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Harry Kokkinis struggled to contain his emotions as he spoke about his family’s legacy during the ribbon cutting at the new Table Talk Pies factory.

After all, Kokkinis had witnessed his grandfather and father build Table Talk to be a snack pies powerhouse, only to see it go bankrupt in the hands of another owner in the 1984.

Kokkinis’ father, Christo Cocaine, ended up buying back the company a few years later and turned Table Talk Pies around. By focusing his efforts on making the 4-inch pies the star of the Table Talk product line, Cocaine began expanding the pie-company’s reach across the region and the nation.

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Table Talk Pies adding jobs, baking more pies

By Natasha Mascarenhas Globe Correspondent September 28, 2017

Four-inch snack pies are getting bigger — like 1 million more pies a week bigger.

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies is expanding its operations with Thursday’s official opening of a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, adding more than 50 jobs to its 300-person workforce.

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A Massachusetts success story: Table Talk Pies makes big comeback in Worcester

By Alban Murtishi | MassLive

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What was the motive behind building the new facility?

Our rationale for the new facility started with the realization of the growth we have experienced in our business over the last several years. We have been fortunate to have our sales almost double within the last six years. We saw there was a need to expand.

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Table Talk Pies to open 50,000-sf facility

A nearly century-old Worcester company is expanding with the opening of a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the South Worcester Industrial Park.
Table Talk Pies, Inc., known for its four-inch snack pies in operation since 1924, is opening its new facility on Sept. 28.
Construction on the facility began last October.

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Table Talk Pie Expansion

Table Talk keeps snack pie expansion local

Following his grandfather’s footsteps, Harry Kokkinis is expanding the famous Table Talk Pies in his family’s native Worcester with a new production facility nearing completion in the South Worcester Industrial Park…

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Table Talk Pies just invented a milkshake made out of pies

By Alban Murtishi, MassLive.com

A long, long time ago, you could walk to the Table Talk Pie cafe in downtown Worcester, grab a stool, and enjoy a warm, 4-inch apple pie, slathered with a healthy scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

That was the old way of doing things.

Now, close to century later, the folks at Table Talk Pies will macerate any two 4-inch pies and mix it ice-cream, milk and splashes of gooey syrups to create an entirely new way to enjoy pie.

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WNT Table Talk Pies Retail Store

Roslyn Flaherty reports- Worcester based Table Talk pies bring a bit of nostalgia back by reopening a retail store for people to buy and enjoy their pies.
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Table Talk Pies opens retail store in Canal District

By Cyrus Moulton
Telegram & Gazette Staff

WORCESTER – Offering lemon, pecan, blueberry and other assorted pies along with a slice of nostalgia, Table Talk Pies opened a retail store Tuesday in the Canal District.

A steady stream of pie fans welcomed the new business.

“Table Talk is sort of a local landmark in many ways,” said customer Kevin Chosta, picking up an 8-inch blueberry pie. “It’s sad to see local businesses that over time have fallen by the wayside, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for Table Talk.”

Table Talk Pies was established in 1924 by Greek immigrants Theodore Tonna and Angelo Cotsidas. The company was sold in 1965 to Beechnut, and then changed hands several times before closing down in 1984.

In 1986, Mr. Tonna’s son-in-law, Christo Cocaine (whose name had changed from the original Kokkinis) reopened Table Talk, focusing on selling snack pies to grocers and convenience stores.

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Table Talk Pies opens first retail store in 20 years today

By Alban Murtishi, MassLive.com
on January 24, 2017

It’s been more than 20 years since someone could walk into a cafe, order a Table Talk 8-inch pie with a side of vanilla ice-cream and sip on coffee while watching cars pass through the Canal District in Worcester, Mass.

Pie-lovers, rejoice: Table Talk Pies is opening a retail store on 153 Green St. Tuesday at 9 a.m. The first 10 customers get a free coffee or tea with their purchase of a pie.

The retail opening follows an expansive period for the once-dormant pie company.

Table Talk Pies was almost sunk by its corporate owners in the 1980s. However, when the Kokkinis family took the company back in the 2000s and shifted its focus back to their addicting 4-inch pies, their fortunes began to turn.

Harry Kokkinis, the third-generation of the Table Talk Pies family, is expanding the brand by re-opening the Table Talk retail store, and building a new production plant in the South Worcester Industrial Park. The city of Worcester is in the midst of a renaissance of development, dining and culture that has taken off in the past few years.