Armand’s Pizzeria & Grille, which served Chicago-style, deep-dish pizza pies in shops across the region for nearly 51 years, will permanently close its Rockville shop – its last location – on June 20, according to co-owner Chris Sappe.
“We’re really upset that we have to close,” Sappe told Bethesda Today on Tuesday while sitting at a picnic table outside of the pizza shop at 190 Halpine Road. The reasons for the closure, he said, were mostly financial, citing rising costs for food, wages and electricity.
“The profit margin is so small it’s just too much work to continue at the current pace,” Sappe said…