Caito's Glendale location has closed, effective Sunday, June 21. The sign on the window asks patrons to "visit us at our Chesterfield location."
Caito's Glendale was one of those "cursed locations," if you believe in such things. Years ago, 10012 Manchester was home to Teutenberg's, then to The Glendale Grill, Chesapeake Bagels, several BBQ establishments, including Pitmaster and Super Smokers...and I'm sure there are more. Several months ago, banners began appearing in Caito's front windows...advertising a new menu, new lunch specials, new dinner specials. Then came the curbside Coroplast signs offering even more specials. In my mind, such "signs of desperation" can often be replaced by a single one: "The End is Near."
In a March 2008 SLM feature on local pizza, SLM took a fancy to Caito's seafood pizza, a seafood and garlic lover's dream, the only local pizza I can recall that includes baby octopus. That pizza is available at Caito's remaining location, at 414 THF Blvd in Chesterfield.
Who will take on the shuttered location is anybody's guess...I would wager it won't be a pizza joint. Pi's second store, Pi Squared, will open in the Fall a little over a mile away at 10935 Manchester, former home to Two Nice Guys/Trattoria Two. I'm sure the Caito's saw the writing on the wall. -- George Mahe
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