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Dawn Manion at Pizza and More
Posted: September 28th, 2009 Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
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Pizza and More
7008 E. W.T. Harris Blvd.
Dawn Manion, co-owner
For Dawn Manion, the restaurant business is all about family -- hers and yours.
In the early 1990s, she and her husband were living and in Albany, NY. She stayed home with their three children -- now 17, 20 and 21 -- while her husband worked the second shift as a state employee and made his way through culinary school.
They wanted a different life for their family and thought owning a restaurant would allow them to spend more time with their kids. But, she says, they had to move because "in New York, there's a pizza place on every corner."
In 1996, Charlotte's demographics and, what she calls, "the great migration from the north" attracted them to the city. They recognized that the area they chose to move to was changing, but they were drawn to the middle class families and wanted to give them a place where they could enjoy a meal and have some fun without spending their entire pay check.
What's more, Manion says, is that they feel like they're a part of the community.
"It's all about family and community," she says of her restaurant.Her restaurant is no fast food joint, she says, it's made to sit down and relax in with your family while your order is tailored to your tastes.
After a while, the couple started experimenting with baked goods. So, the "more" part of the restaurant's name now includes custom birthday and wedding cakes and a whopping 26 different kinds of cheesecake. Occasionally, they also offer pasta specials like linguini and clams, veal parmesan or their made from scratch lasagna.
"Our lasagna is huge," Manion says. And, their pizza is in the traditional New York style -- hand tossed and baked in a wide oven that she calls a deck, never on a conveyor belt.
Pizza and More; (704) 566-6222
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