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Frank Pepe’s quality is end result of 93 years of tradition

Jun 22, 2018 578

BY: Suzanne McLaughlin

Gary Bimonte, grandson of Frank Pepe, said Frank Pepe put New Haven on the map for thin crust pizza. Frank Pepe founded the original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana on Wooster Street in New Haven in 1925. Since 2007, the family has expanded the original restaurant to 10 locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. 

The location at 221 Buckland Hills Drive, Manchester, was the second restaurant expansion, following Fairfield in 2007. Bimonte, one of seven grandchildren in the business, said his job is quality control, to ensure all locations serve the same high quality pizza. The coal-fired oven in all locations ensures the “crispy, charred, chewy crust,” he said.

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SOURCE: http://www.journalinquirer.com

TAG : Food New Haven Connecticut

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