Slice of success

There hasn't been a single job Polpo Pizza Co. owners Danni Bleil and Tom Baril haven't worked themselves.

It's been almost four years since they started the Sarasota-based business, and, as Bleil says, “time flies when you're making pizza.”

Bleil and Baril take their restored 1951 Ford F5 truck on the road to serve pizza at event venues and other locations throughout Sarasota and the surrounding area. But they usually don't go farther than 30 miles from the office. That's because the truck can't go fast, and they have to avoid the interstate. Plus, trips to more distant locales take more time and eat into profit.