From his early beginnings of racing around in grocery carts doing wheelies in the old Piggly Wiggly to keeping the neighborhood kids from climbing on his fire truck/pizza kitchen and everything in between we talk with Kenosha’s own Riki Tagliapietra. 

Currently Riki is the president of Downtown Kenosha, Inc., click here to learn more.

He is also a contributor to Kenosha.com – read his latest here

And he is the owner and operator of Cut Stone Foods – which sells some of the best pizza around out of a converted fire truck! Click here for a better look!

This episode was recorded on  June 21st, 2021 at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue. -

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