According to a report from AZCentral.com, “Sedona’s Picazzo’s Gourmet Pizza & Salads has opened its eighth Arizona restaurant at 11340 W, Bell Road in Surprise and is looking at opening additional locations in metro Phoenix.”

“The company also has sit-down restaurants in Tempe, Goodyear, North Scottsdale and Paradise Valley in addition to Casa Grande, Sedona and Flagstaff. A Lake Havasu restaurant is expected to open later this year. Dennis Daniel, Picazzo’s operations manager, said the company is expanding during the recession because of the availability of good locations at reasonable lease rates. The first Picazzo’s opened in Sedona in 2002 . The restaurants sell a variety of salads, pastas and traditional or gluten-free pizzas.”