Starvin Marvin Pizzeria and Grille

Gabrielle Lewis, The Frederick News-Post, Md.
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Starvin Marvin Pizzeria and Grille started as a family-owned business in Gaithersburg in 1987, and Dino Foundas, along with his two brothers, worked at that original location.

Foundas said the family moved to Frederick County in the early 2000s and opened a second Starvin Marvin location on Crestwood Boulevard in 2009. He said the Gaithersburg location was sold to a few employees that wanted to get into the restaurant business.

Foundas and his wife, Beth, co-own the Frederick location. Starvin Marvin offers plenty of various entrees, such as pizza, deli subs, chicken tender, wings, rice bowls and burgers.

The restaurant also sells its D.C.-style Mambo Sauce, a tomato-based sauce that can be used as a marinade, grilling or dipping sauce, at Giant grocery stories in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area.

Foundas’ favorite part about running a restaurant is getting to interact with employees and getting to help them grow.

“I’m a people person, so I like having employees, seeing what their strengths are and putting them to task,” he said.

— Gabrielle Lewis