The Parlor Pizzeria / Pathangay Architects with Aric and Jennifer Mei

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Text description provided by the architects. Far from Italy, in the desert city of Phoenix Arizona you can feel at ease that both great pizza and architecture are nearby. The Parlor Pizzeria, an adaptive-reuse project completed in 2009, was designed by local architect Navin Pathangay with Pathangay Architects and Phoenix based artist and restaurateur Aric Mei with help from Jennifer Mei and Blake Britton, a sculptor and furniture maker. The Parlor is a contemporary take on the traditional pizzeria, an evolution in sorts of Aric Mei's background with pizza and his family owned Nello's Pizzeria, which in itself is a local favorite. The combination of delicious food and mid-century modern architecture have proven to be a success with The Parlor, being recently awarded Best Pizza in Arizona by the Food Network and Pathangay Architects winning the 2011 Arizona Masonry Guild Award.