Gino's Pizza and Spaghetti is a restaurant chain with 40 locations, most of them within the

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West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

. The company was founded by Kenney Grant in 1961. Many locations are shared with Tudor's Biscuit World although the Gino's brand is exclusive to West Virginia. There is one located in Ohio, while there are stand alone Tudor's locations in eastern

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, southern

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, southwest

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and the

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.Casto, Jared (February 9, 2018).
Tudor's Biscuit World expands to Florida
. Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved February 9, 2018. The company headquarters are located in Huntington, West Virginia and

Nitro, West Virginia Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the State of West Virginia, named after a World War I era nitrocellulose plant built by the government. The population was 6,518 according to the 2021 Population estimates. History Nitro was in ...

. The original location was located on 29th Street in Huntington, but is no longer there. The oldest location is Gino's Pub in

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, located on 5th Avenue across the street from the

Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex is a 1,006-capacity soccer-specific stadium in Huntington, West Virginia where it is the home of Marshall University's men's and women's soccer teams. It was built on the former site of the V ...

. This location features the original scoreboard from

Fairfield Stadium Fairfield Stadium was a stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It was primarily used for football, and was the home field of the Marshall University football team between 1928 and 1990, prior to the opening of Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Hist ...

. The scoreboard features the score of

Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: L ...

's most recent football game in-season, and that of the 1971 Marshall -

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(of Cincinnati) as featured in the motion picture '' We Are Marshall'' during the offseason.

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