While Chicago deep-dish pizza icons Lou Malnati’s, Gino’s East, and Giordano’s are slugging it out in Phoenix and the West Valley, Buddyz A Chicago Pizzeria is quickly taking over the East Valley.
Buddyz, which kicked off the recent surge of Windy City pizza imports when it opened in Queen Creek in 2013, opened a second location on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Gilbert in December 2016.
Now Buddyz has applied for a liquor license for a third location: The former Unwined wine bar space on the northeast corner of Desert Foothills Parkway and Chandler Boulevard in Ahwatukee.
Unwined, you may remember, closed in November 2016 when owners Jeff and Karen Stefl, along with their two sons, opened Twisted Cactus Brewing Company in Tempe.
No opening date has been announced for Buddyz Ahwatukee, but late October would be my guess.
