All Mario’s Pizza restaurants are closed today as the company’s founder Richard Harford is laid to rest.

The announcement of the passing of Mr Harford, affectionately known as “Big Slice”, came over the weekend.

His funeral service will be held from 9:30am today at The Church of Assumption on Long Circular Road.

In 1972, Mr Harford transformed an ice cream shop into T&T’s first local pizza parlour.