Eagles Pizza in New Albany, Keesee family, celebrate 50 years of pizza
In 1971, the village of New Albany had a robust population barely exceeding 500. It also was the year that Tom and Marjorie Keesee bought Eagle Pizza and renamed it Eagles Villa Pizza, located smack dab in the town center. A lot has changed in New Albany, as the affluent suburb has experienced enviable commercial and residential growth, with the population swelling to about 11,000. Yet Eagles Pizza still is the same family-run, independent pizzeria. It moved only once in 50 years, from a tiny building to its current nest at 2 N. High St. a year after the Keesees bought it. Owner Dennis Ke...