It was back in 1983 when Scott Galea's grandparents opened the first G's Pizzeria and Deli in West Branch, but he can't really say he grew up in the business. While other family members opened restaurants around Michigan, Galea moved with his mother to Windsor, Ont., from Detroit when he was 5 and eventually took a job with Toyota in Cambridge, Ont. Then an uncle called in 2000 and he moved back to help open a family restaurant in Oscoda. "I was 26," he said. And five years later, he heard about a place available in Bay City, the former O Sole Mio, "and I decided to try it out," he said, the morning sun glistening on the restaurant's polished woodwork. The window on the main dining area is one of many changes he and his partners brought to the eatery on Bay City's Saginaw Street corridor. While the restaurant's woodwork is intact, he replaced the dark carpeting with ceramic tile and painted the walls a burnt orange. The airy feel continues through a wall of shuttered openings, open most days but easy to close when the room hosts a private party.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Word-of-mouth keeps customers coming to G's Pizzeria in Bay City
via MLive.com
It was back in 1983 when Scott Galea's grandparents opened the first G's Pizzeria and Deli in West Branch, but he can't really say he grew up in the business. While other family members opened restaurants around Michigan, Galea moved with his mother to Windsor, Ont., from Detroit when he was 5 and eventually took a job with Toyota in Cambridge, Ont. Then an uncle called in 2000 and he moved back to help open a family restaurant in Oscoda. "I was 26," he said. And five years later, he heard about a place available in Bay City, the former O Sole Mio, "and I decided to try it out," he said, the morning sun glistening on the restaurant's polished woodwork. The window on the main dining area is one of many changes he and his partners brought to the eatery on Bay City's Saginaw Street corridor. While the restaurant's woodwork is intact, he replaced the dark carpeting with ceramic tile and painted the walls a burnt orange. The airy feel continues through a wall of shuttered openings, open most days but easy to close when the room hosts a private party.
It was back in 1983 when Scott Galea's grandparents opened the first G's Pizzeria and Deli in West Branch, but he can't really say he grew up in the business. While other family members opened restaurants around Michigan, Galea moved with his mother to Windsor, Ont., from Detroit when he was 5 and eventually took a job with Toyota in Cambridge, Ont. Then an uncle called in 2000 and he moved back to help open a family restaurant in Oscoda. "I was 26," he said. And five years later, he heard about a place available in Bay City, the former O Sole Mio, "and I decided to try it out," he said, the morning sun glistening on the restaurant's polished woodwork. The window on the main dining area is one of many changes he and his partners brought to the eatery on Bay City's Saginaw Street corridor. While the restaurant's woodwork is intact, he replaced the dark carpeting with ceramic tile and painted the walls a burnt orange. The airy feel continues through a wall of shuttered openings, open most days but easy to close when the room hosts a private party.
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