Patsy's Italian Restaurant

The vendor opportunity at Patsy's Italian Restaurant

Patsy's Italian Restaurant presents a highly concentrated sales target for software vendors: a single, company-owned location in New York with no franchised units reported in the 2025 FDD. The total addressable unit count is 1. While this is not a multi-unit franchise rollout opportunity, the HQ-controlled purchasing environment means a successful pitch can secure adoption at the entire system without navigating a fragmented operator base. The brand operates in the quick service restaurant segment, and its technology mandates are clearly defined, reducing discovery time for vendors.

Average unit volume (AUV) is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. The royalty rate is 7.0%, and the initial franchise term is 10 years. Year-over-year unit growth is not available, which is consistent with a single-unit, independently owned operation. For software vendors, the value proposition must align with a small, legacy-focused business where personal relationships with the ownership group are likely to outweigh formal RFP processes.

Who controls software purchasing

The buying center at Patsy's Italian Restaurant is concentrated in the hands of four named executives listed in Item 1 of the 2025 FDD. Joseph V. Scognamillo serves as President, and Salvatore J. Scognamillo is Vice President and Secretary. Lisa Scognamillo holds the role of In-House Counsel and Business Manager, a position that often intersects with vendor contract review and technology compliance. Joseph A. Scognamillo is the Restaurant Manager, likely the day-to-day operator who interacts most directly with the mandated POS and reservation systems.

No CIO, CTO, or dedicated IT procurement role is disclosed. This suggests that technology purchasing decisions are made collaboratively among these four individuals, with the President and Vice President holding ultimate authority. Vendors should prepare to address both operational pain points (relevant to the Restaurant Manager) and legal or financial considerations (relevant to In-House Counsel) in a single conversation.

Mandated and current tech stack

The 2025 FDD mandates two specific technology systems. The point of sale system is Square, provided by Block, Inc. This is a mandatory requirement for any franchisee, though currently the system has no franchised locations. Square's presence as the mandated POS means that any software integrating with or augmenting point-of-sale functionality must be compatible with Square's ecosystem. The second mandated system is TableAgent, a reservation platform. This indicates the restaurant manages dine-in traffic through a structured booking tool, creating potential integration points for vendors offering waitlist management, guest analytics, or marketing automation that can layer onto TableAgent.

No other technology vendors are named as mandated or recommended in the FDD. Areas such as payroll, inventory management, loyalty, or online ordering are not addressed in the disclosed technology requirements, leaving open questions for vendors to explore directly with HQ.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD, which typically outlines procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, contains no extract in our corpus. This means the franchisor's formal procurement model—whether it requires purchases from designated suppliers, maintains an approved supplier list, or allows open purchasing—is not publicly specified. Vendors should approach HQ with the assumption that procurement decisions are made on a case-by-case basis by the executive team.

Renewal conditions, drawn from Item 17, include notice, satisfaction of monetary obligations, compliance with the Franchise Agreement, execution of a mutual release, and signing a new Franchise Agreement. The renewal term is 10 years. Notably, the FDD states that a renewing franchisee may be asked to sign a contract with materially different terms than the original, though territory boundaries remain unchanged and renewal fees will not exceed those imposed on similarly situated renewing franchisees. For software vendors, this means that even if a franchisee is added in the future, contract renewal periods could serve as natural windows to propose new technology solutions, as the franchisee will be reevaluating their obligations and operations at that time.

How to read the Patsy's Italian Restaurant FDD

The full 2025 FDD is embedded below for direct review. This document is the primary source for all facts cited on this page, including the executive team, mandated technology systems, unit count, and contract terms. When reading the FDD, pay particular attention to Item 11 (the source of the Square and TableAgent mandates) and Item 1 (the executive roster). Item 8, if present in the full filing, will clarify procurement restrictions. Item 17 provides the renewal framework that may influence future technology adoption cycles. For software vendors evaluating whether to allocate sales resources to Patsy's Italian Restaurant, the embedded FDD offers the most authoritative, regulator-filed data available. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, FranCloud can help.