Kenny’s East Coast Pizza has closed after about 10 years in Plano, near Preston Road and West Park Boulevard.
The casual restaurant brought a little bit of owner Kenny Bowers’ Boston upbringing to the Dallas area. Kenny’s was a family-friendly place with a menu of meatballs, Italian chopped salad, baked ziti, chicken scallopini and the like. Most customers were there for the hand-spun pizzas, which included a white alfredo with pesto, a “straight up pepperoni” and a meat-lovers called the Hot Mess, stacked with sausage, hamburger, pepperoni, mushroom, onions, jalapeños and mozzarella cheese.
The menu dared customers to try the Bada Bing Challenge, a 10,000 calorie, 32-inch pizza. Those who tried and failed got their photo on the Wall of Shame.
It isn’t clear why Kenny’s closed, and Bowers wasn’t available for comment. The restaurant had been open almost exactly 10 years, since August 2016.
Commenters on social media begged for Bowers to bring the chicken wings and gluten-free crust to a new location.
The company continues to operate four other restaurants: Kenny’s Wood Fired Grill and Kenny’s Italian Kitchen, both in Addison, and Kenny’s Burger Joints in Plano and Frisco.
Wistful diners, be glad: Some of Kenny’s East Coast Pizza’s appetizers, salads and pastas remain on the menu at Kenny’s Italian Kitchen.
Kenny’s East Coast Pizza was at 4701 W. Park Blvd., Plano. It closed in mid-July 2026.
Justin Tak, left, and his friend Jacob Rha came close to finishing a 32-inch pizza in 45 minutes for the Bada Bing Challenge at Kenny’s East Coast Pizza in Plano in 2019. Better luck next time. (Brian Elledge/Dallas Morning News)
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