By TONY TAGLAVORE, Journal Services

A popular Shreveport pizzeria, which has served customers at the same location for more than 40 years, will soon be moving.

Smitty’s Pizza, at 9375 Mansfield Road, announced in a Sunday night Facebook post it “will be moving closer to the middle of Shreveport.” However, the post did not name the new location, reading, “We will announce once it has been confirmed.”

Representatives of Smitty’s thanked the people who live in Southern Hills, saying that part of town “has been very kind to us and we will miss everyone from that area that has supported us.”

The post did not indicate a specific date for the move, reading that it “will take place very soon, even possibly in the next one-and-a-half months.”

The move, as indicated in the post, is necessary because the owner of the building in which Smitty’s is located wants to sell the building.

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