When I tell my friends, let’s go to Pizza Coming Soon, their eyes light up.

Because who doesn’t love pizza? Is it Neapolitan or New York style? Do they have gluten-free options? Sometimes I don’t have the heart to tell them that in fact the pizza place they were so excited about is not actually Italian. Nor does it have pizza. 

Pizza Coming Soon, nestled just west of Main at 179 E Pender St., stacked on top of the Dollar Store, is all about breaking perceptions. 

For years when I lived in Chinatown, I walked by the orange-clad awning with the dark staircase, a somewhat fraying exterior as unfortunately many are in Chinatown, assuming it was another standard establishment in the area.

I could not have been more wrong.

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