Topper's Pizza Bringing Fresh Slices To Peterborough After Celebrating Its Grand Opening

Peterborough’s latest pizza chain restaurant, Topper's Pizza, has hit town as it plans to serve up delicious cheesy pies and hosted its grand opening on Monday morning.

Brothers and Franchise Partners Brijesh Patel (left) and Kishan Patel (right) putting one of their gourmet pizzas, ‘Meat Mountain’ on display. Topper’s Pizza was founded in Sudbury and has 45 locations in Ontario. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Located at 999 Lansdowne St. W. at the Byersville Creek Plaza, the Sudbury-based pizza chain held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with a representative of Dave Smith, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP and a grand-opening pizza special to commemorate the occasion.

Brothers Brijesh and Kishan Patel are the franchise partners of the Peterborough location. Both were Fleming College alumni and look forward to being part of the community with their newly launched business.

“We have been waiting for this moment and this day for the last eight months,” explained Brijesh. “We are planning to grow in the Peterborough community as early as possible.”

“We are eager to serve the community here in Peterborough,” said Kishan. “Hopefully we can give the best taste (of pizza) and give what the Peterborough community wants. That’s our goal.”

@ptbo_canada Topper’s Pizza had its grand opening in Peterborough on May 11, 2026. The Sudbury-based pizza chain makes its first Peterborough location with brothers Brijesh and Kishan Patel as the location’s franshise partners. #ptbocanada #journalism #fyp #news #pizza ♬ Gets Like That - Max Dean & Luke Dean

In addition to pizza, the restaurant serves panuzzos, flatbread, chicken and a modified panzerotti called a Topperoti.

The franchise was started in 1982 by the Toppazzini family. Topper’s uses an old family recipe for its pizza crust/bread that was widely utilized in the early 1900s, according to Keith Toppazzini, founding family member.

“In 1982, we decided to take that family formula, turn it into a pizza shop and 44 years later, we’re at store number 45,” he said.

The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

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