2 Springfield food businesses for sale: Longtime deli and drive-thru, pizza place on market

Mike & Rosy's Deli, a longtime Springfield business, was recently posted for sale. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

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Mike & Rosy's Deli, a longtime Springfield business, was recently posted for sale. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Two local businesses in Springfield are now up for sale, including a well-known northside deli spot and an eastside drive-thru and pizza place.

The owners of Mike & Rosy’s Deli and Pit Stop Pizza & Drive Thru are selling their businesses.

Mike & Rosy’s Deli, located at 330 W. McCreight Ave., was a popular spot for Wittenberg University students for several years. Mike Wagner and Bob Rosencrans opened the restaurant in 1977.

It is now operated by Wagner’s son. The menu includes steamed sandwiches, bagels, pizza, soups, salads and appetizers like nachos and wings.

Rosy’s Press Box, which opened in 2006 and served alcohol, is closed.

The restaurant is being sold through Zachary Fries at Pryor Realty for $1.87 million.

Pit Stop Pizza & Drive Thru, located at 1815 Columbus Ave., is owned by Tracy and Shane Shirk.

The two have run the drive-thru since July 2022. They then refurbished and added equipment to open the pizza and sub shop in the spring of 2023.

The drive-thru was formerly Gibson’s carry-out, but the previous business owner sold the building due to illness.

The business is being sold through The Comer Group at Coldwell Banker Heritage for $750,000, according to a post on its Facebook page.

The restaurant has appetizers including breadsticks, mozzarella sticks, pretzel bits and mini tacos; pizzas, subs, as well as items not on the menu.

For more information, visit the business on Facebook at “Pit Stop Pizza & Drive Thru.”

Shane and Tracy Shirk along with their son, Shane Jr., are excited to open Pit Stop Pizza & Subs on April 1, 2023. The restaurant, located on Columbus Avenue in Springfield, has featured a drive thru window since last summer where you can buy convenience store items along with coney dogs and sloppy joe sandwiches but soon will feature a dinning room and offer pizza and sub sandwiches. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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