A pizza shop that has fed Covington families for 50 years is closing for good. The Pizza Man, known for the glass-walled kitchen window where generations of kids watched their pies get made, closed temporarily in fall 2026, and its owners have now announced that closure will become permanent.
The shutdown marks the end of an era for the Collins Boulevard institution, according to NOLA.com. The restaurant’s owners described their next steps simply as “the page for new adventures,” and they are now seeking someone to take over the restaurant space, which is being pitched as a ready-made “turnkey operation,” per a flyer cited in the report.
The Pizza Man traces back to 1976, when founders first opened their pizza place on Boston Street near Vermont Street, according to tammanyfamily.blogspot.com. The business relocated to Collins Boulevard in 1990, settling into the address customers have known ever since: 1248 N. Collins Blvd.
A Multigenerational Family Operation
By the time of its closing, the shop had become a third-generation family business, with dough, sausage and meatballs all made in-house, the same blog account notes. Co-owner Dustin Schrems had described watching the restaurant’s youngest fans grow up and return as parents themselves, bringing their own children to press their faces against that same kitchen glass…