Pizza Style: Apizza (OG New Haven)
Venue Style: Midscale dining with only pizza offerings
Food Orders: Classic Cheese, Spinach, Mushroom & Gorgonzola – with Sausage, ½ Original Tomato & ½ Quattro Fromaggi (sans goat) & Classic Pepperoni
Beverage Choice: Pitchers of Moretti Beer
Lg Cheese Pizza: $18.50 (18”)
Attendees: Bobli, Ellios, Celeste & Tombstone
Guests: None
The Holy Trinity of accouterments was present on every table.
We know what you’re all thinking “What can the Guys say about Frank Pepe’s that hasn’t already been regurgitated by pizza enthusiasts a thousand times over?” Wait a sec…we’ve got one for ya, how about not living up to the hype! Now now, before all of you Frank Pepe’s fanatics lose your minds and collectively head out to lynch The Slice Guys, we feel that, given the prestige of Frank Pepes, an explanation is warranted here. Frank Pepe’s Chestnut Hill is the newest location in the Frank Pepe Empire. And of note, a few of the Slice Guys have had pizza from the original New Haven, CT location and the Manchester, CT location. We can attest that pizza from these locations is pure pizza nirvana. And is it the expectation set by these locations that we are basing our review of Frank Pepe’s Chestnut Hill.
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