Dining News: Pizzeria Urbano Reopens, Blackbird Temporarily Closed
May 28, 2015
We are excited to announce our re-opening today at Pizzeria Urbano. Your favorite #Midtown #pizza is back!
— Pizzeria Urbano (@PizzeriaUrbano) May 28, 2015
Two months after a fire at Pizzeria Urbano forced its closure, the restaurant at the MARRS building reopened today, it announced on Twitter.
According to a mid-April article by Janelle Bitker in Sac News & Review:
Apparently, one of Urbano’s ovens was too close to a wall. Gradually over time, the wall overheated and flamed up. It was quickly contained, but Ulloa needed to build a new wall. That process took serious time: “find a contractor, plans, bids, insurance,” Ulloa said, but most consuming is getting new permits from the city and the health department. Last week, Ulloa hoped his new wall would do the trick, but inspectors told him to rebuild on Friday.
At that time, they expected to reopen in early May. Like most restaurant construction projects, it took longer than expected.
Pizzeria Urbano is located at 1050 20th St., and can be found online at https://www.facebook.com/PizzeriaUrbano.
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