Naked City Pizza Debuts at El Cortez

Naked City Pizza

Address: El Cortez, 600 Fremont St.

Status: Open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday

Fremont East landed a new pizza place, this time inside El Cortez. Naked City Pizza takes over the former Pizza Lotto space at the Downtown resort. Pizza Lotto debuted in January 2016, taking over the former Cafe Cortez space.

Owner Christopher Palmeri, a favorite ion the local dining scene, opened Naked City in 2009 inside Moon Doggies Bar & Grill, then opened a second location on Paradise Road in 2014.

Daily slices, whole pizzas, subs, salads and more make the menu.along with the Guinea Pie with meatballs, spinach ricotta, mozzarella and white garlic sauce; the suicide fries; and chicken wings.

Naked City will find competition from neighbor Evel Pie, with its Evel Knievel decor, and Pizza Rock at the Downtown Grand.

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