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Crowtown Pizza is now under new ownership

By Josie Sellers

Wyatt Miller stayed friends with Tammria Ralston and her late husband Marty long after leaving his job at Crowtown Pizza . Now he and his father Al Miller are continuing the family ’ s legacy .

Wyatt Miller had heard Crowtown was for sale , and Al suggested they buy it .

“ I thought he was joking at first , but then a few weeks went by , and I texted Tammria ,” Wyatt Miller said . “ I told her Dad and I were interested . We went through a few hurdles , but we closed

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Josie Sellers

Wyatt Miller stayed friends with Tammria Ralston and her late husband Marty long after leaving his job at Crowtown Pizza . Now he and his father Al Miller are continuing the family ’ s legacy . serious crash or cause you to lose control of your vehicle . Drivers who swerve to miss a deer and hit something else may be charged for an at-fault crash .

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on Aug . 31 . We took over Sept . 1 , and it ’ s still surreal . I ’ m so familiar with it , but I was never in here as a manager / owner .”

Miller worked at Crowtown for seven or eight years and really enjoyed his job . “ The pizza business is fun ,” he said . “ Marty was a really good guy to work for , and we golfed together too . He has a good business here .”

Miller plans to continue to run the business as Crowtown . “ I don ’ t plan to change much ,” he said , “ maybe just some small things here and there . We are still going to use the same sauce and dough . We told Tammria when we said we were interested that we wanted to run it as is .”

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Miller ’ s main goal is to get Crowtown ’ s buffet opened up again as soon as possible . He also would like to change up the patio area some and have events again .

“ The inside has been closed since COVID started ,” he said . “ We get calls daily about it , and I have friends ask me . I still need to get some servers lined up and some kitchen help .”

They are hiring for all positions at Crowtown . Applications can be picked up at the drivethru window .

“ I ’ m excited to learn how to be an owner of a business ,” Miller said .

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Right now they are open Tuesdays from 4-9 p . m ., Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a . m . to 9 p . m ., Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a . m . to 10 p . m ., and Sundays from 4-9 p . m . for delivery or pickup at the window .

Crowtown Pizza is located at 783 S . Second St . in Coshocton . To place an order , call 740-622-8600 .

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Crowtown Pizza is now under new ownership

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