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 Scottsdale, AZ --- The highly anticipated Grimaldi&rsquo;s Pizzeria in the Palazzo, Las Vegas is now serving award-winning, hand-tossed, coal-fired brick oven pizzas and calzones, fresh salads and delicious desserts.&nbsp; Open for lunch and dinner, this location is the second on the Vegas Strip for the ever-expanding restaurant brand. 
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 The restaurant group, headed by CEO Joey Ciolli, is in a major expansion mode for Las Vegas and many other states. The company currently operates over 26 restaurants in Florida, Arizona, New York, and Nevada. Grimaldi&rsquo;s Pizzerias&rsquo; expansion plans for 2012 include Mount Pleasant South Carolina, Tampa Florida and various other sites TBA. 
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 In the world of pizza, Grimaldi&rsquo;s is an institution that has garnered more awards than any other pizzeria in the country with more celebrity sightings than most 5-star restaurants.&nbsp; Using only the freshest ingredients, a &ldquo;secret recipe&rdquo; pizza sauce, handmade mozzarella cheese and dough, Grimaldi&rsquo;s serves traditional pizza (as it began in Naples, Italy) in an upscale yet casual, family oriented pizzeria. 
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 Designed and built by hand, the coal-fired oven at Grimaldi&rsquo;s Pizzeria delivers a unique flavor and consistency that is just not possible from wood or gas ovens.&nbsp; Weighing in at 25 tons and heated by 100 pounds of coal per day, the oven heats up to 1,200 degrees.&nbsp; The intense heat of the oven evenly bakes the pies to create Grimaldi&rsquo;s famous crispy and smoky thin crust that Zagat has voted best pizza year after year. 
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 It has been said that the secret to true New York-style pizza is the water.&nbsp; Grimaldi&rsquo;s believes that too, going to great lengths to keep the integrity of the water used in the Brooklyn pizzeria by hiring a chemist to analyze and recreate the mineral content and exact composition of the water to ensure the dough tastes the same in Las Vegas. 
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 Grimaldi&rsquo;s offers guests a selection of beers as well as an extensive list of wines (by the glass and bottle) to complement their freshly prepared salads, hand tossed pizzas, calzones and famous desserts.&nbsp; For more information on Grimaldi&rsquo;s Pizzeria visit www.grimaldispizzeria.com.&nbsp; 
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 Media Contact: 
 Brittany Maroney 
 bmaroney@grimaldispizzeria.com 
 480-947-7100 
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