If you’ve been dying for a taste of Wy’East Pizza, the new restaurant at 5601 W. Vliet St. which we featured this past summer, you can get your first bite this weekend.
According to owners James Durawa and Ann Brock, the new pizza shop, which replaces Papa Joe’s Pizza & Pasta, will be hosting a soft opening this weekend.
The menu will be limited, but we’re hoping they’ll have options like the "Hot Marmot," a pizza featuring sweet and hot goathorn peppers that was their best-seller when they operated as a food truck in Portland, Ore.
Hours for the soft opening will be Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 4:30 to 10 p.m. Phone in orders will not be taken for the time being.
Wy’East has undergone an extensive remodel, including a fully gutted interior and a new parking lot, which is being poured this week. Once all details are in order, the restaurant will have both dine-in and carry out options, as well as patio seating.
Watch OnMilwaukee for more details as they develop.
Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with each and every dish. She’s had the privilege of chronicling these tales via numerous media, including OnMilwaukee and in her book “Milwaukee Food.” Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club.
When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or recording the FoodCrush podcast, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.
.jpeg)
