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First look: second location for Back to the Foodture scheduled to open in new year

PITTSBURGH — Angel Magwood and Eddie Barnz were quick to draw in the curious and hungry when they brought their Back to the Foodture restaurant to the SouthSide Works last year with a family-friendly vibe, plenty of pop culture nostalgia and an expansive menu of wings, burgers and plenty of attention-getting ingredient combinations.

Now, they’re set to open in Uptown with the traditional goal of bringing diners in to sit down and enjoy a meal in person.

After originally shooting to open this past summer, Back to the Foodture on 5th is now scheduled to open on Monday, January 2, starting the new year in the former location of Blue Line Grill.

It’s a 6,300-square-foot location at 1014 Fifth Avenue across the street from PPG Paints Arena.

Barnz detailed how the larger scale of the space represents more than just another restaurant.

He said it’s six times the size of the South Side restaurant, in which the VIP party room will be as large as the SouthSide Works restaurant by itself.

Back to the Foodture on 5th will employ between 30 and 40 people.

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