Springfield drive-thru to open pizza, sub restaurant this spring

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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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

A Springfield drive-thru will expand their business to include a pizza and sub sandwich restaurant this spring.

Tracy Shirk and Shane Shirk, lifelong Springfield residents, own Pit Stop drive-thru at 1815 Columbus Ave.

The couple have been running the drive-thru since July as they worked to refurbish and add equipment to the rest of the building to fully open it as Pit Stop Pizza & Subs.

The business will host a grand opening car cruise-in at their location on April 1 from noon to 4 p.m. to unveil their dine-in and take-out pizza and sub restaurant.

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

Tracy said seeing people come in to gather snacks – like coney dogs, candy and soda – for the day has brought her joy. Customers can pull up to a window for the shop and pick up other convenience store items, too.

“We’ve already seen a lot of people come in,” she said. “It’s very exciting.”

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 dining room and offer pizza and sub sandwiches. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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