Bob Eats Boston: Frank Pepe, Burlington

In this edition of Bob Eats Boston, I head to Frank Pepe's Pizza in Burlington to get my hands on their World renowned White Clam Pizza.

Transcript

00:00Hey, it's Bob. Welcome to another edition of Bob Eats Boston. Today I'm at the Burlington Mall.

00:10I want to check out Frank Pepe's Pizza. They were established in 1925, so this is their 100th

00:17anniversary. I've heard about their white clam pizza forever. Finally today, I'm going to go in

00:23and give it a try. Let's go in. So now I'm with the general manager of Frank Pepe's Elsys. Hi,

00:29nice to meet you. Thank you for having me. Thanks for having us. This is exciting. I've

00:33always heard about Frank Pepe's. Now, you guys have been around 100 years. Where did it start?

00:37It started in New Haven, Connecticut by, you know, by immigrants in Italy that is Frank Pepe that came

00:43move with his wife, Philomena. And then they used to work in a bakery over there, and then he has

00:49to come back to Italy for fire for his work. And then when he come back, he moved that spot and

00:55turned into the spot when they start serving pizza. And that was in New Haven, Connecticut?

00:58In New Haven, Connecticut. And here you are a hundred years later celebrating. A hundred years.

01:02I know that you were interested about the white clam. Yes. And we used to serve that as an appetizer

01:07back then. And then in the mid-1960, it turned into more popular. And over the 60 years from now,

01:14it's been so popular. I understand that the white clam pizza has won a national award for the best pizza

01:20in America. It is. And that actually was an inspiration from Frank Pepe's. It's all come from him.

01:26All right. So I'm going to have one of those. Obviously, I came all the way here for a white

01:31clam pizza. And I will not disappoint the list. Let's do it. You can see there is always a sign.

01:36That is more like a pizza. It's more like passion. We put every single love so we can show what

01:41Frank Pepe wanted to transmit and his legacy in every pizza that you see. So this is not only a

01:48Frank Pepe's pizza. This is pizza made when we love and we care. Elsie, what do we have here?

01:55So this one is like a fresh pizza. This is one of the seasonals that we have. And we bring it back

02:00because people love it. This is pretty much cherry tomato cooking in the oven for three minutes.

02:05We put fresh mutt and some mozzarella and we finish it with some pesto. Can you smell that?

02:10So light as a freshness. Very good. All right. On the top, we have a white clam pizza. You can tell

02:18this is the famous and the favorite that everyone loves. So when you try this, this is going to melt

02:24in your mouth. I guarantee you that. But for the pizza. Okay. It's hot. It came out of the oven at 600

02:31degrees, but I don't care. I've waited long enough. I've waited, I'd say, a few years for Frank Pepe's

02:38white clam pizza. Just look at that. Isn't that gorgeous?

02:45So excited.

02:51Wow.

02:54I think I'm at the beach right now having like a clam dinner on a pizza. Delicious. Good size,

03:02good size clams. You're getting the belly in there. Absolutely terrific. It's so good.

03:08Seasoning's perfect. Wow.

03:12You have to try this. So if there's a restaurant that you think that I should try the best thing

03:18on the menu, let me know about it on the comments down below. We'd love to pop in. You know,

03:22Bob loves to eat Boston. Thanks everybody. Back to the pizza.

03:26Back to the pizza.

03:30I'll see you next time.