Word: iftakar
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Ever since Mian Iftakar and his new team of chefs took over at the late night hot spot, Tommy’s House of Pizza has been leaving its veteran customers with bitter tongues. Many are disappointed by the cuisine’s recent loss of Italian flavor and authenticity. With so much instability in this world, can’t college students, at the very least, depend on their greasy munchies...
Major changes to Tommy’s are likely to be put on hold until after Iftakar launches a new convenience store just a few doors down from the pizza joint. Plans to replace all of the eatery’s old, outdated video games with newer ones are also underway. It remains doubtful whether Tommy’s will be able to reinvent itself. Maybe they should start with the pizza...
...complaints of a resident living above the restaurant. In June, the resident stated that she intended to continue her push until the City Council ordered a 1 a.m. closing time for the pizzeria, which would eliminate its prime business hours, and proprietor Mian Iftakar fears that the closing time may be moved all the way back to midnight. These new zoning requirements might also jeopardize Iftakar’s plans to open a new convenience store—a welcome development after Store24’s departure—with similarly late hours. Undergraduates’ sleep schedules...
...will try for midnight, which will probably mean we will shut at 11 o’clock,” Iftakar adds...
...Iftakar has been visiting City Hall on a weekly basis hoping to convince the licensing people of his right to open Tommy’s Market...