Randolph welcomes Bill Piazza and Kelly Becker of Frewsburg who recently opened Piazza’s, their new restaurant located at 143 Main St. People will discover this is not a typical pizzeria when they take a look at the menu. Shown are Bill Piazza and Kelly Becker in front of their restaurant. P-J photo by Deb Everts

RANDOLPH — There’s a new place to dine and relax in Randolph.

Owners Bill Piazza and Kelly Becker of Frewsburg recently opened Piazza’s located at 143 Main St.

Piazza’s is not a typical pizzeria with the standard pizza and wings. In addition to an assortment of mouthwatering pizzas done in their own style, there are also chicken wings, salads, several different subs and sandwiches, and quesadillas on the menu, which Piazza said have been hugely successful. Diners can top their meal off with a delicious dessert including cannoli, a cookie sundae, hot fudge sundae or homemade peanut butter pie.

According to Becker, a different special will be featured each month and, eventually, they will offer fish fries on Fridays. They have applied for a liquor license and will soon be serving beer and wine.

The new owners have made some changes to the interior of the restaurant. They have opened up the main dining area by removing an unnecessary wall, which made space for another table. One private dining area still remains while the other now serves as a waiting area for customers who have stopped in to pick up their orders. The beautiful, tiffany-style hanging lights will stay. The couple has future plans to redecorate with a new color-scheme to create a more diner-friendly atmosphere.

Becker said she got her experience and love of the restaurant business from her parents, Maria and John Monagan, who owned and operated the former Monagan’s Pizza, in Jamestown. Because she knows the ropes of the business, her mother has been very helpful in getting Piazza’s set up.

Unlike Becker, Piazza doesn’t have any restaurant experience. He has worked in supermarkets since he was 17 years old, so his background is in customer service and working with crews.

”I don’t have as large of a part here at the restaurant as I need to have right now because I still work full-time on a bread route delivering Arnold Bread, Thomas’ English Muffins and Entenmann’s Cakes,” he said. ”When I say Kelly is the backbone of this business, she really is. She set everything up and took care of the licensing, permits and vendors – everything. I made a few phone calls.”

Because Becker loves the restaurant business and it’s in her blood, Piazza said he agreed to go along with opening the restaurant. He said she loves the idea of it and she loved doing it when she was in the business with her parents.

”When she was working full-time at an office job, she was unhappy and I could tell it was not where she belonged,” he said. ”The company she worked for loved her and she excelled at it, but her heart wasn’t in it.”

Piazza said she talked about opening a restaurant, on and off, for a couple of years and they would look around at places, but nothing ever appealed to them. One day, they decided to take a trip to Randolph to see if there were any vacant business spots. When they drove by, they saw the place was available.

”We were looking for a business space in a small town because there is less to worry about and generally lower overhead. This place seemed like the right location and it’s convenient because it’s only 15 minutes from home,” he said. ”When we walked in and saw all this, it was pretty much complete and ready for starting up. We had some cleaning to do, equipment to deal with and needed to hire servers.”

Becker said as soon as they knew they were going to buy the place, she called in her friend, Dar, who is an experienced server and hired her, along with three more servers.

”This place is different because I don’t have a ton of experience with the dine-in aspect of the business. We did pick up and delivery at Monagan’s,” she said.

Although Piazza is new to the restaurant business, he’s feeling better about it everyday. He said he’s not the type to jump into something that he’s not used to, but he has a lot of faith in Becker and he knows she’ll help him get through it.

”She’s actually training me in the kitchen and I’m catching on. It’s fun and the time we get to spend together here (at the restaurant) is great,” he said. ”That’s another big reason why I agreed to do the business – because we want to spend more time together.”

Piazza said he will keep his bread route that takes 60 hours a week, for now, but he’s hoping to eventually get away from all that. The long-range goal is to get the business built up enough, so he can devote all his time to the restaurant.

The couple have four grown children between them, three sons and a daughter. As a matter-of-fact, they are going to be grandparents in December.

Piazza’s offers dine-in, pick up and delivery within a 3-mile radius. There is a $1.50 delivery charge and the order must be a minimum of $10.