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Ridgway pizzeria rolls up, heads for Delta
Panny’s Pizza owners John and Freda Lynch load the restaurant’s sign into a moving trailer last week as they clear out the space where they operated the restaurant for almost three years. The Trail Town commercial complex sold in August and a new restaurant, Greenwood’s, will occupy the space next to the new Hotel Palomino. The Lynches are moving their business to Delta where they will operate AJ’s Pizzeria at The Yard. Erin McIntyre — Ouray County Plaindealer
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By Liz Teitz, on April 13, 2023
Ridgway pizzeria rolls up, heads for Delta

John Lynch can easily rattle off the orders of his regulars at Panny’s Pizza: Ouray Police Chief John Wood, for example, orders 10 wings with a side of teriyaki; Deputy Gio Mendoza usually likes an Asian chicken salad, he said.

For almost three years, he and his wife, Freda, have gotten to know their customers at the business in Trail Town, the small commercial complex on the Ridgway’s east side.

But starting later this month, he’ll instead be getting to know new customers in Delta.

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