After two decades in business, Broadway Pizza in downtown Long Beach has closed its doors for good.
The reason for the decision was multifaceted, said owner Mike Rosetti, but ultimately more people working from home limited his customer base and made it tough to square rising costs of food, labor and insurance in a business that’s notorious for having thin margins.
Five break-ins over his final 18 months in business made it even tougher to justify staying open, Rosetti said.
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There was also the time last year that SWAT officers spent hours searching his business for an armed robber who had scurried into it from the adjacent 7-Eleven…