Gino's Pizza and Spaghetti is a restaurant chain with 40 locations in the

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. The company was founded by Kenney Grant in 1961. Many locations are shared with

Tudor's Biscuit World Tudor's Biscuit World is a restaurant chain and franchise based in Nitro, West Virginia, most commonly found in West Virginia. Many West Virginia locations share a building with Gino's Pizza and Spaghetti, although the chain is more extensive t ...

although the Gino's brand is exclusive to West Virginia. The company headquarters are located in Huntington, West Virginia and

Nitro, West Virginia Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It takes its name from a World War I era nitrocellulose plant. The population was 6,618 according to the 2020 census. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan ...

. Grant learned to make pizza dough in Norwood, OH, where he spent two weeks as an apprentice. Upon his return to West Virginia, Grant opened the first Gino's on April 1, 1961. The original Gino's Pizza is still standing in

Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell County, West Virginia, Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia, Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The County seat, seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, O ...

, located on 5th Avenue across the street from the

Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex is a 1,256-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 ...

. This location features the original scoreboard from Fairfield Stadium. The scoreboard features the score of

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

'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 ''

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'' during the offseason.

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