IOWA CITY -- A popular Iowa City pizzeria is returning to downtown Iowa City after 10 years away.

The Wedge closed its most recent location at 521 Highway 1 on Dec. 29 to move into its new location at 113 Iowa Ave. That site, in between Joe's Place and Get Fresh Cafe, previously was home to Benders yoga studio.

The new location is tentatively set to open Jan. 3.

The move moves the hand-tossed pizzeria back downtown for the first time since 2014, when Iowa City Council terminated The Wedge's lease a year and a half early, at the restaurant's request. At that time, The Wedge was renting a city-owned space on the Ped Mall at 136 S. Dubuque St. for more than $6,200 per month.

The city gave The Wedge a $40,000 low-interest Community Development Block Grant in 2008 to help open the downtown location, which was repaid by the lease's termination.