Photos: Pizzeria Bianco now open
The long-awaited pizzeria opened in downtown Tucson today.
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Chris Bianco, center, helps rotate a focaccia bread in the wood-fired oven with back house manager Scott Girod, left, during the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Mo, right, and Rose McCool clink their wine glasses as pizza-hungry customers pack the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014, in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Some patrons lined up more than an hour before the 4 p.m. soft opening to sample owner Chris Bianco's hailed pizza pies. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Jesse Alberson, 46, who was first in line, downs some of the first product from the wood-fired oven as customers pack the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Gaetanno Iacono serves the first Pizzeria Bianco pizza, the "Sonny Boy", to the first customer in line, Jesse Alberson, during the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Mia Bianco, wife of owner Chris Bianco, opens the door to greet pizza-hungry customers pack the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Pizza-hungry customers, from left, Vince Desi, Weldon Ferrell and Mike Jaret line up in the sidewalk for the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Mia Bianco, right, wife of owner Chris Bianco, opens the door to greet a line of pizza-hungry customers during the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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General manager and partner David Garland, left, shakes the hand of the first customer in line, Jesse Alberson, after he enjoyed the first pie from the wood-fired over at the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Chris Bianco, right, serves up the first pizza pie, a "Sonny Boy", for Gaetanno Iacono to take to a table during the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Chris Bianco, right, serves up the first pizza pie, a "Sonny Boy", for a customer during the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Chris Bianco, right, serves up the first pizza pie, a "Sonny Boy", for a customer during the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Hostess Breanna Jungbluth pours a dash of water into tealight candles on tables in advance of the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Owner Chris Bianco, left, and back house manager Scott Girod put freshly-baked focaccia bread out to cool.
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Pizza-hungry customers sit at the bar for the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco.
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Owner Chris Bianco, left, stretches out dough for focaccia bread as back house manager Scott Girod, right, tends to loaves in the wood-fired oven.
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Pizza-hungry customers line up for the soft opening of Pizzeria Bianco, 272 East Congress St., on Thursday.