White Duck Taco owners to open pizzeria in River Arts District

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Owners of the wildly popular White Duck Taco in the River Arts District are branching out.

Pizza Pura will open in a soon-to-be vacant studio at Pink Dog Studios on Depot Street in April, according to Ben Mixson, a co-owner of White Duck Taco.

The restaurant will be run by Mixson and wife Laura Reuss, but the operation is a collaboration with Pink Dog owners Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer. Pizza Pura should be open by April 1 and will serve Neapolitan-style pies, Mixson says.

He added that he’s humbled by the love shown to White Duck since it opened, and looks forward to starting the new venture.

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Melissa December 12, 2012 - 7:59 am

Please have a gluten free option for crust and make my RAD dreams come true!!!

Jabob December 4, 2012 - 7:22 pm

Please have brick oven please have brick oven please have brick oven please have brick oven

Jennifer Saylor December 5, 2012 - 12:42 pm
red dawg December 4, 2012 - 5:40 pm

Dough from city bakery, just like tin can pizza.

Joshua Marc Levy December 4, 2012 - 2:30 pm

White Duck is great, But can they beat Marco’s? hahahaaaa, good luck. Best be fresh mozz and a brick oven to appeal to us NY’ers

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