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LAFAYETTE’S PIZZA ARTISTA EXPANDING TO BATON ROUGE’S ROUZAN DEVELOPMENT

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Pizza Artista is opening a new location in Baton Rouge with self-pour beer and wine. They plan on making this location the catalyst for eastern franchise growth.

*Original Source: 225 Magazine

Lafayette’s Pizza Artista is moving into the Baton Rouge market, according to Daily Report. The new location will be in the commercial section of Rouzan, the 100-acre Traditional Neighborhood Development on Perkins Road.

The move is part of a larger push by the owners—Scott and Cynthia McClaskey and Kirk Miller—to expand the Pizza Artista franchises for the create-your-own pizza eatery, says Brent Struthers, of Beau Box Real Estate, who handled the Rouzan lease. They opened a corporate-owned Lake Charles location in 2016, and they hope the Baton Rouge restaurant will serve as a catalyst for eastern franchise growth into markets like Denham Springs, New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.

“We know we already have a good following (in Baton Rouge),” says Scott McClaskey, a former Central resident who adds Rouzan will be a good fit for the brand. “It’s a bigger market, and we would love to expand and bring our pizza to our friends and make new friends.”

The restaurant will occupy a 2,700-square-foot space directly across from Sprouts and will accommodate roughly 60 people. It will also bring features being tested in the Lafayette market, like a self-pour beer and wine tap wall.

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