place.

I mean, it's great and I love it, but it's time for you to

put your fingerprint on it.

Thanks.

It means a lot.

I really think we have the opportunity to take this from everybody's

favorite little hole in the wall, to a gastro pub experience that

even brings people out of the city.

Riley, the word was a beautiful speech, sweetie.

Oh, thanks, mom.

But I knew there was a, you know, when your dad and I took over for your

grandpa, I had my own grand ideas too.

Why don't you focus on some small changes like changing the font on the menu or

adding a new dish every few years, but this place survived because of tradition.

Lean into that and GIS will survive.

Evanstown is so charming.

I mean, look, don't get me wrong.

I love New York City.

It's my hometown, but the air here, it's like apple pie wrapped inside of

a pine tree, and that's a good thing.

No, the best.

I might not leave . Well, maybe you should, uh, run my family's pizza business

for me and I'll go back to New York.

Don't tempt me, but if I do, I'm taking deep dish off the menu.

Hey, Mrs.

Bizarre.

Hi Bradley.

How many more boxes of Shane?

Ah, just a few mom.

This town's pretty awesome.

I might stay for a while.

You should.

Thanks for driving Shane back, by the way.

We are happy he's home.

To return Romanos to its former glory.

Come on, let me show you where to put that lead the way.

Oh,

are they talking about too many changes too fast?

We're gonna need to do more than that cause we won't talk.

My balloons.

Oh my phone.

Shame or mono Riley Gito.

And last time I saw you giving the valedictorian speech at

Evanston High School kid, that speech is solid six outta 10.

Surprised you and your doc friends even made it to graduation.

You know, it turns out me, that whole diploma thing for the graduation process.

Yeah.

Thought you were in New York.

I was invested in a whole bunch of successful restaurants.

A successful Ram restaurant tour.

Now that's original.

You worried about Pizza Den?

No.

Every new business gets a grand opening bump and um, it's pretty common.

They have a business model that's way better suited for the future.

More so than yours or ours.

Yeah.

But it's just a trend.

And we have tradition on our side.

And you just said yours an ours.

Does that mean means that this jock is now the Ram Roman's pizza's ceo?

Huh?

Well, I was just named CEO of GI Otto's today.

Oh, congrats.

You've won that since like good kindergarten.

Yeah.

Well, I am sorry about the balloons.

That's fine.

You just owe me.

Jeanie, what's wrong?

Hey boss.

I, I told you to still call me Riley, right?

Boss Riley, I hate to deliver this news on your first day as

ceo, but our meat delivery from Betty's butcher shop is delayed.

Oh.

So it's just coming later tomorrow.

Um, hello.

Hi everyone.

We're out of everything.

Okay.

Um, take off all meat pizzas and pastas off the menu, and, uh,

give half price sodas to everybody that wanted those menu items.

We get our soda when buddies put your shop too.

Okay.

I'll go pick up enough meat and sodas to last us to tomorrow, and

you stay here to keep things afloat.

Okay?

Yeah.

You got it boss.

It.

Fri,

I got the soda and meat.

Jeanie, your front of house.

What are you doing Cookie?

Jerry Christine called in sick.

I'm trying to keep it running back here.

Uh uh Okay, I'll, I'll cook You go keep things running out out there

and um, and call Rick and see if you wouldn't mind coming in on his day off.

Will do one more thing.

The men's toilet is plot.

I will take care in a second.

Uncle Tony, when this afternoon rush typically start Huh?

Say around, uh, six 30.

That's just dinner.

Well, we basically do most of our revenue at dinner anyway, right?

That is correct.

Oh, this doesn't look like we've made much of an effort to draw on a lunch crop.

I don't think that's fair to say We're open, but you wanna

come back for dinner instead.

This is what I'm talking about guys.

Romanos is the kind of place that people come for dinner and they

order the same thing every time.

Shane, it's reliable.

Classic pizza.

I think we're lazy.

Hey, it's manager.

I take that personally.

Look, this is gonna go stale along with the rest of this place.

If we don't make it more welcoming for everyone, not just the regulars.

I don't know.

Sounds like a lot of work guys.

Do you wanna lose more business to Pizza Den?

Hmm?

Julie OTOs?

No, we don't.

I didn't think so.

So we have a lot of work to do.

Okay.

Okay.

Oh, thank you so much for coming by earlier to help.

That was exhausting.

It was lonely at the top.

I wish I had more alone time cuz then maybe I would've gotten done.

One of the things I had planned, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Are you just gonna speak in Proverbs?

Yes.

Until you agree to come out with me on this double date tonight,

I will only speak in Proverbs.

I am exhausted.

I have so much to up in your life.

Shorten your meals.

Okay, that's not even relevant.

You're trying to get me to have a meal with you.

Anger can be an expensive luxury.

Tell me about the guy.

He's a handsome Stut from New York City and 11 out of 10 he paid for

my coffee when we met in line and his friend, I'm going to be forced

to make a mundane conversation with, don't know much about him.

He seems nice though.

How can he seem nice if you don't know much about him?

I can't go.

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what a ship was built for.

Fine.

I'll go.

You owe me.

Yes.

Thank goodness I was running out of Proverbs or are they idioms?

I don't know what it is about this guy, but he feels like the one, and I

think I've heard that from you before.

I've never, uh, yeah.

Uh, what was his name?

Dave.

Oh, I think he's the one after one date.

Smile said so much.

Just take it slow this time.

But all's fair and love and more.

What about love is patient?

All right, advice.

Noted.

They're here.

Declan, good to see you again, Bradley.

Hello.

And this must be Riley.

Nice to meet you.

Pleasure to meet you.

Hello me.

To introduce my best friend Shane.

Shane Romano.

Riley Gito.

We meet again.

You forgot my blooms.

Oh shoot.

You're right.

You didn't tell me your friend was Shane.

I didn't know that I needed to.

Riley was just named CEO at Giuliano's Pizza Ram.

Roman's Pizza's direct competition.

So what's the big deal?

It's just dinner there guys.

It's a four generations long feud.

Riley's and my great, great grandfather Peter was best friends with

Shane's great, great grandpa, Gino.

They lived in Chicago and worked together as up and coming chefs at Chi Town Pizza.

That restaurant sounds familiar.

It's considered the best pizza in Chicago.

Okay, buddy.

Your families have been friendly for decades.

Not exactly.

Peter and Gino's relationship went south.

When they both moved to Evanstown to start their families, they opened

up competing pizza places and our families have been rivals ever since.

You know what?

I think it's, it's time for me to go.

Same.

No, no, no.

Come on guys.

Please sit down.

Look, you have been in work mode ever since you got to Evanstown, and

if you don't take a night to wind down, your work is going to suffer.

Same for you Riley.

Everyone loves a blue beer restaurant.

I'm sure there's something you could learn from it.

Why don't you guys order some good food and consider this a relaxing

bit of research besides, you know what they say, keep your friends

close and your enemies closer.

I love that metaphor.

Or is it a proverb or.

An idiom.

I can never, never tell the difference,

you know?

I never thought that I would leave New York, but your town is enchanting.

Some say it's an easy town to fall in love with.

Why did he come with you again?

He drove with me.

If you've successfully rebranded so many restaurants, why'd you come back?

My parents asked me to.

They're worried about losing more business to pizza then I'm trying

to convince them they need the restaurant to be more modern, more

approachable, more, doesn't matter.

I'm back.

You could do with fewer white tablecloths.

Oh, thanks for the advice.

My family's worried about pizza didn't too.

I know that we could run them out of this town if we just took our laid back

atmosphere into an upscale Castro pub.

We would be on every food blog in the city, and I know we could

get a whole new set of customers.

I need a whole lot more than that with that sandpaper crust.

Well, that's a lot coming from the guy whose family's pizza sauce tastes

like a Lunchables dipping sauce.

Oh, stop.

Children.

Calm down.

Oh, we were just starting to get along.

Did you know that Riley's gonna turn Juul OTOs into a gastro pub?

Oh, no way.

That's how Shane made his mark in New York.

He could come up with a gastro pub idea in his sleep for any kind of food.

Really?

Any Italian or pizza places?

No.

None that I can think of.

Well, Riley knows family, Italian and pizza better than anyone in Illinois.

Maybe you could give Shane some tips in exchange for some upscale foodie advice.

Then maybe it's time for me to go.

No, come on guys.

Stay both of you.

I gotta go to Declan.

Always a pleasure.

Riley.

Shane.

We're all gonna lose to pizza dinner if they don't help each other out.

Who cares about the past?

You know, Thomas Jefferson once said that I like the dreams of the future

better than the history of the past.

I love that idiom.

Or is it a metaphor or just a quote?

I don't care as long as you like it.

What the heck happened in here?

It looks awesome, right?

Different.

Okay.

From now on, no more counter ordering.

I have created a whole new seating system, and the front of house is now

gonna go out to the tables and get their orders, but we've always had a casual

counter order system, not anymore.

Oh, I've added a few new dishes to the menu, and I've written out descriptions

of their flavor profiles, and I want you to go talk to the chefs and have them pop

out and talk to the tables every now and then, you know, make 'em feel special.

These are a lot of words to learn.

Oh, and I have invited Sharon O'Brien, the food critic.

Mm-hmm.

. She's coming by for a late lunch.

Do you think it's a good idea to have her in here while

we're making all these changes?

I think it's the perfect time.

Oh, let's get after it.

So, uncle.

Got this for you right here.

You're gonna wear this.

Stand outside and talk up our new lunch menu.

Snazzy.

Hi.

I'm so sorry.

We're not doing counter ordering anymore, but if you go have a seat at a table,

someone will come and take your order.

How's everything going at she O'Brien's table?

Oh shoot.

Cause her, yeah.

Why?

I may have dropped her pizza and described her wine incorrectly.

Uncle Tony, what are you doing?

Huh?

You haven't handed out a single lunch menu?

I'm sorry.

Not a lot of foot traffic during the day.

Look, lunch is gonna be tough, but don't give up hope kid.

Ugh, killing me.

A formerly successful hole in the wall.

Family Pizza place plays Pretend Gastro pub.

It's an open question whether any local pizza joint can survive the arrival of

Pizza Den, but it isn't looking promising.

Hi.

Oh, me too.

It's.

Do you mind if I sit, be my guest?

Sorry about dinner the other night.

I just had a lot going on and, um, being at dinner with you

felt like I was putting work off.

I get it.

And apology accepted as long as you accept mine too.

Deal.

You miss New York yet?

I do a little bit.

You ever wonder what be like if you left?

Sometimes.

Then I think about how much I've missed gis, the smell of the pizza, baking in

the oven, and families sharing a meal together and people making memories.

Even on a slow night, there's no place I'd rather be.

I know that sounds stupid.

No, it doesn't actually.

You're a passionate restaurant owner who do anything for a business.

Did you think about what Bradley and Declan said at dinner the other night?

What about us helping each other?

Yeah.

I mean, besides the fact that our families would totally dishon us if they ever

found out, I mean hypothetically, what would it look like if we worked together?

Hold on.

Is this about that bad review you got?

Oh, she read that.

Oh yeah.

Sharon O'Brien did not like her gastro pub experience.

That line about how the food fell right in front of her was really funny.

Also kind of embarrassing.

Yeah.

Well, I heard your uncles dressed up like a pizza slice, so that was a mistake.

Sounds like we both had tough days.

Yeah.

Hypothetically speaking, I could teach you a few things that I learned in New

York about taking a family business and making it into a gastro pub.

People actually write nice things about, and hypothetically, I could

teach you how to make your business more laid back and approachable, and

how to make a halfway respectable sauce.

It's not that bad.

Your crust, on the other hand is okay.

You have been gone from Chicago way too long to know anything

about a halfway decent crust.

Yeah, this probably isn't gonna work.

Okay.

Wait, wait, wait.

I'm sorry.

You're right.

I would do anything for my business, even working with a Ram Roman,

a fitment that I wouldn't lose any more business to pizza in.

I need your help, and I think that you need mine too, especially with

the Food and Fun Festival coming up.

Yeah, you're right.

Whole town is gonna be there.

Okay.

You take back what you said about my sauce.

Um, only if you're sorry about your crust comment.

Do we have a deal?

It's like our hypothetical just became very real.

Hmm.

Trust me.

Right?

We need to see what we're up against.

We wanna beat these guys.

We can consider it research.

No one says we have to like it.

Hi, can I help you?

Good evening, Madame Adam.

Um, you guys can just call me Jessica , right?

Madame Jessica.

Oh, just Jessica.

Uh, well, just Jessica, uh, what do you suggest we do?

Well, it's a restaurant, so I suggest eat.

Yeah.

But we, Cedar ourselves, or you have to have a reservation to

get a table and we're all booked.

But you guys could sit at the bar or you could order from

the takeout window outside.

Hmm.

Do we need to order ahead at this takeout window?

You could, or you could order from the abbreviated menu we offer out there.

It only takes about 15 minutes and you can have a drink while you wait.

That's a clever idea.

How much revenue would you say you generate from this takeout window?

I have no idea.

We'll see it ourselves.

Thanks.

Okay.

Do not ask any other employee about the revenue you were calling her madam.

Whatever.

Pizza tin, authentic Italian experience.

Come on.

Their interpretation of Italian culture is insulting.

There's a ton of people here.

Oh my goodness.

What?

The prices, hello.

How do they make any money?

There's like 300 items on the menu and there's like three,

three different happy hours.

You can't compete with that?

No, we can't.

There are ingredients.

Don't look half as fresh as hours.

You're right.

Food and the drinks aren't better.

Are they just, are they really just beating us on the prices?

You know, the decor is cheesy.

It's generic.

You know this town better than me, but I thought this place

had more taste than this.

We're doomed.

Let's get outta here.

Well, that was discouraging.

Ugh.

I don't see why people like that place.

The idea of a takeout window is kind of genius.

Can either of us beat them?

Not alone.

This is gonna sound crazy, but hear me out.

What if we teamed up like officially, you know, pizza better than I do?

I know.

Entrepreneurship.

We could use Giuliano's as the more upscale dine-in restaurant and Ram

Romano's as the takeout, more casual one.

I think we'd be unstoppable.

Okay.

Yeah.

Let's just throw away generations of rivalry.

Yeah.

Good one.

I'm serious.

I am too.

It's, it's not gonna work.

I think we could use those generations of rivalry as an authentic selling point.

Think about it.

They might beat us on price, but if we have two locations with

slightly different but coherent concepts, I think we could beat them.

We're a great team.

Look, even if for some insane reason our family went for it, I don't know why

I've wanted to run GI OTOs my way my entire life.

I mean, this is all I have ever worked for.

And no offense, I don't really want you to come in and steamroll my vision.

Maybe that would work.

Look, I look I'll, I, I It's that you're Uncle Tony.

Wait, who's running?

Rams?

Tony?

Me.

Hey, uncle Tony.

Hey, we are closed for lunch until we figure out how to get some new business.

Oh, great.

I'd love some surprise.

Time off.

Thanks, boss.

No problem, man.

Enjoy it.

I've been thinking about taking some painting classes in the park.

Oh, that's cool.

I didn't know you were an artist.

Oh, I'm not yet.

I need to take classes.

Of course.

Heck, good luck.

Hey, thanks.

It is dark back there.

Probably shouldn't be wearing sunglasses.

Why does everyone wear a hat and sunglasses as a disguise?

It doesn't hide what you actually look like.

What you think?

Somebody recognized me?

No, definitely not.

Good.

Feels weird being in here.

Are those like your great, great, great great grandparents?

Yeah.

Cool.

Right.

No, that's creepy.

Mm-hmm.

Um, okay.

You said you wanted to make the place feel more approachable, right?

That is correct.

Than what's with the white tablecloth?

Been a hallmark since Gina opened the place.

Mm-hmm.

. Bye bye.

White tablecloth.

Okay.

Surprised you haven't made more changes sooner, Mr.

Entrepreneur?

Well, it's a lot easier to take risks when it's somebody else's business.

Really?

I'd be more nervous taking risks if it was somebody else's business.

Ah, your family doesn't like your changes, I take it.

Um, they're not crazy about them, but that's not stopping you.

I've watched my family do the same thing year in and year out, and while it might

be enough to be Romans debatable, we have to evolve to beat pizza in and if we fail,

it will not be for lack of creativity.

Yeah.

So let's get rid of the rest of these.

Right.

Something to drink.

Go.

You scared me.

You said to come in through the back.

Yeah.

I just thought I'd hear you.

You're not wearing sunglasses in a dark kitchen.

Makes it surprisingly easy not to crash into a bunch of pots and pants.

Pizza's on the counter, right?

Sauce is good.

Is that a compliment?

Yes, but I already have a whole bunch of other feedback.

Probably won't like, oh, you are using the feedback sandwich technique.

Me?

No.

Yeah, you are.

You give me a compliment to butter me up and then you sprinkle in a

ton of constructive feedback and then a final compliment to leave

me feeling good about myself.

Well, if I were using that method, it's only because it's effect.

Okay.

So what is your second compliment?

It was easy to find part.

See the feedback sandwich is not effective.

My professor in business school wrote a whole paper on it, not what I learned.

Getting my mba.

Okay.

So what's your feedback?

Where to start?

First of all, the wine.

It's trying way too hard.

It's kind of wine.

People who don't know about wine buy because they think the price

tag makes it good or unique.

What do you know about wine?

I could ask you the same thing.

All right.

What's a gastro pub to you?

It's trendy.

It's upscale.

It's got good music.

Um, it's got a weight staff that sound like they know what they're talking about.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Edison bulbs.

Yeah.

A stylish menu.

Font.

Yeah.

You're, you're mocking.

Okay.

Okay, now I'm, look, I'm just stating that for better or for worse, there's a

stereotype with upscale gastro pubs and people try to imitate it to mixed results.

You're referencing our recent Sharon O'Brien review.

I'll forget about her.

All right.

Sharon O'Brien was run outta New York cuz she doesn't know what she's talking about.

She's an opinionated foodie, posing as a knowledgeable critic.

So what did the successful gastro pups that you invested in do best?

Honestly, they didn't try too hard.

If it looks like you're trying, you're dying.

You've gotta try a little, right?

I mean, yeah, but you can't lose your identity in all of it.

That is what makes it unique.

Okay, so what are we doing here?

Looking for a unique decor for GI OTOs.

You want me to find something personal for GI OTOs and somebody else's stuff?

Yeah.

Isn't this stuff great?

Uh, do all of the trendous restaurants in New York find their decor iNOS?

Right?

There's this one restaurant that I invested in called Triple R

for reduced reuse and recycle.

It was decorated in all hand me downs.

It was awesome.

Was the food any good?

Wasn't that great?

But people loved it because it was unique.

Mm, I don't know about this.

Premium upscale places whether they sell sushi, steak or pizza aren't predictable.

They're authentic.

Okay.

There's a story to them.

Okay, so you want me to tell the Gito story?

No.

Follow your instincts, but it's time to tell the Riley Gito story.

What about this here?

What's up?

This reminds me of all of our trips to the city.

There's this small Italian market called Lucas where we get our

Parmesan and pepper flakes from.

My dad and I used to go there together and on the way he would tell me all

these stories and it really helped me get to know him and my mom more, you know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's awesome.

We still get our Parman flakes from there, but we get 'em delivered now.

But my great-grandfather had him sign an agreement that he

wouldn't ever sell to Armana.

So don't get any ideas.

It's too bad.

Hmm.

Okay.

Why are you wearing that?

Well, I thought you'd like him as valedictorian.

He's tight on me though.

Here.

He tried on, okay.

This is happening.

Oh, there you go.

Perfect.

I stylish too.

I'm sure.

See what else they got.

I will have the Chicago dog please.

Mm-hmm.

. I haven't been here in years.

Let me get a burger in for us.

Wait, are you Shane Arm Romano?

No, this is my friend from college.

Um, Jack, uh, Vicki Ha zone.

No, I know it's you.

No, he's not.

He's definitely not.

Can we have our drinks now?

Thank you.

Okay.

No one can know that you are Shane Ram Romano when we're together.

Okay.

But that's my name.

Okay.

Yeah.

When I'm with you, maybe our illicit partnership will inspire

a Star Cross, for forbid love.

Okay.

You promise that you wouldn't tell anybody.

I know.

Just wanted to see you get all worked up.

So you really haven't been to this place in like a decade.

Yeah.

I think last time I was here I was on a date with Daisy Finster, my senior year.

Daisy Finster.

What?

She was a nice girl.

Yeah.

And she made fun of my backpack mercilessly.

It's cuz you wore one of those rolly backpacks you have to take

off and roll around like luggage.

It was practical and very easy to make fun of.

Okay, well we can't all be popular like you Mr.

Basketball player.

Mr.

Basketball.

I played soccer.

Daisy Finster.

All right.

Who were you going out with?

That was so much better.

I think we should talk about why I brought you here.

We can talk about whatever you want.

Whenever you tell me who you went out with in high school.

I don't have a name.

What do you mean you don't have a name?

Because I didn't go on any dates in high school.

I'm sorry.

I didn't realize like I, no, look.

It's fine.

Um, for the record, um, thanks.

Every guy in high school missed out a great chance to go out with you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Let me take a bite.

Mmm.

Well, good news are.

Mm, they're so simple, but is perfect.

It really is.

But why'd you bring me here?

You said you want Ram Romans to be more accessible.

There is no place that is more laid back than this little hot dog Stand.

Hard to argue that.

Yeah, that.

And I also wanted a hot bug.

So what are we doing downtown?

I wanted to share something with you only as long as you promise

not to use it for Ramana's Game.

Sure.

Pinky Swear or blood packed.

Serious.

Okay, fine.

Just sippy.

What are you doing here?

I was just on my way to your shop, miss Gito.

So nice to see you.

Was something missing from our delivery?

No, everything was perfect.

I was just bringing my friend, um, Jack, uh, Jack Calzone.

You must be the owner of the famous Lucas.

Mm-hmm.

. Rady keeps talking about these Parmesan cheese and flakes you have.

Deliver from Italy to our shop for over seven decades.

Well, I was just gonna give, um, Jack a sample so I could see for himself.

Oh, here, here.

Take these.

Are you sure?

Yes.

The gis have been giving us enough business over the years to get

a freebie every now and then.

Thank you Josee.

My pleasure.

Now go out and beat pizza, Dan, like you've been beating Romans.

And Jack, it's been nice to meet you.

You as well.

Hi guy.

Seems pretty biased.

Mm-hmm.

He is.

And by love it.

All right.

So what's the secret with these?

Okay.

The secret is to sprinkle a little bit of both on top of the

sauce underneath the mozzarella.

And it can it that little extra kick.

Hmm.

Can't wait to, uh, nah, completely.

Forget about what I just said.

Promised Mr.

Arm Romano.

Damn.

I haven't been downtown in forever.

Do you remember that high school field trip that we went

on to the, uh, art exhibit?

Vaguely.

Tell Erio snuck a whole easel and paint that onto the back of the bus.

And we got there.

He set it up, put on a ray and pretended to be a professional artist.

That's right.

He put on a bucket and he actually made money.

Forgot about that . That was hilarious.

Oh, the chap barns were so mad.

Yeah.

So what's the plan for the rest of the day?

I don't have a plan.

Just thought we'd come to the city and clear heads before Food and fun festival.

When's the last time you didn have a plan?

I . Honestly, don't remember.

Just been planning to be CEO my whole life.

You know?

It's really impressive how you just followed your dream.

You should be proud.

Thanks.

Do you have any dreams?

You know, I jumped about being an artist once.

Really?

Mm-hmm.

tried painting was terrible.

, what about you?

You like the arts?

Uh, pizza making is an art.

So I guess in that sense, I've been making art my whole life.

I thought it was funny.

Oh, sorry.

It was.

It's just weird.

I feel like a tourist in my own hometown.

Tourist, huh?

Come on.

Who would want one of those?

I kinda like it.

Okay.

Tell me more.

Well, as cheesy as it sounds, we're pizza people.

If we're not gonna like that kind of shirt, who will?

Okay.

That fun was bad.

So I guess you don't want a shirt then?

Um, I'll pass, but I have a meaning to ask you.

What are your thoughts on New York Pizza?

It's good.

I always liked it.

Okay.

Everyone wants to make it a competition, but for me there's no comparison.

What do you mean?

Chicago Pizza tastes like home?

Well, as cheesy as that is, say fellow Chicago Pizza lover.

I am inclined to agree.

Can't believe our grandfathers worked here together before they were blood rivals.

Still feel like a tourist.

No.

Feel a little more like a local now that I got these Parman

flakes you keep talking about.

Mm-hmm.

I know you've been gone a long time, but I wouldn't worry about it.

You know, you're natural at this and I think you're gonna

make a great restaurant ceo.

Thank you.

You know, I was kind of worried about taking the day off, but it's actually

been fine having got any frantic calls or texts or anything like that.

Yeah.

It's kind of nice to get away from all the people and the pressure.

Doug.

It's Declan and Bradley,

you know, would've Do you?

Do you think they saw us?

No.

Think we're in the clear you that sometimes I bought those t-shirts.

Well, they're kind of cool if you're a tourist.

Hey, Riley.

I wonder, oh, seen those t-shirts gave me an idea.

Do you have time for one more?

Stop?

Short.

Okay.

So those t-shirts reminded me of the uniforms that your staff wear.

They're not uniforms, right?

They're just suggested clothing that every employee in my restaurant should wear.

So, uniforms?

Yeah.

Okay.

Uniforms.

. Okay.

Stop.

Look around.

What do you see?

There's a couple on their first date.

Maybe it's their second.

It's hard to tell.

No.

What are they wearing?

They look comfortable.

Even the formal wear looks free.

Laid back.

Exactly.

No uniforms.

Got it.

And don't go back to those black button downs.

They might have been respectable when your grandfather was in charge of it.

Not anymore.

Fair point.

You want your staff to feel comfortable, so they'll make

your customers feel comfortable.

That actually makes sense.

Thanks.

So are you ready for the Food and Fun Festival?

Oh yeah.

Once I get rid of the uniforms, I heard Pizza Den has a booth.

I heard that too.

Worried?

Oh no, not at all.

You, yeah, I mean, yeah, same like, no, not, not really.

My whole family's gonna be there.

Mine too.

But I'm ready for it.

And you are too.

Totally born for it.

I did a really nice day.

Yeah, I did too.

Almost forgot we were rivals.

Me too.

Oh, thanks again for these.

You're welcome.

I guess even my rival deserves the best harm in flakes in the city.

. Well, um, good luck tomorrow.

Jack Calzone.

Why thank you.

You as well.

Thank you.

Please come again, Riley.

This is amazing.

It looks like Gito is but new and cool.

Thanks.

What inspired all of this?

Just decided not to lose myself in at all.

You know?

I like the sound of that.

. How are we doing on supplies?

Oh, meat and soda are going fast.

I grabbed some more from Betty's butcher's tent.

So we're good now.

Better than good.

Great, excellent.

There's something different about you.

What?

Hmm?

You've always had pep in your step, but it's refreshed.

Wait, did you take mine and Bradley's suggestion?

Are you working with, yeah.

Hey Riley.

This is different than our normal fairground setup.

Yeah.

I just decided to take everything we love about Juliana's and put my own spin on it.

Yeah.

And add a few items to the menu.

Kitchen sink pasta.

Isn't that what I used to make you with whatever was left in the pantry?

Mm-hmm.

. And it is selling like crazy.

Yeah, but I'm confused.

Is that dish upscale?

Is this decor?

Gastro pubes?

Turns out that upscale is more about character and less about trying.

It's a lot of change.

Riley.

Well, we're beating pizza.

Dan

the SOS Mountain.

Have a nice day.

Hey, Tony, you actually look like you're enjoying yourself.

I'm just glad to be out of that pizza slice.

Get up.

And besides we are kicking pizza dens, but here we are, but naturally Attos.

Yep.

Mom, dad, welcome.

How we gonna beat Juto, sweetie?

Hey, uncle Tony, would you, uh, grab a glass of wine from my mom?

Yeah.

Mom, look around.

This is great, isn't it?

Well, it's, uh, it's definitely different than anything our family's

ever done with the business.

It's a little laid back.

I mean, couldn't you cover the tables with our white tablecloth?

Oh, thanks, uncle Tony.

Yeah.

Lisa Higa.

Mom, this is a good thing.

Okay.

People love our new vibe.

All right?

They're bring in a whole bunch of new customers.

Hey, Mr.

And Mrs.

Art.

Hey Bradley.

You're still in town?

I am.

I just got a short term rental actually.

Wow.

You really do love it here.

I do.

Like the people love my new girlfriend.

I'm about to go meet her family, actually.

Oh, nice.

Thanks.

I'm getting a little nervous about it.

Who is your new girlfriend?

Oh, her name's Declan.

Jules.

Jules.

Uh, Declan.

Jules.

Really nice girl.

Met her a few times.

She's a veterinarian.

Loves animals.

Mm-hmm.

. She's not, she's a jeweler.

Can I talk to you?

Yes, you may.

No.

Why would they care that I'm dating dad?

They don't like any gito.

Right.

Fine.

Good job on this.

By the way.

It's nice to see you rope your sleeves.

Be on the owner side of things.

Thanks, man.

Do you do all this by yourself?

Oh, uncle Tony really stepped it up.

You took Declan and mine's suggestion.

You're working with Riley . Do you like her?

Get outta here.

Get out.

Grandpa Earl, aunt Faye.

I wanted to introduce you to someone.

This is Bradley.

Well, it's nice to meet you Bradley.

Nice to meet you.

It's a pleasure to meet all of the gis.

My best friend actually runs a pizza place.

Ah, in New York.

But where he is from?

How did you know he was from New York?

You just met him.

Jacklin told me.

Uh,

they're offering half off everything at Pizza Den.

See that?

Where is everyone going?

Half off everything at Pizza Den.

You mind if I take my 15 minutes?

Don't do it, uncle Tony.

Why aren't we off for 15% off?

We'd lose a lot of money.

Oh,

find if I join you

a day, huh?

How can either of us compete with their prices?

We can't.

Your popup looked really good though.

All your touches came together.

Thanks.

Just wish my family liked it.

They didn't like it.

No.

Um, in their words, they said I spent too much time on the fun

shui and not enough on the food.

Yeah.

My parents gave me that pouty.

Disappointed.

Look.

Oh, that bad.

You know, that look is why I moved away and worked on anything other

than pizza or Italian restaurants.

Never wanna disappoint them, you know, or the whole family.

It's too much pressure.

Hey, you have made a ton of progress in such a short amount of time.

You're natural.

That's only one bad day.

Ruin everything for you.

Thanks.

I think the hardest part is I'm realizing that I like it.

I thought it was, uh, easier risking other people's businesses.

It is, but it's not nearly as much fun.

Don't listen to your family.

All right?

Believe in your ideas.

If half of the restaurateurs I worked with in New York had an ounce of

your drive, I wouldn't have worked with a single failed business.

Thanks.

You just need to make this new direction undeniable to your family.

I'll help you.

I will allow it on the condition that you don't give up on yourself.

deal.

By the way, I can't believe Bradley and Declan, you know, first we

see them downtown and then she introduces them to the family.

That's fast.

Seriously, like what's next?

An engagement.

All right, so the only way to figure out which foods go best

with the wine is to do a tasting.

Okay.

Didn't know you were a so yet.

I'm not, but I know a little bit about wine.

Here.

Try glass this straw or the bite of that pizza maybe.

We'll,

let's go.

Great.

Together, all these wines are actually under $10 a bottle.

These are really, really good undervalued wines that your customers are gonna love.

It's upscale without trying too hard.

Exactly.

Your dough smells amazing and we haven't even baked it yet.

How is that possible?

Just wait til you try the crust.

All right, hit me.

There we go.

How they get extra cheesy.

All right.

not a all right's be right?

It's a is in the oven.

So did you go and out bid Toce?

Excuse me?

Or did you just go and use your fake name?

Jack Calzone.

You came up with that name.

That's not relevant.

You, you went and you got those behind my back.

You promised you wouldn't use the parm and flakes.

And I didn't use them.

What's this

wine from 1948 in Italy?

Yeah, that's the year the Ram Romanos and Gits first opened.

Just happy helped pick it out for me.

Supposed to be a gift.

Whenever you officially relaunched, that would've been a really nice gift.

Yeah, I thought so too.

I, I'm sorry, I'm just, with everything that's been going on, a

lot of pressure to get this right and try to impress your family.

Yes.

And guess you know that because you are two, look, this is never gonna work

unless we learn to trust each other.

You know that.

Right.

Okay.

You were right.

And I'm sorry.

Forgive me,

No, not yet.

Oh, that smells amazing.

Okay.

You're crossed.

Wow.

But sauce, I mean, it's okay, but I mean, it could be better.

Right?

And to think, I didn't even use your secret par and flakes.

It's like I understand where she's coming from.

I'd be afraid to ask my parents too.

Wow.

She just took over the business.

She's afraid of her independence being trampled on.

I get it.

You know?

Did you take a look at this?

But we work so well together.

You know, she's tenacious and, and she's smart.

I mean, imagine having coffee out here every morning.

I honestly can't imagine working without her.

You like her?

What are we doing here?

Oh, come up by this place.

By this place.

What?

Yeah man, this is great.

Listen, I need you to be at the Waterfront Station tonight at Seven Waterfront.

Why surprise.

But wear something nice.

Sure.

I think it's a great idea.

Okay.

You go tell Grandpa Earl that.

I'm thinking about combining businesses with our blood rivals.

I think if it were profitable, he'd consider it.

I think you are scared.

Why would I be scared?

Because you like Shane.

It's all business.

He's really cute.

No.

Maybe I, no, I do not think of him like that.

I don't have time for your deep seated denial today.

I need you at the Waterfront station at 7:00 PM I can't,

I really can't wear a dress.

That red one.

I like Declan.

I'm serious.

Love you cousin Declan.

Come on.

It's easy.

All loves to be,

there's no need.

What are you doing here?

Wow.

I mean, hey, uh, you look, um, uh, you look, um, the.

Two Bradley asked me to be here.

I'm assuming that, uh, Declan asked me to be here as well.

Yes, the bride and groom welcome Mr.

Arm Romano and Ms.

Gito to accompany them at the Waterfront station in Celebration Bride and groom.

I guess that's why he, uh, bought a townhouse.

Oh, no.

After you.

Hey, we're so happy you're here.

Thanks for having us.

You look lovely too.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hold on.

Did you guys get married?

No.

What gives you that idea?

Uh, the whole bride and room sign outside.

Oh, that's because we got engaged.

Oh.

How long have you two known each other?

Few weeks.

Time flies.

We want you to be the maid of honor and best manager for winning.

Oh wow.

So this is, um, this is happening.

Yeah, this is happening.

What did Grandpa Earl say?

He wishes we would slow down.

And that doesn't bother you.

It does, but not as much as not listening to my heart would.

Sometimes you just have to trust yourself and take the leap.

Youre beautiful sentiment.

It's on, but it's, uh, it's kind of charming.

Who'd you go to prom with?

Hm.

Prom.

Who'd you go with?

Oh, um, I went with a couple of friends.

Uh, we all decided to go as a group cuz it'd be less impressive.

Was it fun?

Yeah, that actually really was.

I'm sure you had a Riverdale esque experience.

Mr.

Popular didn't go.

Actually Daisy du me the night before for some college guy she

met on Facebook, spent that night listening to early 2000 sad music.

You wanna dance?

I could go request some sad early two thousands.

Sure.

That I want.

I see.

Oh,

is right.

Hey Riley.

Hey Gary.

Hope the family's well

dma.

Those flowers are beautiful today.

You know everybody here.

Not everybody, Riley.

Okay, everybody.

Hey, Jim.

I have a new homemade salt.

Happy Mm.

Hey, Riley's friend.

You first.

Thanks.

Good.

Right?

Mm-hmm.

. Mm-hmm.

Riley?

Uh, not today.

We got a lot to do.

Uh, next time though.

Tim's a nice guy, but he has terrible tappy.

Right?

Say that again, Kara.

Maybe this will make up for us.

What are these tomatoes?

Please tell me.

You know what tomatoes are.

Yes, I know.

I know what tomatoes are.

These are the secret to my family sauce.

We've been using them for decades.

Why are you showing me this?

I thought it might make it for me.

Making you eat Jim's terrible.

Taffy . Yes.

Numbers don't look great, kid.

Well, it's only been a month since I've taken over and it's gonna take

some time to make some updates.

Hmm.

But when I look around here, I'm starting to not recognize my restaurant.

If we want to survive, we have to take what's worked and update it.

When I took over, I replaced the window.

When your mom and dad took over, they updated the kitchen, you know, little

things and they worked, uh, all of this.

So it's a lot.

You have to trust me, grandpa.

If you wanna beat Roman's and especially pizza Dan, then we can't

keep doing things the same way.

Well, maybe it's time to roll back some of these updates.

Get back to the old way.

Have a good night.

See you tomorrow, kid.

All right, uncle Tony.

Have a good one.

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Um, just thought I'd come and check in and see how the changes were coming.

Okay.

Hungry?

Yes.

And I will take one of those.

Hungry and thirsty.

This is great.

I know, right?

It's the new tomatoes.

Not gonna lie.

You were right.

We make a pretty good team.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, okay.

Just.

Hypothetically, what would it look like if we were to combine the businesses?

Hold on.

You are, look, I'm just talking out loud.

Okay.

Okay.

Well, hypothetically we'd have to create a whole new menu rebrand.

Turn your place into the upscale restaurant and ours into the takeout one,

and hopefully drive pizza den outta town.

Sounds great.

But you know, I've never really been one for hypotheticals.

Hey, um, I've got a few things to take care of.

So why don't you come back for dinner?

Can I stay here?

No, go take care of lunch.

But I usually eat here for free.

Here.

Don't use that at pizza.

Did you Got it, boss Riley . Oh, and hey, could you have flip the

sign on your way out, please?

Sure thing.

Hi.

It's all clear.

You sure?

Okay, good.

Look at that.

You put the R before the J?

Uh, nope.

That is a typo.

Okay.

I wrote down all of the hypothetical steps that you walked

us through to keep us on track.

This is really amazing.

Thanks.

All right.

Uh, first step, let's pick a new name.

I kinda like rj.

It has like, I'm picking Peter and Ginos.

I love it.

Mm-hmm.

smart.

So we can ditch 90% of your menu.

No way.

I will let you keep the breadsticks in the pesto and I'll

let you create the wine list.

Let me create the wine list.

You need me to create the wine list.

That may be true.

You know what I need?

I need you to admit that my crust is better than yours.

I'll do that.

As soon as you admit that my sauce is better than yours.

I'm not gonna, all right.

Neither of us has to admit anything.

Just use my Crest recipe.

And now use your sauce recipe deal.

Deal.

You know, writing top secret on everything kind of ruins a secret.

Slow.

The dough ingredients remind, it's not secret.

Do

all right.

Need some flour.

Okay.

I will trust you.

I don't know, you're the pizza expert here.

Am I gonna smell so good?

Wow.

See, that's a good technique, right?

You like that?

Yeah.

right.

And go bring you over.

Yep.

The sauce.

Okay, she's just time for Lucas Palm and the lights.

Bit of this.

Good.

Good.

Right.

I'm ready to put this in the oven.

Nervous?

No, you, no.

Maybe a little

Oh my gosh.

That smells amazing, right?

Your sauce, my crust.

Do the honors.

It's the moment of truth Romano.

Oh, careful.

It's still hot.

I want goodness.

That bad, huh?

This is, this is the best pizza I've ever tasted.

You're kidding.

No, we did it.

We did it.

Um, yeah.

Tony.

Hey Lisa.

Where's uh, Shane?

He said he had some stuff to take care of.

Might not make it in.

Might not make it in, you know, the dinner rush is in two hours.

Hey, he's been gone a lot lately.

Really?

Oh, we're running low on, uh, ingredients for the dough.

Something weird's going on here.

Hey, where's Riley?

Um, she's over there.

Riley, mom, mom, grandpa.

Hi

This is fantastic.

I wanna eat everything at once, so we'll have to close down both

locations for about a week to make any of the final changes.

And, um, did you talk to the advertising agency?

Yeah.

Launch campaign's ready when we're.

Print, billboards, digital, the whole thing.

Pizza, dental.

I'll never see it coming.

I'm excited.

Me too.

Oh, almost forgot.

This is for you.

You bought this?

Mm-hmm.

. Wanna see if my valedictorian looked how I remembered?

Well, how do I look?

Distinguished ready to be the sole CEO of Peter and Gino.

No, we're gonna be co CEOs.

You've worked tirelessly for this your entire life.

You deserve to be the one running the show.

I don't know what to say.

Say you accept.

Well then what's your role gonna be?

Whatever you need it to be.

I was always so worried that my parents were gonna ask me

to come back to run Ram Romans.

I just never want to disappoint the people that I love the most.

You know?

When I moved away, I thought I would just stop thinking about it, but I didn't.

They asked me to come back and I got pretty nervous.

But then you came along IO rival, you're smart, Riley, you're funny, determined,

but somehow patient, the best partner and he made this fun, like way more fun than I

had investing in restaurants in New York.

So whatever you need my role to be, I'm on board.

Is this a bad time to tell you that?

I didn't get you anything?

? Yeah,

Shane, I just wanted to tell, tell you.

There he is.

There is.

Oh, Shane.

Honey, we have been looking everywhere for you.

Tony said that you haven't been coming to work.

And wait, what's going on here?

Aren't you a Juliano?

I feel like I've seen you somewhere before.

Is this why you haven't been coming to work?

What's all this stuff?

This stuff's not on our menu.

I, I, I should go.

No, no, no, no.

Stay, stay, stay.

Mom, dad, uncle Tony Riley and I have been putting a business plan together.

You've been working with the Gito.

The Gito in charge now.

I remember.

Have a nice steam you two at, uh, the Pizza Den.

That's it.

Pizza Den.

What's going on?

Brian and I have a plan to take on Pizza Den.

All right.

All these dishes are part of the new menu at Peter and Gino.

Peter and Gino.

Yeah.

That's our new name.

Look, we can convert this location into a casual, more takeout vibe.

And Jo OTOs.

No, no, no, no.

Our families have never worked together.

Ever.

Dad, this is bigger than that.

All right.

Trust me, I've, I've gotta go now, Riley.

They'll understand.

Just let me explain it to him.

Did that go deals?

Come in, Riley, come on in and sit down.

Is this what we think?

Honey?

I don't understand.

I can explain All your life.

You have talked to me about wanting to run this business one day and

now you've gone behind our backs and working with our main rivals.

I don't know what to think except for you just must not be ready for all this.

I wonder what your great-grandfather, my father would think about this.

Explain this to us, honey, please, Riley.

I'm sorry about my family.

You got a lot of nerve coming in here.

Ram Romano.

My father be tossing in his grave,

sir.

Everyone I see you found the proposal I gave to Riley, but

she promptly rejected my offer.

Shane, now please.

I don't need to hear about how bad of an idea it was.

Again, I can only take so much rejection.

Is this true Riley, did he propose combining businesses?

Yes ma'am, I did.

I was really impressed with the way she handled things here and I just saw an

opportunity, but she wanted no part of it.

Her loyalty to your family in this place is unmatched.

I should.

I never put you in that position.

Sorry.

Riley's the right person to run this place and I regret

having to compete against her.

Can I.

Can't go.

Tony, sorry for going behind your back.

I wish I could say the same for your parents, but they

took a little more personally.

All these wedding venues have a base rate, but then they charge you extra

for things like electricity, water.

Give me 500 bucks when you get married in my backyard.

You got a gaze?

I got this old car.

I haven't moved it in a decade.

Shit.

Hey buddy.

Have you broken your lease of Manhattan yet?

No.

Why kid don't leave?

I know we gave you a hard time with your new T-shirts, but it's only

because we're not used to change.

Well come around.

Everyone does.

There's more work to be done, uncle Tony.

There's not much more for me to do around here.

Oh, Shane.

Whoa.

Is it tacky to make guest pay for parking?

Riley?

It is, isn't it parking?

I don't know.

Are they icing you out?

They are stepping back into leadership positions until we,

i e they figure out what's best.

You need to fight for your role.

We both know you're better equipped to run this place going forward.

I don't know anything anymore.

I had this whole life plan and I had all these ideas about what being

CEO of this place would be like, and I was wrong about all of it.

This is all I wanted my whole life.

And was I just wasting my time convincing myself that I was.

Ready for something that I'm just not cut out for Riley.

All right, I'm gonna take these down to the car.

Thanks again for helping guys.

Appreciate it.

Shane, your dad, and I wanna talk to you about mom.

Dad, I actually wanna apologize to you both too.

I wanted to help save Monos more than anything.

I did what I thought was best, but I was wrong.

But I don't know, maybe I'm not cut out for running my own place.

I'm better suited for investing in other people.

I'm sorry.

Mr.

Mrs.

Our You.

No, I love you guys, right?

You're like the Italian Chicago aunt and uncle that I always wanted, and

I want you to come to my wedding.

Well, we'd be happy to, honey.

Great.

Because I want Shane and Riley to come to together.

Oh look, I know all about the Ram Romans and the GIS feud, so I get your

hesitation about them working together.

But I gotta tell you, I've never seen him this happy, really?

But he's had so much success in New York.

He's a great entrepreneur, but when he's working with Riley, it's like she

brings out the best in him, you know?

And also, for what it's worth, you both gotta do something differently

cuz pizza D is crushing it.

That place is awesome.

Hey, what's going on, Shane?

Did your dad and I ever tell you about the time that we told his mom

and dad that we were getting married?

No.

Well, I didn't have the engagement ring that I have now.

No, but I got a replace holder.

I called it a wish ring.

because I wished it had a rock on it, but I, I just couldn't afford it back then.

But I also couldn't afford waiting to marry your mother.

And your grandmother rolled her eyes when she saw the wishing.

She said there was no clear symbol of us rushing into things.

Good.

Yeah.

But, uh, they weren't sure about Lisa back then.

She was raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, you know, grew up a Packers fan.

The blood rides of the Chicago Bears.

Exactly.

And my beautiful bride was unapologetic about it too.

I wasn't gonna change to make them happy.

It just, it didn't feel right.

So, how'd you win 'em over?

Well, I told them that your dad brings out the best in me.

That he helped me find parts of myself I didn't even know were there because

he saw them first when she said that she had 'em in the palm of her hands.

They've adored her ever since.

Hmm.

So does Riley Gito bring out the best in you?

It doesn't matter.

Well, of course it does.

No, mom, look, it's too late.

All Riley has ever wanted her entire life was to run Julie Ottos.

I put her dream in jeopardy.

I know.

For her to reach her full potential.

I just need to leave.

Okay.

So please can we just finish up in here?

He really likes that girl.

We cannot let him leave.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Is there something?

Hello?

Hey, you talk to Shane?

Yeah, he's leaving.

Stop him.

He can't leave.

But Mr.

And Mrs.

Zar coming to the wedding , look.

You better go tell her quick before it's too late.

Alright.

Okay.

We're going back to the old wine.

Yep.

And the old menu.

Yes.

The Peter and Gino's concept looked really cool.

I think the customers would've liked it.

Everybody stop what you're doing.

You're gonna have to ask Grandpa Joe about advertising your jewelry.

He's in charge now.

Shane is leaving today.

He's going back to New York.

Well, that's what he wants.

Riley.

You need to stop him.

He is a grown man and he can make his own decisions.

We're all adults here.

He can make his own decisions.

Good.

Let's get past all the platitudes so we can talk about what actually matters.

Jeannie, have you noticed any difference in Riley lately?

She's been falling asleep on the job, but it's been nice.

She's been less of a task master.

Can you say that in a nicer way?

You've cared about the business, Riley, but lately you've put yourself into

the dishes and the drink choices.

It's refreshing.

It's helped everyone in the kitchen connect more to the food you've

wanted this your whole life.

So you've put your head down and never enjoyed the ride like you wanted to

be good at it so you could be good at it instead of being good at it

so you could enjoy the experience.

Shane helped you enjoy it and find your voice in all of it.

It's been fun to watch, but I let him take the blame, but he's

never gonna forgive me for that.

No offense, but this is kind of your worst case scenario.

You lost your dream job.

What do you have to lose by apologizing?

All I have to lose is a business opportunity.

Grandpa, we need to talk.

Okay.

What's going on?

I went to Shane twice first to ask him for his help with running the

business, and then a second time to ask him to merge businesses.

Well, he said it was his idea and he was protecting me.

But he can't protect Julie Ottos.

What do you mean?

What is your plan to beat pizza in?

To do what we've always done.

We can't do that anymore.

Shane and I realize that in order for Roman's and Juliets to

survive, we can't keep doing the same thing we've always done.

We can't just lean on the past anymore.

That's not true.

Well, Kaba, can you please let me finish?

Yeah, that's, but first there's something you need to know about the.

Your great grandpa Peter and Gina Romano moved to Evanstown to go

into a pizza business together.

They didn't move here to open competing businesses.

Uh, they got in a little fight on the menu and then fought over

the side and then, uh, the name.

And, you know, little fights became big fights.

And that's why there's two different businesses.

Shane's grandpa and I were French when we were kids until our fathers weren't.

That broke my heart.

Why did you never tell us that story?

It's painful.

And, you know, hating became major than healing.

And so focusing on the business and winning became a welcome obsession and

a distraction for the whole family.

That's not good business.

It's.

Shane's amazing.

He's smart and he's creative and supportive.

When I'm with him, things slow down.

For me, work becomes more than work.

It becomes fulfilling.

Do you believe in your plan?

I do.

We need a really great team

and we are struggling.

Mm-hmm.

, and we have been, since pizza D was built,

we'll put Riley in charge to lean us out of it.

When I say we let her

well no.

Since making the same mistake, my dad and Gina model.

Let's do it.

You wanna tight ship my nephew.

But I gotta tell you, I'm gonna miss having you around.

I miss you too.

I, Tony, you're the, um, the pizza's different.

It's better.

Shshsh is fantastic.

Yeah, it's the New Tomatoes.

Riley introduced me to a vendor at the Farmer's market.

Shane, listen, don't go.

Okay.

You clearly have strong feelings for this girl, and even though she's a gito,

I think that I can speak for your dad too when I say that we could never live

with ourselves if it were our fault that you didn't experience true love.

Thanks.

So let's go get her.

Oh man.

You should have seen the way her parents looked at me whenever they found out.

I know that.

Look okay.

They weren't exactly excited about Declan and I's wedding

plan, but they'll come around.

I mean, my family's on the way to meet her tomorrow.

Things change.

Don't give up hope.

Guys, I'm leaving.

Okay, that's it.

Now will someone please pack me a few slices of pizza for the road.

Wait, don't leave.

Riley, what are you doing here?

What they doing here?

No one told me they were invited.

My 70 years on the planet, I have never stepped foot in this place.

Ready?

What's going on?

My grandpa told me a really good story about how Peter Gito and

Gino Roman moved to Evanstown to make a pizza restaurant together.

Peter and Gino thought about stupid things about like what appetizers to

put on the menu and whether or not there should be white tablecloths

and whose name should go first.

And that led to four generations of a silly rivalry.

We never thought about any of that stuff.

We didn't, I'm sorry for letting you take the plane because you deserve all

of the credit for thinking outside the box and for bringing out the best in me.

I didn't want to get in your way.

You helped me get out of my own way and you helped show me that

running a restaurant can be fine.

, we are so cute.

We're cuter.

So you're saying that we turn Ram Romans into a casual carryout with a takeout

window and a bill of Giuliano's as an upscale but accessible gastro pub.

Mm-hmm.

. And we'd share some menu items.

We'd be the same thematically, but we'd have something for everyone in

the family, no matter what you were craving or how much time you have.

And that would be different from Pizza De and how, because we've got

a better connection to this town.

And a better story, not to mention better food and wine, authentic

decor, two locations in town with Shane and I as co CEOs.

All in favor.

I vote yes.

Yes.

Love you guys.

But your votes don't count.

I vote yes too.

. Me too.

I believe in you too.

Same here.

You know, I, uh, I never really hated the gis.

It always felt kind of forced.

Let's kick pizza dens butt.

I think it's time to look forward.

Let's name our new venture, Riley and Shane, or Shane and Riley.

Well, what do you say, partner?

Ah, gonna have to mull it over.

I'm,

it's pretty amazing, right?

Yeah, it's almost perfect.

Almost perfect.

We could use balloons.

You know the ones you owe me?

Yeah.

I thought you might say that.

Come here.

Makes you crazy.

We good partner great's to you.

That's fun.

And he's.

Love,

love, soft.

Too much

smell.

What do we do?

Hey, it's just, by the way, it's better than Chase.

Love makes you home, makes you half, makes you, and crazy, makes

you label unstable and capable.

But that's just bathroom.

And you're still alone.

Love me.

What you love.

It's just a vision.

Two goes into one.

The back backs up in the IS

space so that youve, how much you take be,

makes you, makes you half, makes you.