Wood-fired pizza lovers rejoice: Mioposto is officially coming to Mercer Island.

The opening date for the new restaurant — estimated to be late summer or early fall of this year — will coincide with that of the Hadley apartment building that Legacy Partners plans. Mioposto will occupy 2,300 of the 9,000 square feet of building's retail space, and Legacy is currently negotiating leases with two other tenants.

Mioposto, "my place" in Italian, is a wood-fired pizzeria that exclusively uses locally made wood-fired ovens, domestically sourced olive oils and tomatoes, hand-stretched dough and Eastern Washington Applewood. In fact, the only cooking appliance in the kitchen is an oven.

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Source: http://www.mi-reporter.com/