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Raffaeles Pizza to close May 30 after 52 years in Phoenix

🚫 After 52 years in Phoenix, Raffaeles Pizza is closing its original location on May 30 – it’s being demolished for what owner Billy Burns describes as “a QT-style 7-Eleven and another McDonald’s.”

Burns, who has run the beloved spot on the northeast corner of 19th and Glendale avenues for 31 of those years, broke the news on social media this week.

The good news: Raffaeles’ other location at 59th Avenue and Peoria in Glendale isn’t going anywhere.

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