Cavalli Pizza to open branch in McKinney in late August

by Teresa Gubbins

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It's the only Dallas-area pizzeria certified by the Verace Pizza Napoletana.

MCKINNEY — Cavalli Pizza, the only Dallas-area pizzeria certified by the Verace Pizza Napoletana association as Neapolitan-style pizza like that made in Italy, is expanding beyond its original branch in Irving with a second outlet in McKinney.

The McKinney branch will open at the end of August in the Adriatica complex, a mixed-use development on Virginia Parkway in McKinney, west of US 75.

Husband-and-wife owners Clara and Paolo Cavalli chose McKinney for their second location because they recently moved there, and they fell in love with the complex as a place where their pizza would fit in.

"They're trying to reproduce a European village, with everything rendered in stone," Paolo said. "Eventually, they'll add a farmers market and a lifestyle center and some other shops."

The McKinney Cavalli's will serve pizza and more.

"It'll be the same pizza -- nothing has changed in our recipe, it's the same Neapolitan style, but we're adding a list of what we're calling Italian tapas –- appetizers, first dishes, unique items," he said. "We're also adding a wine bar. We'll have a full bar, and that will be different from Irving."

Speaking of Irving, it's "going great," he said.

"We have a great team of employees," he said. "We recently repainted and have done a couple remodeling projects.

"We've found our demographic there. There's a strong Italian community, and we have people that come from all over. We have a group of pilots who come in from Wichita Falls, and another group of people who drive down from Oklahoma City."

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