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Roderique retiring from Piggy’s at end of the month

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June 5, 2025

Kevin Millard

The owner and chef of Piggy’s Restaurant is retiring.

Chris Roderique ends a 46-year career in the culinary industry.

He’s best known for Piggy’s Restaurant which he’s owned since 2001.

A statement announcing his retirement estimates that Piggy’s has served an estimated 2.5 million guests since he first took over the restaurant.

Roderique also owns Uno Venti Pizzeria next door to Piggy’s.

Uno Venti Pizzeria in downtown La Crosse.

Outside of the restaurants, he’s volunteered time in the community and helped inspire young people to enter the culinary world.

The release said that the two restaurants are both continuing under the management teams currently working at both locations.

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Kevin Millard

Kevin Millard is News Director for WIZM News. A West Salem native, he's spent most of his life, except for a year each in Florida and Wausau, here in the La Crosse area. Broadcasting and the media has been a part of his life since he was filmed in his first commercial in 2nd Grade. Most of his career has been spent working behind the scenes in the newsroom at a local television station. He's been the host of WKTY Outdoors since October 2005.