Hotlips Pizza, known for a unique line of soda pop and creative pizzas, is closing three of its remaining five locations.

Hotlips Pizza, known for a unique line of soda pop and creative pizzas, is closing three of its remaining five location.

Portland institution Hotlips Pizza will close three of its five restaurants, effective immediately.

The 39-year-old business, known for local ingredients and fruit sodas, announced Monday that it would close locations at Northeast 33rd Avenue and Killingsworth Street, in the Hollywood District and near Providence Park, citing economic and labor issues, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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