Fricano’s Pizza History
Cosimo (Gus) Fricano was the third child born to Antonino and Philipena Fricano, immigrants from Palermo (Bagheria), Sicily. After many years of toiling in the mud of the celery fields for his father’s cousin, Carlo Fricano, Gus and his younger brother Thomas enlisted into the Navy to serve their country in the Second World War.
Gus claimed if it wasn’t for the war he may never got out of those celery fields. Once the war was over the brothers came back to the civilian life in good old Grand Haven, Michigan. Tom went to work for the Gardner-Denver Tool Company and Gus became a bookkeeper for the Jolly Dairy Milk Company.
After about a year of working for the Jolly family, Gus knew he had to go into business for himself. Gus had an old saying (one of his many) "you never get rich working for someone else." Back then this was very true. He saw where the old Ottawa Tavern on the east-side of the city in amongst all the factories was for sale and asked his Uncle Curly (Cosimo) if he could borrow $2800 to buy it.
Uncle Curly reluctantly obliged, and on August 21, 1949 Gus bought the Ottawa Tavern and soon renamed it Fricano’s Tavern and from there, launched one of the most famous little success stories West Michigan has ever known.
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Fricano’s Pizza Locations and Hours
Fricano’s Pizza on Alpine
5808 Alpine Ave. NW
Comstock Park, MI 49321
616-785-5800
Fax 616-785-4125
Mon - Thur 4pm - 10pm
Fri - Sat 4pm - 11pm
Closed Sunday
Fricano’s Pizza In Grand Haven
1400 Fulton St.
Grand Haven, MI 49417
616-842-8640
Mon - Sat - 5pm - 12am
Closed Sunday
Fricano’s of Alamo in Kalamazoo
7454 North 6th St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
269-342-0808
Mon - Thur 5pm - 10pm
Fri - Sat 5pm - 11pm
Sun 4pm - 9pm
Fricano’s Too in Holland
174 South River Ave.
Holland, MI 49423
616-392-6279
Mon - Sat - 5pm - 12am
Closed Sunday
Fricano’s in Muskegon
1050 W. Western
Muskegon, MI, 49441
231-722-7775
Sun and Mon 5pm - 9:30pm
Tues - Thur 5pm - 10:30pm
Fri and Sat 5pm - 12am
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