he first Tiffany's Pizza opened in 1979. Tony started working in a pizzeria called Stromboli's in Detroit when he was 15 years old. He began as a bus boy, then started delivering pizzas. He left Stromboli's to join the Dino's Franchise in Romulus, where he learned how to make a pizza. He was in management by the age of 21, and at 23 he bought his first pizzeria; a Dino's establishment that was struggling in Dearborn Heights. He turned it around and made it profitable, then bought additional stores in Garden City and Monroe. He then sold the Dearborn Heights and Garden City stores to focus on Monroe which became his home. Finally, he changed the name of the store to Tiffany's Pizza. He named it Tiffany's because the restaurant was decorated with a lot of Tiffany-style lamps, and he liked that theme.

Some people who worked for him, later went on to get into the Tiffany's franchise business and have been with Tony for a long time. There are now 6 stores that run from Flat Rock to Lambertville, and from Monroe to Dundee.