Cassano's Pizza King, currently operating uner the brand Cassano's, is a pizzeria chain based in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. Established June 4, 1953 by Kettering grocer Victor "Vic" J. Cassano, Sr. (1922 – January 1, 2002) and his mother-in-law Caroline "Mom" Donisi, the company currently (as of 2005) operates 34 Cassano's Pizza King restaurants in the Dayton area, and has four other western Ohio franchises (in Russells Point, Piqua, Fairfield, and Sidney), plus a franchise in Quincy, Illinois and another in Hannibal, Missouri. The company also operates dozens of Cassano's Pizza Express kiosks in gas stations, convenience stores, and hotels, and sells frozen pizza dough under the name Cassano's Fresh Frozen Dough Company.