Comments on: Pepe’s Pizza in New Haven, CT: Overrated, Overhyped, and Overwhelmingly Awful http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/pepes-pizza-in-new-haven-ct-overrated-overhyped-and-overwhelmingly-awful/ Cook with them. Laugh with us. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rick http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/pepes-pizza-in-new-haven-ct-overrated-overhyped-and-overwhelmingly-awful/#comment-94680 rick Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:50:01 +0000 http://foodnetworkhumor.com/?p=1379#comment-94680 Why do you keep going back Why do you keep going back

]]> By: Gary http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/pepes-pizza-in-new-haven-ct-overrated-overhyped-and-overwhelmingly-awful/#comment-92547 Gary Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:53:03 +0000 http://foodnetworkhumor.com/?p=1379#comment-92547 Have been going to Pepes for 40 years and it was always very good. Over the years we have experienced sub par to poor pizzas. Just went today to Manchester and the pizza was very dry and tasteless . For many years In New Haven I stood and watched the pizzas being made while we waited for a table.I watched the pizzas being made today and noticed they didn't put grated cheese or olive oil on the pizzas. I think quality control has been lost with the expansion and the loss of the old family members involvement in the business. The pizza crust was always chewy and burnt, but always a moist and tasty pizza like no other. Have been going to Pepes for 40 years and it was always very good. Over the years we have experienced sub par to poor pizzas. Just went today to Manchester and the pizza was very dry and tasteless . For many years In New Haven I stood and watched the pizzas being made while we waited for a table.I watched the pizzas being made today and noticed they didn’t put grated cheese or olive oil on the pizzas. I think quality control has been lost with the expansion and the loss of the old family members involvement in the business. The pizza crust was always chewy and burnt, but always a moist and tasty pizza like no other.

]]> By: Bob http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/pepes-pizza-in-new-haven-ct-overrated-overhyped-and-overwhelmingly-awful/#comment-92216 Bob Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:31:19 +0000 http://foodnetworkhumor.com/?p=1379#comment-92216 Jillian, I couldn't agree more with you. My first experience with Pepe's was when they came to Fairfield, CT. My wife and I were excited about the "famous" pizza place opening up in town and we endured the one hour wait outside, it was a nice summer night and we thought it would be well worth it. What we found was absolute burnt swill that looked like someone literally threw on a tray. It was shocking. There was nothing, absolutely nothing good about this pizza. It is insulting, and made for suckers who are dumb enough like us to believe the hype. The crust was burnt, hard as a rock, very little sauce and just awful, we left after one gross slice apiece. Today, I went with some friends to Pepes in New Haven who drove very far to try out this "acclaimed" pizza. I'm a fair guy and thought maybe my last experience was a rare off night and thought that headquarters in New Haven would show me differently. What did we get? A wait of 45 minutes in the cold and again, the worst in edible swill I ever tasted. To anyone who says how wonderful this crap is, you must be friends with the owner or have never been out of town. This is the WORST pizza I ever had. Tastes differ so if you like burnt hard/chewy crust with very little cheese or sauce or sauce, thrown on a tray, then god bless you, but Pepes will never get another dime from me. Jillian, I couldn’t agree more with you. My first experience with Pepe’s was when they came to Fairfield, CT. My wife and I were excited about the “famous” pizza place opening up in town and we endured the one hour wait outside, it was a nice summer night and we thought it would be well worth it. What we found was absolute burnt swill that looked like someone literally threw on a tray. It was shocking. There was nothing, absolutely nothing good about this pizza. It is insulting, and made for suckers who are dumb enough like us to believe the hype. The crust was burnt, hard as a rock, very little sauce and just awful, we left after one gross slice apiece. Today, I went with some friends to Pepes in New Haven who drove very far to try out this “acclaimed” pizza. I’m a fair guy and thought maybe my last experience was a rare off night and thought that headquarters in New Haven would show me differently. What did we get? A wait of 45 minutes in the cold and again, the worst in edible swill I ever tasted. To anyone who says how wonderful this crap is, you must be friends with the owner or have never been out of town. This is the WORST pizza I ever had. Tastes differ so if you like burnt hard/chewy crust with very little cheese or sauce or sauce, thrown on a tray, then god bless you, but Pepes will never get another dime from me.

]]> By: RachelNM http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/pepes-pizza-in-new-haven-ct-overrated-overhyped-and-overwhelmingly-awful/#comment-90512 RachelNM Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:18:38 +0000 http://foodnetworkhumor.com/?p=1379#comment-90512 I'm sorry. I'm a few months late on responding to this comment but the ignorance was a little overwhelming. Jillian Madison is a blogger. She has NO AFFILIATION WHATSOEVER with the Food Network itself, as she has repeatedly said in many blog entries over the past few years. She just watches the Food Network, laughs, makes fun of it and I love her for it. "Are you are relative"<<?? Really? Clearly, you know little or nothing about basic grammar. I’m sorry. I’m a few months late on responding to this comment but the ignorance was a little overwhelming.

Jillian Madison is a blogger. She has NO AFFILIATION WHATSOEVER with the Food Network itself, as she has repeatedly said in many blog entries over the past few years. She just watches the Food Network, laughs, makes fun of it and I love her for it.

“Are you are relative”<<?? Really? Clearly, you know little or nothing about basic grammar.

]]> By: Joe http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/pepes-pizza-in-new-haven-ct-overrated-overhyped-and-overwhelmingly-awful/#comment-90297 Joe Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:04:47 +0000 http://foodnetworkhumor.com/?p=1379#comment-90297 i never considered any pizza in CT to be good. i spent 8 years of my life living near Chicago, great pizza, deep or thin!! most pizzeria's blow in CT. at least the one's by my house. my buddy and i went to Franks on his suggestion. my first coal fired pizza. this was great!! thin, crisp crust, good tomatoes, great cheese. we got a sausage and a margarita. delicious. i never considered any pizza in CT to be good. i spent 8 years of my life living near Chicago, great pizza, deep or thin!!

most pizzeria’s blow in CT. at least the one’s by my house. my buddy and i went to Franks on his suggestion. my first coal fired pizza. this was great!! thin, crisp crust, good tomatoes, great cheese. we got a sausage and a margarita. delicious.

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