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Poole'side Pies adds lunch hours

Award-winning chef Ashley Christensen's Poole'side Pies is now open for lunch Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A popular downtown Raleigh pizza restaurant is now serving lunch.

Award-winning chef Ashley Christensen's Poole'side Pies is now open for lunch Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

The full menu will be available, plus a few other items including a tomato and kale soup with white beans, rosemary and Parmigiano Reggiano, and an open-faced meatball sandwich.

Poole'side is the multiple James Beard Award-winning chef's sixth establishment in downtown Raleigh. Christensen also owns Beasley's Chicken and Honey, Fox Liquor Bar, Chuck's and Death and Taxes.
Poole'side, which opened in September, sits next to her first restaurant, Poole's Diner, on South McDowell Street. Poole's turns 12 this year, and Christensen and her wife, Kait Goalen, said they wanted to do something special with the space.

"We wanted to do something different from Poole's but also have a space that has some ties and connections to a place that's been so special to us," Christensen said earlier this year.

Poole'side Pies is twice the size of Poole's, meaning more space to make the restaurant's signature item - pizza.

Poole'side Pies (Photo by Lauren V. Allen)

Poole'side was four years in the making, with Christensen and Goalen doing a lot of research by visiting pizza places across the globe. A big part of developing Poole'side's pies was getting the dough just right. Christensen uses flour milled at Lindley Mills in Graham.

The pizzas are cooked in a Marra Forni Italian brick oven, which heats them up to a scorching 900 degrees.

Poole'side Pies (Photo by Lauren V. Allen)
Christensen won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef in May. The awards are often referred to as the "Oscars of Food."
Christensen previously won the James Beard Award for best chef in the southeast award in 2014. Two years later, her restaurant, Death and Taxes, was a finalist for best new restaurant in the country. Last year, Christensen was a finalist for Outstanding Chef.

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