Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!!

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (MiamiDon)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:49:53 GMT

According to the cool map on this website, there are at least 18 coal-fired pizza joints in NYC:

http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2007/11/slice-coal-oven-pizzeria-map.html

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (nicolem)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:48:46 GMT

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Originally posted by cecif

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Originally posted by nicolem

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Originally posted by exsquidao

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Originally posted by Ciaoman

A few of the comments on this thread talk about "wood-fired crust" or other references to wood at Pepe's. No wood. Please know that Pepe's (all locations) uses coal in its pizza oven, not wood. That's what makes Pepe's and a few other New Haven places unique.

It's my understanding that only NH has a coal fired oven having been grandfathered in before the clean air act, if I am wrong I accept that but please peovide documented proof that "all" locations have coal burning ovens. BTW I whole heartdly love NH style apizza.

Please expand on what you mean by "NH style apizza".

I believe "NH" means New Haven in this context, not New Hampshire.

Thanks. Gee I really got that one wrong, huh?

Sorry. I was just getting excited that there might be some other decent pizza places up here.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (exsquidao)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:46:04 GMT

Thanks FB excellant info.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (cecif)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:42:13 GMT

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Originally posted by nicolem

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Originally posted by exsquidao

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Originally posted by Ciaoman

A few of the comments on this thread talk about "wood-fired crust" or other references to wood at Pepe's. No wood. Please know that Pepe's (all locations) uses coal in its pizza oven, not wood. That's what makes Pepe's and a few other New Haven places unique.

It's my understanding that only NH has a coal fired oven having been grandfathered in before the clean air act, if I am wrong I accept that but please peovide documented proof that "all" locations have coal burning ovens. BTW I whole heartdly love NH style apizza.

Please expand on what you mean by "NH style apizza".

I believe "NH" means New Haven in this context, not New Hampshire.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (nicolem)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:23:49 GMT

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Originally posted by exsquidao

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Originally posted by Ciaoman

A few of the comments on this thread talk about "wood-fired crust" or other references to wood at Pepe's. No wood. Please know that Pepe's (all locations) uses coal in its pizza oven, not wood. That's what makes Pepe's and a few other New Haven places unique.

It's my understanding that only NH has a coal fired oven having been grandfathered in before the clean air act, if I am wrong I accept that but please peovide documented proof that "all" locations have coal burning ovens. BTW I whole heartdly love NH style apizza.

Please expand on what you mean by "NH style apizza". As a NJ transplant living in NH-it is extremely difficult to find a good or even decent pizza. Most of my experiences in pizza are way too thick or tomato sauce on cardboard. I do like Elvio's and we travel there to get our pizza. Giueseppe's in Meredith is ok. What specific places are you referring too?

Thanks,

Nicolem

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (leethebard)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:56:44 GMT

Thanks for the info...wood or coal fired,that's one hell of a pizza!!!

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (FrankBooth)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:03:37 GMT

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Originally posted by exsquidao

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Originally posted by Ciaoman

A few of the comments on this thread talk about "wood-fired crust" or other references to wood at Pepe's. No wood. Please know that Pepe's (all locations) uses coal in its pizza oven, not wood. That's what makes Pepe's and a few other New Haven places unique.

It's my understanding that only NH has a coal fired oven having been grandfathered in before the clean air act, if I am wrong I accept that but please peovide documented proof that "all" locations have coal burning ovens. BTW I whole heartdly love NH style apizza.

Pepe's Fairfield- definitely COAL fired.
Pepe's, Sally's, Modern, the Spot- ALL coal fired.

in NYC there are a few coal oven's grandfathered in (Lombardi's, one in the bronx whose name i forgot after very weak zza), but new haven's coal fired ovens give it the super snark. in NYC, the vast majority of brick ovens are WOOD fired (UPN, Anthony's, Franny's i believe), and the greatest pie in NYC (at Difara) is made in a simple metal pizza oven- NOTHING special ovenwise, VERY special pizzawise (grand pidana, reggiano parmigianno, MDB, fiori di late, fresh mozz, san marzanos- that's what i'm talking about).

and the 100 + year old ovens at Pepe's "The Spot" (the original pepe's oven- yes indeed) and at Sally's were originally bread ovens. those bricks have been seasoned for over 100+ years and that is a big part of the snark of the new haven pie. and if you want to really geek out about it, i've been told that the reason the pies in new haven are as outstanding as the great pies in Napoli is the mineral content of the water, meaning good and bad minerals, is similar and thus the crusts have a similar brilliance (think tortillas in the southwest in the desert and tortillas in NYC- barely the same product).

and FYI, when eating a new haven pie, if your hands are not covered in burnt black soot by the end of the meal, you've been eating your abeetz with a fork and a knife, and you biffed it. the burnt crust puts the new haven style pie over the top. and Dominic Demarco of Difara burns his crust too. and in italy, a char on the bottom of your pie is common in the greatest pizza spots. sure to each his own, but in certain pizzacentric circles, a nice char on the crust is a must! enjoy fb

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Roy)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:16:28 GMT

While I'm not able to supply a building permit, I can tell you that Manchester has a coal fired oven as I have seen it. The following link says that Pepe's is one of the few Ct. operations that has been grandfathered in for the coal fired ovens. http://pizzatherapy.blogspot.com/2007/10/pepes-opens-new-pizzeria-manchester.html

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (exsquidao)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:36:15 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Ciaoman

A few of the comments on this thread talk about "wood-fired crust" or other references to wood at Pepe's. No wood. Please know that Pepe's (all locations) uses coal in its pizza oven, not wood. That's what makes Pepe's and a few other New Haven places unique.

It's my understanding that only NH has a coal fired oven having been grandfathered in before the clean air act, if I am wrong I accept that but please peovide documented proof that "all" locations have coal burning ovens. BTW I whole heartdly love NH style apizza.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Ciaoman)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:26:35 GMT

A few of the comments on this thread talk about "wood-fired crust" or other references to wood at Pepe's. No wood. Please know that Pepe's (all locations) uses coal in its pizza oven, not wood. That's what makes Pepe's and a few other New Haven places unique.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (exsquidao)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:18:12 GMT

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Originally posted by hutt

Gotta disagree here: I think that "thing" is about the nastiest pizza-wanna-be that I've ever seen!

ROFL....I have only one thing to say....."mushy peas", I am sure they are MUCH better looking and TASTING than that pie.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (billyboy)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:17:35 GMT

Overdone? Not for me! I love flavor of the charred crust! The char is usually just on the exterior and the interior of the crust is still warm and chewy.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (David_NYC)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:08:05 GMT

I've only made it to the Pepe's in Fairfield; never made it into New Haven. Granted, the first pie shown at the top of the page (posting date: June 15th, 2008) is over done. But Pepe's pizza is one of those foods that tastes great in spite of the fact that it doesn't look as appealing as those dishes the food stylists of Gourmet magazine take great pains to make look good.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (UncleVic)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:06:53 GMT

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Originally posted by Greymo

I have one thing to say. Some people have a really different opinion of what a good pizza is supposed to be. Pepe's is up there with the best and it is wonderful.

Regional tastes my friend... When I heard salty, it turned me off.. Not saying I wouldn't sample it. But if you read the whole review, either the Pepperoni or Original look fantastic to me! At least the crust is not charred to all be......

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (JBarry713)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:43:12 GMT

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

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Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

The question is....Do They Deliver??

They never have, and praise God, never will.

Amen

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Greymo)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:30:01 GMT

I have one thing to say. Some people have a really different opinion of what a good pizza is supposed to be. Pepe's is up there with the best and it is wonderful.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:07:33 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

The question is....Do They Deliver??

They never have, and praise God, never will.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (billyboy)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:05:33 GMT

I had my first Pepe's pizza at the location in Manchester on the CT Tour in April and I loved it! Chris, Amy and I split a white clam pie and a tomato pie (no mozzarella). Loved them both. I'm a fan of the "less is more" philosophy when it comes to pizza.

I have to echo FrankBooth's comments, hutt. If you've tried it and it's a personal preference, that's one thing. But if you've never had one, try it first and THEN decide if it's good or not. There is a lot of Roadfood that ended up liking after having been introduced to it by this site, And I never would have thought to eat out of my comfort zone (sometimes) if not for RF!!

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (porkbeaks)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:41:43 GMT

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Originally posted by hutt

....... I think that "thing" is about the nastiest pizza-wanna-be that I've ever seen!

Talk about your "bloody rubbish".

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (joerogo)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:29:51 GMT

This is a very unique looking and tasting pizza. Not for everybody. Which is good because that makes the line shorter for the rest of us.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Davydd)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:37:26 GMT

Honestly, those photos of the pizzas are in no way good looking in a classical sense which just goes to show beauty may only be melted cheese deep. It is hard to comment about the taste of pizza by looks alone. After all Pizza Hut advertises beautiful looking perfectly arranged, proportioned and symmetrical pizzas.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (mayor al)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:26:50 GMT

The question is....Do They Deliver??

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Theedge)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:58:56 GMT

I just logged on and after seeing the picture I quickly began to question weather or not I’m really having salad for lunch.

Looks incredibly good!

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (cecif)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:43:28 GMT

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

As a New Haven native who had his first apizza at Frank Pepe's at the age of 4, all I can say is MAGNIFICENT! The plain pie -- the one with just tomato and grated cheese -- was always my favorite, but that might be because at 40 cents it was the only one I could afford as a kid. If you wanted mozzarella you had to pay 60 cents for an apizza. If you wanted mozzarella and sausage the cost was 80 cents. They didn't have pepperoni back then, thank God. Pepperoni was for sandwiches and salads, not appiza.

Holy cannoli, a totally positive Mr. Hoffman! Woo hoooooo!

FWIW, I actually think the photo does not remotely do justice to the wonderfulness that is Pepe's clam pizza.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:14:50 GMT

As a New Haven native who had his first apizza at Frank Pepe's at the age of 4, all I can say is MAGNIFICENT! The plain pie -- the one with just tomato and grated cheese -- was always my favorite, but that might be because at 40 cents it was the only one I could afford as a kid. If you wanted mozzarella you had to pay 60 cents for an apizza. If you wanted mozzarella and sausage the cost was 80 cents. They didn't have pepperoni back then, thank God. Pepperoni was for sandwiches and salads, not appiza.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (morningglory)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:39:36 GMT

Got to love some Jersey pizza. Was back home, in '05 and had one nice pie, from somewhere near Howell, NJ. It was so great. Beats anything out here in CA!

Just a nice simple pie, with sauce and muzz cheese...doesn't get much better than that...

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (leethebard)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:29:04 GMT

FrankBooth, You're so right...but if they don't want a Pepe's style pizza, or that luscious looking Pizza Uncle Vic posted,more for us!!!!!

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (Jimeats)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:29:01 GMT

hutt, You may want to revisit the thread and YOUR post about Beans for breakfast.
Moving on.

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (FrankBooth)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:20:50 GMT

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Yeah, a British citizen, born and raised in New York, where I remained for about 30 years, which means that out of very qualified judgement, and in my own personal opinion: about every one of the "pizzas" shown are crap.

wow, i personally think this sounds rather silly. you think the pizzas shown in the picture are crap based on the picture? have you ever eaten new haven style pizza (of which pepe's appizza, even in fairfield, is an excellent example)? i've grew up in both NYC and New Haven , and i can tell you, you'd be VERY hard pressed to find a pie in NYC that even comes close to that served at Pepe's (new haven OR fairfield locations). and yes, i've been going to difara for 15 years, long before he hit the cover of the voice, and yes i think UPN is a ripoff, and yes, i've eaten pizza in Napoli and all over italy MANY times and i can still safely say that calling a picture of a pepe's pizza, whatever it might be, "crap" is just plain silly. now if you've dined at Pepe's before and base your "opinions" (which personally sound a bit "trollish" to me) on a bad experience eating there, please do share this experience. but if you are purely basing your opinions on the picture... with all due respect- fb

RE: Today's photo:Pepe's Pizzeria!! (UncleVic)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:20:47 GMT

Yup, shrooms, green peppers, onion, black olives, tomatoes... Along with ham and pepperoni.