Will Martin felt a certain kinship when he first met Burt Kordamiri, who opened Italian Pizza Pub in Johnson City in the 1980s.
Kordamiri reminded Martin of his father-in-law John Arrowood, who died in January 2020. There were similarities in their mannerisms, and they were both meticulous businessmen.
âThey started out at very similar times in their lives, ran great businesses, built great brands,â Martin said.
Will and his wife Stacy opened the Johnson City location of Peggy Ann Bakery just down the road from the Italian Pizza Pub in September 2019.
Stacyâs grandparents, Bill and Peggy Ann Arrowood, started the bakery in 1982. Responsibilities eventually passed to their son John and his wife Imogene. Now, the family business is expanding into a new kind of dough.