Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers ---

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (jimmyonspot)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:38:10 GMT

David_NYC

Jimmy:
How would you compare Pepe's to Catania's in the Tanglewood Shopping Center?

Obviously it up too individual tastes but Catania's has the BEST calzones and salad pizza ! I like Pepe's pizza overall !

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (EatingTheRoad)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:43:47 GMT

jimmyonspot

We went to Frank Pepe Pizzeria in Yonkers the other day. We been to New Haven Pepe's before and love the crispy crunchy pizza. The place was packed and luckily the Pizza was awesone. We had the White Clam Pie and the Sausage n rooms Pie and they were the best ! They match the great Pizza I had at New Haven ! The crust is crunchy and chewy and the Pies are heavenly tasting. It been a long wait but Finally we have GREAT Pizza in Yonkers, NY ... no more commutes to New Haven, CT

Very good to hear. I maybe be able to get out there and try it soon.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (David_NYC)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:54 GMT

Jimmy:
How would you compare Pepe's to Catania's in the Tanglewood Shopping Center?

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:44:10 GMT

What has happened in Yonkers??

I grew up there in the 50s and 60s and every pizza joint had great pizza.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (jimmyonspot)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:32:48 GMT

We went to Frank Pepe Pizzeria in Yonkers the other day. We been to New Haven Pepe's before and love the crispy crunchy pizza. The place was packed and luckily the Pizza was awesone. We had the White Clam Pie and the Sausage n rooms Pie and they were the best ! They match the great Pizza I had at New Haven ! The crust is crunchy and chewy and the Pies are heavenly tasting. It been a long wait but Finally we have GREAT Pizza in Yonkers, NY ... no more commutes to New Haven, CT

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (asegidoc)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:01:15 GMT

I moved away from yonkers in 1980,but my late father ran epstein's deli there til the summer of 07.
glad pepe's is there,but nearby pizza beat and carlos also have fine pies!!,as does catanias in tanglewood
hopefully there is business for all

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (TJ Jackson)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:35:47 GMT

Well, it is certainly good to know that the people of Yonkers will finally, after this pizzeria gets a chance to work out the opening-week kinks Bruce and Sue mentioned, have a chance to experience what truly good actually pizza is; and thereafter will have a reasonably good benchmark to compare good pizza to, wherever their life may take them, throughout the remainder of their lives.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:56:24 GMT

NYPIzzaNut

I can't believe tastes have changed in Yonkers - their pies were always like NYC pies - or the pizzeria didn't get thru its first year.

That's sad. But, I guess it would be silly to expect a pie from New York to come very close to the wonder of a New Haven apizza.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:08:28 GMT

I have not lived in Yonkers since 1970 or so but the pizza anywhere in Westchester County used to be as good as any in NYC.

I know from visiting my sister a while back in Hopewell Junction in Dutchess County that the times they are a changing concerning pizzas in NY - the ones we got from the local pizzeria had lousy crusts - it was like buying one in Cincinnati if you didn't know where to go.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (the ancient mariner)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:27 GMT

I have been a fan of Pizza and Brew for years. They are right up the street
from Frank's--------always good Pizza even if they are across the city line into Scarsdale.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:53:00 GMT

I can't believe tastes have changed in Yonkers - their pies were always like NYC pies - or the pizzeria didn't get thru its first year.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:51:06 GMT

I agree with all three posts above. I worry that they might tweak the recipe for local tastes, but I wouldn't yet say that is happening in Yonkers. And, while we mentioned in the review asking for a well-done pie as a possibility, we have to note that the pies we received were beautifully singed - any more time in the oven and they may well have been too burned. And, finally, we have NEVER asked for a well-done pie at a Pepe's. Never had to. Hopefully, they're still working out the kinks in Yonkers.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:06:08 GMT

NYPIzzaNut

I find when you have to ask for a well done pizza pie to get the crust the way you like it, it is generally a losing proposition.

If you have to ask at Frank Pepe's it's an aberration.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:52:38 GMT

I find when you have to ask for a well done pizza pie to get the crust the way you like it, it is generally a losing proposition.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (David_NYC)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:44:40 GMT

Today's (11-14-2009) restaurant review is for the Frank Pepe's in Yonkers:
http://www.roadfood.com/Restaurant/Review/6842-7329/frank-pepe-pizzeria-napoletana

As they expand, I wonder if they are going to "tweak" the recipe a little bit to appeal to local tastes.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (the ancient mariner)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:25:45 GMT

Brother Jasper,

I have a crew on the scene and will report all the big doing's in Yonkers.
If, by chance, I go back to the wintery north before next summer I shall
stop by and buy a few to go---one to you and one to Michael Hoffman
and one to that Pizza Nut Keep-a hugh high hopen for the hugh-P-S truck.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (cavandre)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:17:19 GMT

They open tomorrow...wish I was there!

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:39:15 GMT

David_NYC

Whoops, you are right. I forgot that the old Ricky's was that far north along Central Avenue. Per the City of Yonkers water quality report, that area is served by the Westchester County Water District:
http://www.yonkersny.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4716

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/graham_asks_can_1.php

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (David_NYC)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:34:41 GMT

Whoops, you are right. I forgot that the old Ricky's was that far north along Central Avenue. Per the City of Yonkers water quality report, that area is served by the Westchester County Water District:
http://www.yonkersny.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4716

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:26:33 GMT

NYPIzzaNut

David_NYC

Note to Frank Pepe's: Do you know where Yonkers gets their water from? The New York City public water supply. Yaaay! No need to import from New Haven.

You have things a wee bit confused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillview_Reservoir

http://www.water-technology.net/projects/new_york/new_york2.html

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:34:02 GMT

David_NYC

Note to Frank Pepe's: Do you know where Yonkers gets their water from? The New York City public water supply. Yaaay! No need to import from New Haven.

You have things confused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillview_Reservoir

http://www.water-technology.net/projects/new_york/new_york2.html

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (cavandre)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:15:50 GMT

I saw on another board that there are signs in front of the place confirming the Nov. 2nd opening.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (cavandre)

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:54:34 GMT

the ancient mariner

I think the good Jewish Rye Bread, and NY Style Hard Rolls baking people should have fleets of jets dropping off care packages throughout the country.

The Jewish Rye travels OK, but not the Hard Roll. By 3pm of the day it's baked, it's already a ghost of what it was earlier in the day & then goes downhill rapidly.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (the ancient mariner)

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:15:15 GMT

November 2nd----Ma-rone-----it is cold weather time in Yonkers in November ---I'll bet it goes down below 75 some nights----soooooo in November Brother Cavandre and I shall be back in the Sunshine State. Ah yes, but I shall be in New Haven at Frank Pepe's original hang out in August--------which is only a few days away.

All-a-so just so I don't forget what good pizza is all about Mary and i will visit the Colonly Inn in Stamford during September.

I think the good Jewish Rye Bread, and NY Style Hard Rolls baking people should have fleets of jets dropping off care packages throughout the country. Like when Frankie yusta have Eye-trall-ion bread sent from Hoboken to Palm Springs every week. There are somethings in life ya gotta have.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (cavandre)

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:10:11 GMT

Per this , they're going to open on Nov. 2nd. So the ancient mariner & I don't get a chance to do a trip report in Sept.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (David_NYC)

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:39 GMT

A story today from local media:
http://www.lohud.com/article/2009907250368

Note to Frank Pepe's: Do you know where Yonkers gets their water from? The New York City public water supply. Yaaay! No need to import from New Haven.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:15:37 GMT

Marx Bagels in Blue Ash makes it too but the dough is nothing like I remember it to be in NY - crusty and very chewy with caraway seeds and smells like heaven.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:21:37 GMT

NYPIzzaNut

Still looking though for a bakery that sells a NY Jewish rye bread that taste likes home.

Block's Bagels, East Broad Street, Columbus.

Not corn rye, though.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:06:28 GMT

And we can get baguettes from Toronto that remind us of great French and Italian bread we used to eat in Yonkers growing up.

And Panera Bread sells a damn good sourdough baguette.

Still looking though for a bakery that sells a NY Jewish rye bread that taste likes home.

Re:Frank Pepe Pizzeria comes to Yonkers --- (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:04:06 GMT

We do have some pizza joints in the area that resemble NY pizza pies.

They come close enough so that one does not forget what pizza was meant to taste like.