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    Gus Franco's Pizza

    4.8 (58 reviews)
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    Closed 3:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    Michael S.

    This is hands down one of IF NOT THEE best pizzas I've ever had. Since I grew up on pizza from Jersey, NYC, have traveled to Philly and CT to hit all different spots, I like to think that gives me some sort of minuscule credentials I couldn't be happier this isn't in the city because I would have to wait 3-4 hours to get a pie everyday GUARANTEED. I drove 50 min for this and would happily drive up to 2 hours for it Sicilian (special only): - Cheese, pepperoni cups (the only type of pep allowed on pizza), basil, ricotta and hot honey. Th - This one kicked my dick into my throat. The cook on the crust was perfect and all the toppings were paired perfectly with that beautiful sauce Cacio On the Cob - Mozz/,ream base with parm crema, pepper and local sweet corn - Corn on pizza is amazing. This is next level. His dough is delicious. It's thinner which I typically am not a fan of but fuck this made me. The sauce, parm and pepper paired with that corn is just absurd. Hot Dad - Sauve, mozz, parm, hot sopressata and hot honey - Sauce perfect. Hot sopressata on pizza. I've had before. I love it. ESPECIALLY when it's great quality. Then the hot honey. Come on Vodka Sauce Margherita - Vodka sauce, mozz, parm, Aleppo pepper, olive oil, basil - Vodka sauce slaps. Just think of an amazing Margherita pizza but add a spicy vodka sauce Not only is the pizza next level but Patrick may be one of the nicest and humblest humans I have ever met. When we told him how amazing it is he said that means more than any amount of money he will get from here. You can see and hear the happiness from him. He cares about the quality he puts out. He isn't open on Sunday and Monday because he said when he opened this spot those days will always belong to his family. His only downfall is that he's a Liverpool fan. Not everyone is perfect... There is no seating inside !! There are 3 tables outside and hoenstly if they're full just eat the pizza in your care. It deserves to be fresh

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    Matthew S.

    We waited what seemed like an eternity for them to open and they even joked about it putting a sign out front that said "Good things come to those who wait, and wait, and wait, and wait!" Lol This is day 2 of operation in their new Brick and Mortar building. They make 120 pizzas/dough balls per day. The dough takes 48 hours to proof. They turn on/Start answering phones at 3 till they run out. The Mrs called 10-15 times yesterday and got the voicemail just about every time. She finally got someone at 3:40 and they told her sorry they had just ran out 4 minutes before. Today she called 42 times starting at 3PM and finally got through. She ordered 2 pizzas cheese with extra sauce. $11 each. Booked for 6:40 PM. We arrived at 6:40/6:41 and headed for the door. Stopped and the Mrs went back for masks as they have a big ole mask sign and everyone minus the little one inside was masked up. There was a lady there picking up her order in front of us. There were 2 boxes on the counter she was kind of leaning on/touching. The employee behind the counter asked us "Do you have an order?" To which my wife said yes and gave her name that she put the order under. The employee told us that they were just putting the final touches on our pizzas and it would be ready in a minute. The one guy behind her who was boxing pizzas set 4 boxes in the middle of the counter and someone asked what our order name was and discovered our pizzas were the ones chilling on the counter that the customer chit chatting was laying on/touching. Hers were the 4 that just came up. I wouldn't say they were piping hot at that point mildly warm may be more accurate but we settled up and left. We transported them straight home in a heavily insulated hot/cold bag and sat down for dinner right away. The pizza was very thin and light which I appreciate. I wouldn't call this extra sauce unless regular portion of sauce is sparse. The crust and bottom were corn dusted which I didn't mind. The flavors were interesting, the sauce being sweet but in my opinion more acidic than what I normally like or encounter from most of the local pizza joints. I know the cheese being sparse is a new era thing of like fancy pizzas and is In but I'm definitely a fan of cheese all over. 100% flop on these as El Presidente would say and 1 bite everybody knows the rules. I'd give this a 6.9 for my first impression. I look forward to trying their other pizzas and "specialties" in the future. Little steep $11 for the size of it but overall worth trying and checking out. I encourage everyone to call early and often to get your order in and support small business like this. Worth trying and seeing as how they sell out so quickly and even did so every day in their Food Truck people love it. Can't please everyone and everyone is a critic. I get it. I wish them all the best of luck and will update my review the next time we go. Hopefully a better system will be in place for ordering.

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    4 years ago

    Best kept local secret pizza spot for west coast style pizza and awesome meatballs! Highly recommended.

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    3 years ago

    The pizza is pretty good. Not in my top five but a good tasting pizza and like to give local people business.

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    5 years ago

    This pizza was absolutely delicious! And the meatballs were equally as tasty! Highly recommend Gus Franco's!!!

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    5 years ago

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    Patrick E.

    Thanks so much, Rick! What a great review!

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    3 years ago

    Great family running the place and the pizzas are a wonderful change of pace from the chains.

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    Patrick E.

    Thanks for the great review!

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    3 years ago

    The wood fire pizza is very good as well as the meatballs, just a bit pricey and they hardly put any basil on the Margarita pizza

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    4 years ago

    The pizza was amazing and the people there were extremely nice. Overall it was great service and food. I highly recommend this place.

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