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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Mina Guillermino puts toppings on a pizza, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Celina DiBona slides a pizza into a box, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Celina DiBona slices a pizza while taking an order over the phone, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Debbie Moser reaches in the oven for a pizza, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Kathy Edwards talks to customers while refilling their drinks, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. Edwards has been waiting tables at the long-time pizza establishment for the past 30 years. The pizza place will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Celina DiBona places a pizza in the oven, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Sandy Royal talks to customers while refilling their drinks, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Kathy Edwards cleans a table, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. Edwards has been waiting tables at the long-time pizza establishment for the past 30 years. The pizza place will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
Celina DiBona,right, delivers pizza to the buffet table, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 inside L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa. The long-time pizza establishment will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
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L.J.'s Pizza is closing
L.J.'s Pizza in Mesa, shown Tuesday, April 19, 2011. The pizza place will close its doors in May. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]
Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:31 am
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Updated: 12:01 pm, Thu May 19, 2011.
Saturday is last day of business for LJ's Pizza in Mesa
Tribune
East Valley Tribune
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The owner of LJ’s Pizza will host a farewell for his restaurant
this Saturday, reversing initial plans to close the Mesa business
without announcing a final day.
Clay Moser told the Tribune in April he would shutter the
38-year-old pizzeria without fanfare, but the response from
customers triggered a change in heart. He now plans to serve 500
slices of cake and cut $5 off the normal $10.50 price for his pizza
buffet after 4:30 p.m. Saturday. LJ’s normally closes at 8:30 p.m.
but Moser will stay open until customers stop coming in or until he
runs out of food.
LJ’s peaked in the 1990s, serving 69,000 pizzas a year just at
the buffet. That dropped to 18,000 pizzas last year. Moser will
continue LJ’s catering after he closes the restaurant at 1038 E.
Main St. News of the closing drummed up interest in the pizzeria,
Moser said.
“Actually, we’ve been real busy,” he said. “If we’d been like
this all summer, I’d stay open.”
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Daisy12 posted at 11:53 am on Wed, May 18, 2011.
[sad] Clay, I can't believe you are closing. That was my first job when I moved to Mesa in 1978. I will have to come in one last time. You guys have the best pizza in the valley.