PREZZO, the popular pizza and pasta restaurant, has re-opened the doors of its Bournemouth, Westover Road outlet this week following a complete revamp.

And the good news is that to celebrate the re-opening, Prezzo is offering 100 free classic Margherita pizzas to customers on Monday, July 23.

Prezzo brand manager, Marie Neocleous, says: “We are really excited to welcome our customers into our revamped Prezzo restaurant in Bournemouth.

“The restaurant now unveils a fresh new look, a variety of dining concepts and lots of exciting menu options, including our recently launched summer set menu and Aperitivo hour.

“Prezzo Bournemouth Westover Road is an ideal destination for pasta, pizza and drinks at lunch time or for an evening meal.”

The summer set menu includes two courses and a drink for £15.95 or three courses and included drink for £18.95 available until August 31, valid all day, every day.

Apertivo hour (s) will run until August 31 every day between 5pm and 7pm. During this time period there will be a 25 per cent discount on the following drinks: Aperol Spitz, Pink Spritz, Pimm Spritz, Peroni Gran Riserva or Peroni Nastro Azzurro (33cl bottles), bottles of Prosecco or Gancia, any bottle of red, white or rosé wine.

No code needed, just check with your waiter that is Aperitivo Hour. See website for the full terms and conditions.

FIVE FUN FACTS:

1. Five billion pizzas are sold worldwide every year and around three billion of these are in the US.

2. Pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping in the UK and US.

Squid is the most popular topping in Japan.

3. Around 49 per cent of people in the UK eat pizza at least once a week.

4. The first pizzas ever created were sweet not savoury (We’ll take a slice with Nutella then please!)

5. The largest pizza was created in 1987 by Lorenzo Amato and Louis Piancone. The pizza covered 10,000 square feet and measured 140ft across and weighed in at 44, 457 pounds.