Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

I needed some time to figure out how to go about this review and I want to start off by saying this was a pickup order in the late afternoon of Halloween. I think eating in store, or pickup on a less busy day would increase the score. However, I have to rate what I was served. Overall I was disappointed with this pizza. Based on the reviews and prestige I was expecting a high score, however this was not the case. The first thing I noticed was the grease. This pizza was drowning in it and wet to the touch. This caused it to be floppy and hard to eat, and super messy. I enjoyed the taste of the crust but it definitely needed to be cooked more. The sauce and cheese didn’t blow me away and felt average. The sauce definitely needed some flavor and zest or tang. If this pizza was cooked more and given some more love, I could see its score increasing. Might have to go back.

first timer

What a great, legendary slice. It wasn’t as sweet as I would have liked, and doughyier than advertised. Still really good. 7.9

It's my 10

Ok. So I tried Frank Pepe about 2 hours after trying Sallys. Wanted to basically try a head-to-head review. Franks is getting the same score as sallys for different reasons. First, Franks crust is just better. Second, Their sausage was also better. More flavorful. That being said Sallys was more flavorful basically stemming from the sauce. If you could put Sallys sauce on franks crust you would have a masterpiece.

Solid stuff. Wish there was a little more char/not quite so chewy.

No line, seated immediately, ordered quickly and the pizza came out in seemingly no time. Ordered an Original Tomato with Mozz. Bake was a bit lighter than usual (and lighter than what the photo looks like), so only the outer rim had any crunch and the rest was chewy and soft. But crust flavor and moisture were spot on. Sauce was tangy but a bit bland - needed some granulated garlic (on every table) to push it to its best. Cheese was just right in terms of distribution and flavor, and there was little oil on top - perfect! A little harder bake and this is at least a 9.0.

Yeah…solid 8.5. Great pizza! It screams welcome to New Haven…we got you…and your taste buds.

Sally’s Wins!

Hot waitress but sadly mid. Needed more sauce and didn’t fw garlic taste. Good crust tho