Toronto'sEnzo Pizzabarhas shuttered its West Queen West shop, joining theexodus of restaurants that are vacating the neighbourhoodat the moment.

Rather than a victim of soaring rent, however, owner Ryan Menchella tells us that an American hospitality group bought his business, including his recipes and all assets related to the Enzo Pizzabar brand.

While Enzo's Queen Street outpost is deadpool, the US company will soon be opening locations in both Los Angeles and in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

Menchella isn't exiting the Toronto restaurant scene for good. Rather, he says he's working on a new project that'll be inside an undisclosed Toronto hotel. You can read the full note ownership has posted about the purchase/closure below.

Will you miss Enzo's and its "Big Mac" Americano pizza? Let us know in the comments.