ST. LOUIS — Hot Pizza Cold Beer has closed at 610 Washington Avenue downtown. The restaurant from the team behind Sugarfire Smoke House and Hi-Pointe Drive-In opened in February 2024 by the corner of Washington and North Sixth Street.

“Unfortunately, we are unable to keep our doors open,” a sign posted on Hot Pizza Cold Beer’s doors reads. “Thank you so much for your business and support!”

A call to the restaurant on Monday went unanswered, while a call to one of its co-owners was not immediately returned.

Hot Pizza Cold Beer took over the former Pi Pizzeria space on the same block as a Hi-Pointe Drive-In location and across the street from a Sugarfire Smoke House.

The restaurant's signature offering was the P.I.M.P. Slice, an oversized single slice of pizza. The slice cost $17, which

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