DoubleDave's Pizzaworks

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DoubleDave's Pizzaworks is a chain of pizza restaurants based in Austin, Texas. The first restaurant was founded by David Davydd Miller in College Station, TX in 1984. [1] [2] Charles M. Thorp, Jr. is the CEO. [3] In addition to several varieties of pizza the chain is famous for its 'Peproni Rolls'. [4]

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As of 2018 there were about 40 locations in Texas and two locations in Oklahoma. [5] The first Oklahoma location opened in 2007 in Norman as a part of the HeyDay Entertainment [6] center and the second in 2017 in Oklahoma City.

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