Mario’s Pizza, a local North Carolina chain, plans to open a restaurant in Friendly Center in Greensboro next spring. It will be the third Mario’s location in Greensboro and ninth overall. The other two Greensboro locations are at 4215 Wendover Ave. and 1575 New Garden Road.
 
The new Mario’s will be in a 2,400-square-foot space between Midtown Olive Oil and the Joint. Mario’s is combining the two spaces previously occupied by Savory Spice and Which Wich at 3354 Friendly Ave., Suite 142.