{"id":794033,"date":"2019-03-21T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/after-decades-in-the-kitchen-john-daisy-sells-fattys-pizzeria-an-iconic-breckenridge-restaurant\/"},"modified":"2019-03-22T08:38:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:38:27","slug":"after-decades-in-the-kitchen-john-daisy-sells-fattys-pizzeria-an-iconic-breckenridge-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/after-decades-in-the-kitchen-john-daisy-sells-fattys-pizzeria-an-iconic-breckenridge-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"After decades in the kitchen, John Daisy sells Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, an iconic Breckenridge restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8915375446961\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-363303-398\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily | Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.<\/strong><br \/>Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily | Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.<\/strong><br \/>Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily | Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.<\/strong><br \/>Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Dr. Sandra F. Mather Archives \/ Breckenridge Heritage Alliance | Fatty's is shown in this photo circa the early 1970s.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Fatty's is shown in this photo circa the early 1970s.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Fatty&#8217;s is shown in this photo circa the early 1970s.<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Sandra F. Mather Archives \/ Breckenridge Heritage Alliance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily | Existing in Breckenridge since 1975, Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria is decorated with a plethora of sports memorabilia.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Existing in Breckenridge since 1975, Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria is decorated with a plethora of sports memorabilia.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Existing in Breckenridge since 1975, Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria is decorated with a plethora of sports memorabilia.<\/strong><br \/>Elaine Collins \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Summit Daily File Photo | Longtime Breckenridge resident and owner of Fatty's Pizzeria owner John Daisy is shown here in 2012 after he was named to the Colorado Food Service Hall of Fame. Daisy recently sold the business to Peter and Stacy Joyce.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-5.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime Breckenridge resident and owner of Fatty's Pizzeria owner John Daisy is shown here in 2012 after he was named to the Colorado Food Service Hall of Fame. Daisy recently sold the business to Peter and Stacy Joyce.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Longtime Breckenridge resident and owner of Fatty&#8217;s Pizzeria owner John Daisy is shown here in 2012 after he was named to the Colorado Food Service Hall of Fame. Daisy recently sold the business to Peter and Stacy Joyce.<\/strong><br \/>Summit Daily File Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"ALL | Peter Joyce\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Fattys-SDN-032219-1-6.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Joyce\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Peter Joyce<\/strong><br \/>ALL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/after-decades-in-the-kitchen-john-daisy-sells-fattys-pizzeria-an-iconic-breckenridge-restaurant\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/after-decades-in-the-kitchen-john-daisy-sells-fattys-pizzeria-an-iconic-breckenridge-restaurant\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Breckenridge\u2019s oldest pizzeria has changed ownership, adding another chapter to the storied business. However, any changes following the sale of <a id=\"N0x19ab170N0x18d8090:N0x19ab170N0x1acd6b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fattyspizzeria.com\/\">Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria<\/a> won\u2019t be too dramatic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019re just thrilled to be a part of Fatty\u2019s,\u201d said new owner Peter Joyce, who explained the deal had been in the works since last July, when a real estate agent first approached him and his wife, Stacy, with the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">One of the biggest questions locals have been asking of the Joyces since they bought the iconic business last month, Peter said, is what\u2019s going to happen to Fatty\u2019s? In a word, nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Over the phone, Joyce detailed how the sale of a commercial property in Boulder facilitated his and his wife\u2019s purchase of Fatty\u2019s through a property exchange. Moreover, he said that he and his wife enjoy investing in the community, and after finding the right people to run the restaurant, they felt confident pulling the trigger on the deal that should keep Fatty\u2019s operating largely as it has been.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThat was the underlying goal \u2014 to make sure we have really terrific operators before working out the purchase with (the former owner),\u201d Peter said, adding that there was certainly \u201ca feel-good factor\u201d to buying a local restaurant with such a storied history and ensuring that it continues to do business in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Originally called \u201cThe Colorado House,\u201d the historic building that houses Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria at 106 S. Ridge St. was bought by the Peabody family in 1894. They made it into a boarding house with a general store and nine sleeping rooms upstairs, according to a <a id=\"N0x19ab170N0x18d81b0:N0x19ab170N0x1acda10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fattyspizzeria.com\/eventspromotions\/history\">business biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the time, it was one of many boarding houses in Breckenridge serving the miners, merchants and tradesmen, as well as women, throughout the late 1800s. And these were exciting times. Believe it or not, there\u2019s actually an old piano with a bullet hole in it that came from the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After the boarding house, The Colorado House operated as a restaurant under the same name until the building was sold again in 1975. This time it went to the Jensen family, and a man named Richie Provoromo became the owner and operator. His nickname was \u201cFatty,\u201d and he turned the restaurant into Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In 1981, Provoromo sold Fatty\u2019s to John Daisy, who has been nicknamed \u201cSouthside Johnny.\u201d Daisy bought the establishment following his move from Chicago\u2019s South Side to Breckenridge, hence the handle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The restaurant previously occupied only about the same area that the bar does today. But as Fatty\u2019s popularity grew, so too did the restaurant, and Daisy remodeled and expanded the establishment in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">During the remodel, he paid careful attention to preserve many of the building\u2019s historic features, and Daisy maintained Fatty\u2019s as part of the Breckenridge scene for almost 40 years after he took over the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe put it right back to how it looked (when the Peabody family owned it),\u201d Daisy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For his work at the restaurant, in the community and with the restaurant association, Daisy was inducted into the Colorado Restaurant Association\u2019s Foodservice <a id=\"N0x19ab170N0x18d8210:N0x19ab170N0x1acde90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/fattys-pizzeria-owner-is-hall-of-fame-worthy\/\">Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the time, he told the Summit Daily he fell in love with the town because \u201cthere was just something about it,\u201d and when he saw Fatty\u2019s was up for sale, he scooped it up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Daisy sold the building and business to the Joyces late last month. Peter is the owner of a local residential construction company, Rockridge Building, and a former member of the town\u2019s planning commission and Breckenridge Town Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Peter said he is delighted with the new operators, too, as he and his wife have leased the business to the same people who run two other Breckenridge restaurants \u2014 <a id=\"N0x19ab170N0x18d8270:N0x19ab170N0x1ace0d0\" href=\"http:\/\/twistbreck.com\/our-story\/\">Twist<\/a> and <a id=\"N0x19ab170N0x18d82d0:N0x19ab170N0x1ace160\" href=\"http:\/\/www.relishbreckenridge.com\/about\/\">Relish<\/a>. They are chef Matthew Fackler, his wife Lisa and T.J. Messerschmitt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be happier with those guys,\u201d Peter said. \u201cThey\u2019re really terrific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Over the phone, Messerschmitt reiterated the Joyces\u2019 plans to keep the business running as it has been for so many years. They\u2019re going to some make small improvements, like offering new specials starting in the spring, expanding the wine list and hosting a new series of community fundraisers featuring \u201ccelebrity bartenders,\u201d but patrons won\u2019t see any wholesale changes at Fatty\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Jack Wolfe of LIV Sotheby\u2019s International Realty handled the sale. <a id=\"N0x19ab170N0x18d8330:N0x19ab170N0x1ace3a0\" href=\"http:\/\/gis.summitcountyco.gov\/Map\/DetailData.aspx?Schno=300934\">Property records<\/a> at the Summit County Assessor\u2019s Office show the new owners paid $3.2 million for the historic property but do not say how much they might have paid for the rights to the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Peter said the deal had to make sense for the couple economically, but the feel-good factor weighed heavily on their decision. \u201cAnd, of course, it\u2019s an iconic restaurant,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As for Daisy, he\u2019s happy to see the business he put so many years into continue on after his ownership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFatty\u2019s was my baby for a long time,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had a lot of fun there, and I really have made a lot of friends over the years from all over the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Speaking with Daisy, he\u2019ll miss the people he worked with, the camaraderie at the pizzeria, the sports fan rivalries, the jokes, making new friends and especially all of the families that came to Fatty\u2019s over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Daisy is thinking of taking the next year off before getting back into something, though he doesn\u2019t know what that might be just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI don\u2019t have anything in mind,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of fun right now looking online to see what\u2019s out there. What\u2019s crazy is people are looking for workers everywhere. It seems like the whole country is in need of help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Daisy expects he could head back up to Chicago at some point, but he\u2019s going to stick around Breckenridge for a bit to take advantage of what could be some epic fly fishing this spring and summer, given the winter\u2019s record-setting snowfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt will be fun going out and not worrying about going back to work,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m going to be doing in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/after-decades-in-the-kitchen-john-daisy-sells-fattys-pizzeria-an-iconic-breckenridge-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime owner John Daisy has sold Fatty\u2019s Pizzeria, a business that\u2019s existed in Breckenridge since 1975. The new owners, Peter and Stacy Joyce, have leased out the restaurant to the same people who operate the Relish and Twist restaurants in Breckenridge and say they expect to make only minor changes at the longstanding business.Elaine Collins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 23:55:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}