KFC/Pizza Hut Announces Date For Umatilla Opening

    A year later, the planned Pizza Hut/KFC restaurant in Umatilla is set to open. Workers this week said both restaurants are set to open on Tuesday, May 23. The operation will be located along SR 19 in front of the Save-A-Lot Plaza, and across from the Olde Mill Stream RV Resort.
   The opening will mark the end of a nearly year-long project that began last summer with the demolition of a stand-alone Pizza Hut restaurant at the same location. That building had been in service for decades, and was removed to make room for the new combo building, which will include a drive-through for the KFC operations.
   Additionally, while Pizza Hut is part of the new operations, there will be no dine-in pizza option. The old restaurant featured a large dining room and salad bar, but the new location will have neither, instead operating only as a pickup and delivery location.
   The KFC location will be new for Umatilla, with the previous closest KFC location residing on US 441 in the Golden Triangle area.