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The Villa Nova Family
Frank and Donna Colleli started
Villa Nova in 1978. Their first
two years were spent converting the bar into a
restaurant and bar,
changing, replacing, and fixing up the
establishment. Previously,
Frank had numerous restaurants and pizza shops
around central
Ohio, including Frankie’s Pizza and Franco’s.
In 1986, they decided to sell Villa Nova and
retire to Florida. Frank’s
son John had been working in the kitchen at the time
of the sale. John
continued to work at the Villa under new management
and, in 1998,
convinced Frank and Donna to come out of retirement
to buy back Villa Nova. Currently, the entire
family runs it and continue to make improvements to
the kitchen, menu and restaurant. Frank and
Donna still come into the restaurant almost daily
while John, his wife Meghan, and his
brother Frankie are all part of the business.
It's truly “a family
restaurant”!
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