Pizza Kitchen owner marks 40 years serving Milford, Nebraska

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 12 Oct, 17:32 · Archive

Roger Wittrock has run The Pizza Kitchen in Milford, Nebraska for 40 years, working seven days a week.

Roger Wittrock has operated The Pizza Kitchen in Milford, Nebraska for 40 years, working seven days a week and estimating 60 to 70 hours of work each week. The restaurant is housed in a building that once contained a Farmers Co-op hardware store, with dough mixed four times daily by his team.

Wittrock, a Falls City native, studied accounting before helping run a Mexican restaurant in Seward. He chose Milford in 1986, saying 'Being the home of Southeast Community College and college students, what a better fit than pizza and college students'. The homemade dough and pizza sauce recipe comes from Jerry Chapman of Vermillion, South Dakota, who asked Wittrock to take over The Pizza Kitchen after they worked together at the Mexican franchise.

Alongside pizza, the kitchen specialises in broasted chicken and serves salads and sandwiches. The restaurant has hosted notable visitors including Tom Osborne and Eric Crouch. Wittrock said: 'All my life I have always had the pleasure of opportunity of serving people. I enjoy putting smiles on their faces and one way is just to fill their bellies full of good food.'

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• Pizza Kitchen owner celebrates 40 years of serving up slices in MilfordFor 40 years, Roger Wittrock has loyally served Milford at The Pizza Kitchen, arriving seven days a week to feed neighbors, college students, and big names alike.1011Now · 12 Oct, 17:15
• Pizza Kitchen owner celebrates 40 years of serving up slices in MilfordFor 40 years, Roger Wittrock has loyally served Milford at The Pizza Kitchen, arriving seven days a week to feed neighbors, college students, and big names alike.WOWT · 12 Oct, 17:15

In this story: Roger Wittrock · The Pizza Kitchen · Milford · Southeast Community College · Jerry Chapman · Vermillion · Tom Osborne · Eric Crouch

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