Food & Beverage

Fat Boy's Pizza adds some heft with planned 6th store

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July 12, 2021

Fat Boy's Pizza said it will grow to six stores early next year, when it opens a store in Mandeville, Louisiana. The chain — based in Metairie, Louisiana — started selling its hefty 30-inch pies in 2019. The Mandeville store will open in early 2022 at The Shops at 1200 West on West Causeway Approach, a news release said.

"The tremendous success of our Covington (Louisiana) restaurant proved that we needed another one on the Northshore," Fat Boy's Pizza owner Gabe Corchiani said in the release. "The Mandeville location is easy to access and in a high-traffic area that we're excited about."

Mandeville — on the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain — will mark the sixth Fat Boy's Pizza location, three of which are currently open in Old Metairie, Baton Rouge and Covington. The French Quarter location is slated to open late this summer, while a Hattiesburg, Mississippi location will open in the fall after an extensive building renovation. Other locations are in the works.

"Mandeville is the next stop after Hattiesburg and we're not slowing down," Corchiani said. "We have enjoyed a great community response at each new location and we expect that to continue."

The goal is to reach 10 company units, then franchise to like-minded partners in the Southeastern U.S. Following the 2021 openings, Fat Boy's Pizza will look to expand into Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle.