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New Pizza Shop in Rye

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I was walking down Purchase St. in Rye tonight when I passed a brightly lit storefront with 15-20 people inside having a meeting.  Then I saw the name outside and whoaaa… that made me stop in my tracks and do a double-take: “HomeMade Pizza Co.” … Read More

Taste Test: Frank Pepe Yonkers vs. New Haven

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The most noticeable difference between the Frank Pepe in Yonkers and the Frank Pepe in New Haven?  No wait.  When I visited my friend Veronica up in New Haven several months ago, we waited in line for a good 15 minutes before stepping in the … Read More

A First Visit to SoNo: Strada 18

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Norwalk, CT, specifically South Norwalk, has developed a reputation as a restaurant hotbed.  The area even has its own hip nickname: SoNo.  And yet, despite being only about a 20 minute drive, I’d never eaten there. Got my first look and taste of SoNo at … Read More

Here’s Johnny’s! (Pizzeria)

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Had I visited Johnny’s Pizzeria when I first moved back to NY, I would probably have never written the Sal’s post lamenting the lack of high-quality Westchester pizza — a post which looks sillier and sillier by the day.  We have good pizza. Maybe it’s … Read More

The Mother of All Pizza Slices at Portofino

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Calling Portofino’s pizza slices “large” would be a gross understatement, like saying Yao Ming is “tall.”  No, we need a better word… Vast?  Epic? Galactic? I’m not kidding, a person could travel far and wide and never come across a pizzeria serving slices this big. … Read More