My Place Pizza closed for good in downtown Lancaster | What’s in store

My Place Pizza, which opened in downtown Lancaster nearly 40 years ago, is now closed and the space is available for rent.

The pizza shop next to the Griest building at 12 N. Queen St. was closed at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and appears to have never reopened. The last post on the restaurant’s Facebook page is March 17, 2020, stating that it will be closed “until further notice”.

My Place Pizza was owned and operated by Renato and Maddalena Carboni, who bought the building from Salvatore and Maria Caretti in 1997. The Carettis formed My Place Pizza in 1983. Maddalena Carboni and Maria Caretti are sisters.

My Place Pizza offered a menu of pizza along with hamburgers and hot and cold subs. There were also salads, cheesesteak sandwiches and some Italian dinners like lasagna and stuffed mussels. For many years, My Place Pizza also served beer, but the owners sold the liquor license in 2018 to Sheetz, who uses it at its convenience store in Ephrata Township, near Routes 322 and 222.

The Carbonis continue to own the building and are now offering the 4,600 square foot restaurant space for rent. Tamer Gomaa, a real estate agent at ReMax Pinnacle who represents the Carbonis, said they have received several inquiries in the short time the property has been on the market but are waiting to find the right tenant. He said it could continue as a restaurant or be used for something else.

The Carbonis did not respond to a message seeking comment on their decision to keep the restaurant closed.

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