Pizzeria closes its doors today

VALENTINO'S will close its doors for the last time today after 32 years.

Manager Peter Mayer said it was time to retire.

'I'm 70 – it is time to throw in the towel,' he said.

Mr Mayer bought the restaurant from HM Sheriff for around £50,000 – despite not giving the highest bid in a silent auction to sell the property.

'They said they wanted me because I always pay my bills. And I always have.'

Starting in the hospitality industry as an apprentice in 1956 at the prestigious Hotel Sacher in Vienna, Mr Mayer has been in the business ever since.