The popular New York pizza joint will serve its last pie on Nov. 25 after 10 years of service to the UA community. The pizza shop's ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ location was unable to renegotiate its lease, but is looking to relocate elsewhere in the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ market, said the restaurant's PR representative Ryann Checchi.
The New York-based chain opened its only ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ location in the Sam Hughes Place in late 2007, inside the former La Ferlita's Pizza Cafe at 446 N. Campbell Ave. The once-popular intersection of North Campbell Avenue and East Sixth Street has been thinning recently, after the closures of Social House Kitchen & Pub in 2015 and more recently Rosati's Pizza across the street.Â
The UA campus area has seen an explosion of pizza options, with the advent of rapid-fire shops like Pieology, a redesigned No Anchovies and highbrow restaurants such as the locally-sourced Anello, which opened in a former gallery space this week near Fourth Avenue. Grimaldi's was one of the first ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ restaurants to approach pizza from a gourmet perspective, with its coal-fired brick oven that added a signature char to the thin crust pizzas.Â
Grimaldi's was also known for its generous dining club, which gave out a free pizza on your birthday. The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ location is running a special on Mondays through the month of October, offering a 16-inch cheese pizza for $10, in celebration of National Pizza Month.Â
The chain is in 16 states and has six locations in the Phoenix-metro area, as well as a location in Flagstaff. Gift cards will be accepted at all ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ locations.
Grimaldi's will hold its regular hours on Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.   Â