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Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza Raises More Than $4,000 for Moffitt Cancer Center to Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza donated 10 percent of all dine-in and take-out sales from its Tampa, Clearwater and Brandon restaurants every Tuesday in October to Moffitt Cancer Center in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month for a total of $4,744. Moffitt Cancer Center is one of only 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, a distinction that recognizes excellence in research, contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control.

Participating locations included Brandon (1912 W. Brandon Blvd.); Clearwater (2532 McMullen Booth Road); North Tampa (13020 N. Dale Mabry Highway); and South Tampa (1901 S. Dale Mabry Highway).

About Moffitt Cancer Center

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Located in Tampa, Moffitt is one of only 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, a distinction that recognizes Moffitt’s excellence in research, its contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. Moffitt is the No. 1 cancer hospital in Florida and has been listed in U.S. News & World Report as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for cancer since 1999. With more than 4,200 employees, Moffitt has an economic impact on the state of nearly $2 billion. For more information, visit MOFFITT.org, and follow the Moffitt momentum on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

About Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza

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Known for its high-energy atmosphere and signature menu items, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza uses 800-degree anthracite coal-burning ovens and the highest quality ingredients. Anthracite is known to be the “cleanest” of coals, burning smoke free with extremely high heat to create a unique taste and perfect pies. In addition to its famous pizzas, the restaurant’s simple and consistent menu features award-winning “Italian Soul Food” creations including coal-oven-roasted chicken wings with caramelized onions, pork ribs with vinegar peppers, home-style meatballs made from a family recipe and Eggplant Marino (named for NFL Hall of Fame Legend and Restaurant Partner Dan Marino). 

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza was voted Best Pizzeria, Best Wings and Best Local Chain in the 2013 Sun Sentinel/Southflorida.com Best of South Florida readers' poll, and has been chosen Best Pizza by the Miami Herald, Miami.com, Palm Beach Post and WFLA's iHeart Tampa Bay. The Brand was recently featured in the New York Times and has received rave reviews from Newsday. Anthony's food and service continually are ranked "very good to excellent" by Zagat Survey, the distinguished dining and entertainment ratings guide, and is a "Most Popular Restaurant" in Zagat's 2013 Miami/South Florida edition.
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