The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory was a chain of pizza restaurants. The chain originated in Crown Passage (off Pall Mall) as The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory and was started by entrepreneur
Bob Payton
Robert Michael Payton (25 May 1944 13 July 1994) was an American marketing man, restaurateur and hotelier. He is known for starting a chain of American-style restaurants in London in the 1970s, starting with The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory.
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in 1976–7. The London establishment also had a bar. This was the start of a series of restaurants forming the
My Kinda Town chain. The chain opened restaurants in places such as
Paris,
Barcelona,
Buenos Aires, and
Tel Aviv, where they operated successfully for several decades.
When Payton sold the company in 1990 the business was pulling in a turnover of £35m.
Payton himself died just a few years later (1994) after being involved in a car crash near Stevenage, north of London.
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Restaurants in London
Pizza chains of the United Kingdom