Souga Pizza Factory closes

Photo by Allie Appel

Souga Pizza Factory, which opened less than four months ago in the space at 6251 Perkins Road formerly occupied by Oscar’s Pizza and Ice Cream, has closed.

Owner Trey Matassa, who built his career in the litigation support business and had no prior restaurant experience, says he did not anticipate the slow summer season and did not have the capital to keep up operations.

Plans for the space are unknown at this time.

Landlord John Kilpatrick, who developed the shopping center where the restaurant was located, says he has not yet been officially notified by Matassa that Souga is vacating the space. Kilpatrick is not sure when the restaurant will be moving out.

Matassa and his fiancée Holly Hatzis acquired Oscar’s Pizza and Ice Cream and its recipes in February from Nino’s Chef Elton Hyndman, who operated the pizzeria as well as his signature restaurant, Nino’s, on Bluebonnet Boulevard for nearly four years.

Matassa and Hatzis are the third ownership group to attempt a restaurant in the space, which is adjacent to Urban Nine, a skateboard store, and Fleet Feet. Kilpatrick and his brother were the original owners of Oscar’s, opening it when they built the shopping center in 2008.

—Additional reporting by Stephanie Riegel