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Roxborough Pizza Place Expands to Villanova, Maryland

Zesto Pizza & Grill opens its first Maryland location.

One Roxborough business has grand designs for multiple pizza places in the Mid-Atlantic region.

, with its original location at 6024 Ridge Ave., debuted a new pizza place in Maryland Tuesday, with another one on the way in Villanova.

Owned by Teddy Bouikidis, 29, of Philadelphia, and Nick Athanasiadis, 52, of Elkton, MD, Zesto debuted its newest location at Crossroads Village Center in Middle River, MD, along the Route 43 corridor.

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Offering hand-tossed specialty pizzas, as well as catering and delivery service, Zesto seeks to attract a variety of customers, and has adapted its menu to the Baltimore area by offering local favorites such as crab cakes alongside more traditional pizzas.

Athanasiadis, who has spent his entire life working in the restaurant business in Philadelphia, claims that the potential for growth at Baltimore Crossroads @ 95 is what convinced him to select the location.

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"In two years this will be the up and coming area, with White Marsh so close and Perry Hall," Athanasiadis said. 

In Roxborough, Zesto's is a part of the newer shopping center, along with , and .

On Facebook, Zesto's has promoted its Maryland location and soon-to-be hub along the Main Line in Villanova. Like Zesto's here.

Maryland community leaders gathered Tuesday to welcome the new location. 

"It's all about jobs," Democratic Baltimore County Councilwoman Cathy Bevins. "We have to create jobs. And, more importantly, we have to sustain jobs."

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