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<p><br />Scottsdale, AZ --- The highly anticipated Grimaldi&rsquo;s Pizzeria in Grapevine, Texas 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 ninth in Texas for the ever-expanding restaurant brand.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The restaurant group, headed by CEO Joey Ciolli, is in a major expansion mode for Texas and many other states. The company currently operates over 20 restaurants in Florida, Arizona, New York, and Nevada. Grimaldi&rsquo;s Pizzerias&rsquo; expansion plans for 2012 include Las Vegas, Tampa Florida and various other sites TBA.</p>
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<p>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. 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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>It has been said that the secret to true New York-style pizza is the water. 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 Grapevine.<br />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;</p>
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<p>Media Contact:&nbsp;</p>
<p>Brittany Maroney</p>
<p>bmaroney@grimaldispizzeria.com</p>
<p>480-947-7100</p>