Mimmo’s Pizza & Restaurant has been a Public Square Institution for nearly 40 years, providing Italian cuisine to downtown workers on their lunch breaks, high school kids looking to grab a bite, and college students and professors filling time between classes and studies.

Owner Mark Bronsburg worked for four years under original owner Dominic Buonsante at Mimmo’s Dallas location. Four years later, Bronsburg would buy the Public Square business and carry it into the 21st century. As a matter of fact, March 3 will mark 40 years.