Prime Time Pizza will hold its grand opening Monday in Jamestown, a speedy turnaround for a location that recently housed Yo Burrito on East Second Street. The owners, who are also brothers, decided to get back into the pizza business after their father operated Surrena's Pizza in Warren, Pa. P-J photo by Eric Tichy

The Surrena brothers know how to get down to business, and are ready to prove it on Monday.

Local pizza gurus, Zach and J.R. Surrena, have acquired space in the former Yo Burrito building and have done the necessary work to host a grand opening of their new venture, Prime Time Pizza, this week. The duo said they got into the building Oct. 7 to begin transforming the building from a Mexican restaurant to a pizzeria, and will be ready for business Monday.

“We’re just waiting for the health inspector to come in,” Zach Surrena said on Friday. “We got in and got straight to work. We didn’t mess around.”

The pair decided they wanted to get back into the pizza business after their father closed down his Warren, Pa. shop in September. Zach Surrena said he and his brother wanted to “do their own thing.”

“Pizza runs in our family,” he said. “It’s been in our family for 25 or 26 years.”

Previously, Zach Surrena said his family owned a few pizza businesses in Jamestown, including Rudyz Pizza and Wings and Things. He said he has been posting on social media about the upcoming restaurant, and many of their former customers said they were excited for the Surrena’s new operation in town. Those on social media told the pair they were excited for the opportunity to try their recipes again.

“We’re going to be offering pizza, subs, salads, pepperoni balls, deep fried pickle chips and later, we’ll try jalapeno poppers to see how those go over,” Zach Surrena said.

Getting the business up and running fast required a lot of hard work, but the pair said they were determined to get it done quickly. The efforts included getting the facility cleaned up and getting equipment in to make it operational.

“We’ve been putting in a lot of work and working day and night,” Zach Surrena said. “We’ve been putting in 12-15 hours a day.”

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