The Hot Slice
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Pizza Today
316. Opening an Upscale Pizzeria in a Historic Building
35 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Hot Slice, we sit down with Mike Dew, the man behind one of the most intriguing pizza concepts in Northern Kentucky. Dew walks us through the realities of a longer-than-expected build-out, the quirks of a historic building and the creative ways he repurposed original wood flooring at Wayfarer Tavern in Dayton, Kentucky. Beyond a pizzeria menu he likens to a steakhouse, Dew shares how a thoughtfully curated, value-driven wine list turned his spot into an...