Rotolo’s Pizzeria plans to add two more local restaurants within the next year. A location on Airline Highway in Prairieville, across from the Wal-Mart Supercenter, is set to open in September, says Mitch Rotolo, who owns the chain. Rotolo is set to go before the city-parish Planning Commission today to get a rezoning to open a restaurant on Millerville Road, just south of Interstate 12. If all goes well, Rotolo says the restaurant should be open by summer 2010.
“This is more of a future-type growth, since it’s new construction from the ground up,” he says. “It’s a good location for us to grow our market.” A Rotolo’s opened in Gonzales a few weeks ago, near Airline Highway and Burnside Avenue. Once the Prairieville restaurant opens, the pizza chain will have 12 locations. Rotolo says the Prairieville and Millerville restaurants will be identical to the other locations. “We’re sticking with the same brand and concept,” he says.—Timothy Boone
