Whispers has it that the immensely successful Deluca’s Pizzeria of Hot Springs wants to open its second store in the Breckenridge Village Shopping Center in Little Rock in the month of November. This shopping center was severely damaged by the storm that occurred on March 31.
The proprietor, Anthony Valinoti, who established the pizza restaurant in Hot Springs in 2013, stated that the storm caused a delay in preparations; nonetheless, the facility in the retail center ought to be open by the end of the year.
Recently, Deluca’s celebrated its tenth year of being in business in the Spa City.
The pizza shop has been recognized on a national level for the quality of its pies, earning it a number of honors.
David Portnoy, who works for Barstool Sports, dined at the establishment earlier this year and gave the pizza there an 8.7 rating, which is a grade he reportedly rarely gives out.
Since then, there have been patrons waiting in lines that snake outside of its location on Central Avenue in Hot Springs.
Breckenridge Village, located on North Rodney Parham Road, was purchased by JTJ Restaurants for the price of $11.3 million in May 2022. Since then, the company has been striving to bring the shopping center back to life by opening new restaurants there and giving it a facelift.