GON
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A bit of a technical video on how Frank Pepe's makes what many people testify is "The Most Historical And Best Pizzeria In U.S.A!".
The Most Historical And Best Pizzeria In U.S.A! Frank Pepe's
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My daughter lives close to them. She said people wait in lines that go around the block sometimes. She said it IS worth it. She promised to take me next time I go visit her.
It is very, very good, but living in Massachusetts with its preponderance of Greek style pizza (thick, gooey, greasy, generally bad), it doesn't take much to impress me with a good pie!
We have a similar one nearby.
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GON
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One of the rules of life. Never order Italian food made by Greeks.
I had a Pepe's pizza once. It didn't look so good- it was mind blowing great. You will walk away much more than just impressed. Lifetime taste memory.
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'Best' is subjective and not much else... personally I don't care the least bit for scorched crust like that, leads to a bitterness most of the time.
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Been going to the one in Westmont since it opened. Now that there’s a Tacconelli’s nearby…. Oh the options.
Used to walk to Star Tavern as a kid. Just had pizza Wednesday night at Vic's in Bradley Beach...NJ is a target rich environment when it comes to exceptional pizza.
He said in the video that new customers “sometimes don’t understand”.
They say “coal fired”.
Is this actual coal, or charcoal?
Is this actual coal, or charcoal?
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When I had Pepe's pizza, I took the pizza out of the box, thought it was burnt. Asked myself what the big deal was about for a burnt, not great looking pizza.
After the first bite- I saw the light. Wow, what a memorable pizza. Just WOW.
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I believe it is coal.
It's all about the char and you can only get it with a coal or wood burning oven
That's the one I go to also. I like Tacconelli's too.
Real actual coal.
That oven is a serious piece of kit and basically unreplaceable.
Coal used to be the differentiator between a real old school place and a wanna be.
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i'd like to have a pizza from that pizza shop 
i never have anything good anymore it seems like.
i never have anything good anymore it seems like.
Were in a little redneck town about 45 min west of Nashville.
Wish we had an actual italian pizzeria, but the ancestry around these parts is mostly Scots-Irish/English/German.
I like anchovies, but you probably wouldn’t even want to try ordering a pie with anchovies around here, or, in most of the south, for that matter. Just not really a part of the culture - not many people of Italian, Greek, otherwise Mediterranean ancestry around here, historically.
Either they’d look at you like you were gross or crazy, or youd end up with something out of a can that might not be too good!
Nashville proper might have a decent actual Italian-style pizzeria or 2.
Wish we had an actual italian pizzeria, but the ancestry around these parts is mostly Scots-Irish/English/German.
I like anchovies, but you probably wouldn’t even want to try ordering a pie with anchovies around here, or, in most of the south, for that matter. Just not really a part of the culture - not many people of Italian, Greek, otherwise Mediterranean ancestry around here, historically.
Either they’d look at you like you were gross or crazy, or youd end up with something out of a can that might not be too good!
Nashville proper might have a decent actual Italian-style pizzeria or 2.
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