While some celebrate their 21st birthday by bellying up to a bar, Nikko Genova spent his special day behind a different kind of counter — the one at his new pizzeria.
Bringing his family’s authentic recipes and line of Italian restaurants to the Socastee/Surfside Beach area (Genova’s Pizza & Pasta, 4620 Dick Pond Road), Genova hosted a tasting event on Sunday instead his own birthday party.
Genova’s Pizza & Pasta, the first to open on the Grand Strand, is preparing to hold its official ribbon-cutting ceremony. But don’t let the owner’s age fool you; he’s been in the restaurant business since he was old enough to see over the counter…