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Riko's Pizza updates menu, launches expanded catering

Riko's adds its successful summer LTO salad pizzas — Mediterranean Chicken & Spinach, BBQ Chicken Ranch, and re-invented Chicken Caesar — to its full-time food menu. Photo: Riko's Pizza

September 18, 2025

Connecticut-based Riko's Pizza has updated its food menu and launched catering, according to a press release.

Riko's updated food menu includes: Tavern-style pizza; made-to-order salads; oven-roasted wings, Craveable Shareables, an expanded collection of apps and fan-favorite desserts.

President and Chief Operating Officer Carl Bachmann led the culinary innovation team. Riko's also partnered with sommeliers, beer experts and mixologists to develop an accompanying wine pairing for each specialty pie on the updated food menu.

"It is hard to imagine that our menu could get any better, but somehow our incredible team found a way," Rico Imbrogno, founder and CEO of Riko's Pizza, said in the press release. "More pizzas, better salads, a wider range of wing sauces and the addition of our wraps, craveable shareables, and elevated desserts take our food menu to a whole new level. Since our inception, our focus has been on offering something for everyone while finding new ways to improve the customer experience. These updates are reflective of that mission, and I cannot stress enough how quickly everybody needs to get to their nearest Riko's to try our updated menu!"

The brand has also expanded its catering service with ezCater. Currently, Riko's locations in Stamford, Norwalk and Darien, Connecticut, offer this enhanced catering program, with the goal of having all corporate-owned locations and franchisees who choose to participate come online in the next few months.

"These are major steps forward for Riko's that enhance our customer experience from end-to-end," Bachmann added. "In this industry, if you are not innovating, you are dying — no matter how successful you think you are. Continuous improvement is essential to the growth and evolution of any brand, and that will always be a cornerstone of Riko's go-forward strategy. These food menu updates combine the unique qualities of our cooking style and techniques with the latest consumer trends. Equally as strategic, our catering service opens an entirely new avenue of growth for our company and provides customers with even more opportunities to enjoy their Riko's favorites."

Riko's Pizza currently operates four corporate-owned and five franchise-owned locations across Connecticut, Florida and New York.