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Get cheap pizza late at Mesa

It's late, you're hungry and you're nearly broke. Where to go? Mesa Pizza.

By Rick Nelson

December 17, 2011 at 8:25PM

Charlie Jude, Sartell MN, student at the University of MN takes a bite out of a slice Morlaya's Chicken from Mesa Pizza by the slice 1323 4th street SE. (Jm - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's late, you're hungry and you're nearly broke. Where to go? Mesa Pizza (1323 SE. 4th St., Mpls., 612-436-3006; and 1440 W. Lake St., Mpls., 612-206-3026, www.mesapizzamn.com). Jumbo slices start at $2.25, the toppings selection is enormous and the doors stay open late into the night: to 2:30 a.m. Monday through Wednesday and to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday in Dinkytown, and to 1 a.m. Thursday and to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday in Uptown.

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Rick Nelson

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Rick Nelson joined the staff of the Star Tribune in 1998. He is a Twin Cities native, a University of Minnesota graduate and a James Beard Award winner.