A popular pizza shop in the Gayborhood was shut down this week for operating without a license.
Licenses & Inspection posted a cease-operations sign on the door of 13th Street Gourmet Pizza late Thursday night, ordering the venue shuttered. According to the sign, the shop, at 209 S. 13th St. — long a haven for late-night Gayborhood revelers who gave it the moniker “Gay Pizza” — did not have a license to serve food. Such licenses are required for any food establishment “where food is prepared or served for consumption,” according to L&I. Such venues include restaurants, delis, caterers, bars and grocery stores making sandwiches and serving beverages.
The sign includes a note that the violation can be overridden by the attainment of a food license. Calls to the pizza shop were not immediately returned. It is unclear if the store will pursue a food license to reopen.