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Mamma Lucia's Pizzeria set to move after nearly 50 years on Wood Street

August 3, 2022 / 9:26 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - After nearly 50 years on the same block of Wood Street in Downtown Pittsburgh, Mamma Lucia's Pizzeria is being uprooted by new development.

According to a report from our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the restaurant plans to move to the Oliver Building along Smithfield Street in September.

PNC Financial Services Group bought the three-story building last year.

It's planning to tear the building down and build a new one as part of a redevelopment

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.