One of Colorado Springs’ favorite pizza restaurants is preparing to open a new location downtown. Slice 420 Express will feature a limited menu built for speed, while still serving the quality pizza that has made it a community staple.
“This location is going to be a little different — smaller menu, faster service, BIG Slice420 flavor,” owner Christian Patriarca posted recently on Facebook.
The new satellite location will serve pizza by the slice and will be open for late-night service. Its pizza will be made with imported Italian flour and no seed oils. It is located at the site of the former Bento Heaven.
Patriarca posted a video tour inside the new location, showing its interior, kitchen work spaces and large PizzaMaster ovens, which he calls “a Ferrari, baby!”
Christian and Stefany Patriarca moved to Colorado Springs seeking medical marijuana treatments to help their daughter, Sophia, who suffered hundreds of seizures a day from Quad Spastic Cerebral Palsy. They opened Slice 420 in 2017, serving arguably the best New York-style pizza in the Springs. They currently have two locations, the Old Colorado City original and the east-side Oro Blanco restaurant.
The couple has also announced plans to add a sandwich shop to their OCC restaurant, but that expansion is still in its permitting phase.
Watch for Slice 420 Express to open before fall, and follow updates on the restaurant’s social media.
107 N. Tejon St.
