BethlehemSteel wrote:
Next time out I will give it a try
Saw the photos and it's got that hybrid Chicago and NY shape
If you real pizza dagos want to try some of the best ny style thin
New Haven Frank Pepe's
So many great pizza joints in this great nation
I'll also say the real best is in the homeland over the pond expecially in the northern parts
In the process of moving my son to New York City last spring, I passed through New Haven and stopped at Frank Pepe's three times over the course of four weekends. Since then, a combination of being a dumbass and wanting to make it as easy as possible for my kid to come home to New Hampshire from time to time, I've agreed to pick him up in New Haven...last stop on the Metro line.
Anyway, Pepe's is like Vinnie's light. Has that good char on the bottom of some slices, bit misshapen, but for those of you that know Pittsburgh's best pizza joints, Pepe's is more like Mineo's. Vinnie's...you eat two slices, and the third is a challenge, and the fourth is only for the seriously committed glutton (like me). Pepe's...my son and I polished off the whole thing on the drive from New Haven to New Hampshire.
Pepe's is a cool place...huge ovens, ten-foot paddle to move the pies in and out. Then...girl at the counter asked me if I want the pizza cut, and I'm thinking why the fuck would I not want it cut. I say I do, and she goes into her Jack the Ripper routine and cuts it into about 85 slices. Seriously, there large pie has about 24 or so small slices.
Good pie, Frank Pepe's...not as good as Vinnie's. I had this argument with RON over a decade ago. He came to Pittsburgh, said he tried Vinnie's and it was just ordinary. Well, 'ol Ron had gone to Vincent's of Greentree, who Vince ended up suing for co-opting his name. 'Course, not surprisingly, Vince had never gone through the process of legally protecting his name so the suit went nowhere.