Garlic Jim's Pizza, at 4520 California Ave s.w. has changed hands and reopened under new ownership. All employees were laid off in the process.

The new owners, Jeff and Page Taylor own an existing Garlic Jim's in Edmonds.
They said they were unaware of how the previous owners dealt with notifying employees but explained that the reason for the layoffs was that their insurance carrier is different and needs the information that employees would submit on the application forms.

Jeff Taylor said, "We're looking forward to embedding ourselves in the community like we have in Edmonds." That location is a delivery and carry-out only but Taylor said he has gotten to know quite a few of his customers.

The Taylors want to encourage all former employees to re-apply as soon as possible.

"We'd like to start out with an experienced crew if we can, " he said.

They are looking for a shift leader and Assistant Manager but Taylor said he plans to be on site "12 to 16 hours a day for awhile."

The West Seattle location has changed hands several times in the last few years.

Opened in 2007 it returned to corporate ownership a few months later before being sold to couple who ran it for a little over 2 years, then again it was corporate owned and sold to Bob Houston who ran it for the last 8 months.

Garlic Jim's will reopen on Monday according to the Taylors.