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150 Emmons Street, Franklin MA
I visited Piezoni's on Monday, February 26th; it was my first time trying a Piezoni’s pizza. I was unfamiliar with the pizza chain until earlier this year when I heard of the franchise in Franklin. Soon, I learned it is a relatively small chain of pizza restaurants across eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with some locations in Florida. The chain started as a family-owned restaurant named Pepperoni’s but began franchising in 2006.
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I walked into the restaurant and discovered a rather pleasant atmosphere with the Franklin local television station on the TV and a small seating area. I ordered a small pepperoni pizza for $10 and change and was told it would be around a ten-minute wait. After ten minutes, I was presented with the pie and stepped outside. The initial presentation was nothing to write home about, except the exquisite-looking pepperoni.
The slices of pepperoni were cupping up, which is a sign that they slice their pepperoni, or at least get it freshly sliced. Upon my first bite, I discovered that the only saving grace of this pizza from simply being not good or not bad was the pepperoni, which was crisp and spicy. While the cheese, sauce, and especially the crust were nothing special, I felt as if they were akin to frozen pizza, particularly DiGiorno’s. This is not to say that this pizza was bad, but that it felt too similar to the quality of pizza I would find at a grocery store, not a pizza restaurant.
My score for this slice was 5.8.
Stay tuned for the next episode of Slice by Slice with Seth, where I try out the highly recommended Franklin Central Pizza.
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