Troiani to bring Papa J’s to Strip District building after Skybox plan falls through

PITTSBURGH — Papa J’s, a restaurant institution that ended a more than 30-year run in Carnegie when its building was lost in a fire in 2018, is set to return in the Strip District.

Owner Michael Troiani has applied for a new liquor license for a corporate entity called Papa J’s at the Twin Plaza Building LLC to establish a new version of the restaurant at 54 21st Street.

Perhaps best known as the previous location of Smallman Galley, which closed more than a year ago, the more than 6,000-square-foot restaurant space is in his family’s Twin Plaza Building, which also includes Pamela’s Diner and Peace, Love and Little Donuts.

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