The new Pizza Pizza location can be found at 1735 Grafton Street and is owned by Grafton Connor, a Halifax-based company that also owns The Fishermen Restaurant & Grill, The Grafton Street Dinner Theatre, Cheers, Taboo Nightclub and several other bars and restaurants throughout Nova Scotia. The new store is the first in the chain that caters to eastern Canadian cravings for everything pie.

"We would like to extend a warm welcome to the Grafton Connor team for joining the Pizza Pizza family," said Pat Finelli, chief marketing officer for Pizza Pizza. "Our franchises play an active role in the communities they serve. We welcome the opportunity to participate in the future growth of Halifax."

In addition to the traditional Pizza Pizza menu, the team will add Halifax-style donairs, with the meat and sauce prepared in store. Only found at the Halifax location, the donairs are made with grilled spicy beef served on a warm pita with diced onions, tomatoes and donair sauce. Customers can also order donair pizza, which is made from Pizza Pizza's classic dough, donair sauce, mozzarella cheese, donair seasoned meat, red onions and sliced tomatoes.

"We are excited to be the first Pizza Pizza location on the east coast," said Don Walker, corporate chef for Grafton Connor. "My experience at the Pizza Pizza training centre in Toronto could not have been better. Our store is ready to deliver to the community and we are lucky to be part of this growing family."