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ZaLat Pizza opens third Plano location
A third ZaLat Pizza location has opened in Plano. (Makenzie Plusnick/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Zalat Pizza opened a third Plano location Sept. 30 at 3909 W. Parker Road, Ste. 102. The business specializes in specialty and traditional pizzas made with homemade dough and sauce and all-beef pepperoni cooked in old-school deck ovens rather than on conveyor belts. 469-821-0420. www.zalatpizza.com
By Olivia Lueckemeyer
Olivia Lueckemeyer graduated in 2013 from Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in journalism. She joined Community Impact Newspaper in October 2016 as reporter for the Southwest Austin edition before her promotion to editor in March 2017. In July 2018 she returned home to the Dallas area and became editor of the Richardson edition.
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