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Frank Pepe Pizzeria Re-visited

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Learn to Make Pizza at: http://pizzatherapy.com/ Let’s face it, when you go to Pepe’s you expect a quality pizza. You know your pizza will contain top quality ingredients. You expect the pizza to be cooked in a coal fired oven. You know you are in a for a positive pizza experience. So when 11 members of the official Pizza Therapy Taste Testers descended on Pepe’s we were expecting nothing less than a high quality pizza experience. And Pepe’s did not disappoint us. Because of the diversity of the group (both ethnically and ethically) we decide on three different pizzas. For the seafood lovers (hey, everybody in the group was a seafood fan), we ordered the original clam pizza. This was Frank Pepe’s signature pie. Hey, Frank Pepe invented the clam pizza. you can see the whole story right here. (BTW, you can also listen to more pizza interviews at this link) . The standard clam is not made with “mootz” (mozzarella), just a sprinkling of Parmesan. The pizza just oozes with cl...

Back at Pepe's, Again

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I couldn't believe it. Here I was back at my favorite pizza place in the world, Pepe's Pizzeria. We could hardly wait to order. Of course, we ordered the famous clam pizza. We wanted to try something a little different so we got half pepperoni and have bacon. OK we had ordered this before, but it was like the first time! The pizza was as usual fantastic. I am always amazed at the incredible consistency and quality of Pepe's pizza. I just love the taste! I was able to vist with Gary Bimonte , a true Legend of Pizza. . Gary ,was his usual positive self. I even did a short interview with him. He explained Pepe's , will be opening another location in Manchester, Connecticut. I had to ask him about a Pepe's in Hawaii... he said that "would be a beautiful thing". I can keep dreaming about that one! I had to order a large pepperoni to go. We had it for breakfast. It was still great the next day... I am very excited to be back in New England. I plan on continuing...