Slice House by Tony Gemignani, the acclaimed fast-casual pizza franchise founded by Tony Gemignani, is expanding its presence across Colorado. With locations already open in Loveland and Boulder, Slice House is poised to welcome guests in Longmont and Denver later this year, solidifying Colorado as one of the brand’s most significant growth markets in the country.

Led by an award-winning pizza master who has spent decades setting the standard for exceptional pizza across a wide range of styles, Slice House is Gemignani’s first and thus far only fast-casual franchise concept, and it has taken off across the U.S. For Colorado, the brand has more than a dozen locations on the horizon, according to a press release.

“Colorado has such a vibrant and evolving food scene, making it an exciting place for Slice House to continue growing,” Gemignani said in a statement.

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Following the successful debut of Slice House’s first Colorado location in Loveland in October 2025 and a second opening in Boulder in January 2026, the brand is continuing its expansion across the state as a part of a 15-location development plan spanning the Front Range, mountain towns and metro markets. Next up, local brand partners Michael Tingus, Dean Crescenzi and Miguel Gutierrez—who introduced Slice House to Colorado—are set to open a new location in Longmont this summer.

The brand’s momentum will continue in Denver with highly anticipated openings led by brand partner Jamey Cutter, who brought Slice House to Boulder. The Denver market represents a significant opportunity for Slice House to establish itself in one of the country’s most dynamic and food-forward cities.

“Denver has a passionate and discerning dining community, and I genuinely believe Slice House is exactly what this city has been waiting for,” Cutter said. “People here care deeply about quality and the story behind what they’re eating, and there is no better story in pizza than Tony Gemignani’s.”

Gemignani has always chosen business partners who have experience with the growth model and relied on their various areas of expertise, such as George Karpaty, Bill Ginsburg and Trevor Hewitt, each of whom plays an active role in Slice House. To get ready to scale the brand via franchising, he added operations veterans like Tom Leeper, formerly of Baskins Robbins, to his team.

After all, franchising is a whole new world. “It’s not just the business, it’s everything else, too,” Gemignani told Peel: A PMQ Pizza Podcast last year. “It’s the franchise law, and there’s a lot behind that to understand—what you can say, what you can’t say, what you can do….You just can’t do it all on your own.”

As for vetting franchisees, he explained to PMQ, the process involves Zoom interviews, credit and background checks, site visits and culture checks. “It’s like a first date,” he said. “Then we go on another date.”

Slice House by Tony Gemignani first opened in 2010 as a counter-service slice concept within Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco’s North Beach. The idea was to make the same award-winning pizzas in several regional styles available to guests in an approachable, fast-casual format. After much success, the brand launched its national franchise program and has since grown to more than 150 units open or in development across nine states.

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