New pizza restaurant demolishes building next door

A vacant building that once housed a car-detailing business at 816 S. Patterson Blvd. was demolished on Monday, May 2, by its owners, who are gearing up to open Old Scratch Pizza next door.

The cleared space will be paved for a parking lot for the pizza restaurant and beer hall, Old Scratch co-founder Eric Soller said Monday.

The new pizzeria and beer hall will have communal seating and a casual environment, and will "celebrate the spirit of Neopolitan pizza," Soller told this news organization two weeks ago.

Soller said Old Scratch Pizza’s location — at the corner of South Patterson Boulevard and Stout Street, across from a Grismer Tire & Auto store — will benefit from its proximity to downtown Dayton, Miami Valley Hospital and the University of Dayton, including nearby UD Arena.

The 6,000-square-foot restaurant will have an open warehouse-like environment, with several wood-fired pizza ovens open to a large, 125-seat dining hall, Soller said. It will feature a variety of craft beers on tap.

Old Scratch Pizza could open as early as late summer, Soller said. It will be open for lunch and dinner, and will employ 30 to 40 people, he said.

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