A Frederick Favorite Turns 35: Pretzel & Pizza Creations Celebrates a Family Legacy
Founded by Natalia and Emil Nastovici in 1991, the family-owned North Market Street business continues its story with daughter Catie managing daily operations.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
Pretzel & Pizza Creations was founded in 1991 by Natalia and Emil Nastovici. The family-owned business is located at 210 N. Market St. in Downtown Frederick. Its menu includes pretzel-crust pizza, calzones, stuffed pretzels and pretzel-wrapped hot dogs. The founders’ daughter, Catie, manages day-to-day operations.
What began as a soft pretzel shop in 1991 has grown into a longtime Downtown Frederick favorite—and 35 years later, family remains at the heart of Pretzel & Pizza Creations.
Located at 210 N. Market St., the family-owned business is celebrating a milestone that connects its beginnings with the next generation carrying it forward.
Natalia and Emil Nastovici founded the shop with soft pretzels as its foundation. Over the years, that starting point inspired an expanded menu featuring pretzel-crust pizza, calzones, stuffed pretzels and pretzel-wrapped hot dogs. Through those changes, the business has kept the pretzel central to its identity, giving familiar comfort foods a distinctive twist.
Today, the founders’ daughter, Catie, leads day-to-day operations as manager. Her role continues the family’s involvement in a business that has been part of downtown Frederick for more than three decades.
The anniversary celebrates both that continuity and the shop’s lasting connection to the community. In a downtown shaped by its independent businesses, Pretzel & Pizza Creations represents a family story that has grown alongside Frederick since 1991.
For longtime customers, 35 years offers a reason to revisit a favorite. For those who have yet to stop in, it’s an invitation to discover a local business with a menu built around its soft pretzel beginnings.
Congratulations to the Nastovici family and the Pretzel & Pizza Creations team on 35 years in Frederick.
WHAT IT MEANS
The 35-year milestone recognizes a longstanding independent business and the family continuing its work. Catie’s role carries the founders’ connection to downtown Frederick into the next generation.
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