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bartnd t1_jb5gbfl wrote

Might be a rough take but I think a lot of love goes to Frankies due to just being different.

90% of the pizza in Worcester is Greek style and most of them taste the same.

Outside of the generic greek-style you have:

  • Birch Tree Bread: Often mentioned with Volturnos, it provides another (and I'd agree with those who say better) break from the Greek style.
  • Volturno: brick-oven which gets a lot of love
  • Antonio's: Brand recognition due to the number of toppings. Decent for a quick bite but the Worcester location is over-hyped.
  • Ciao Bella: still Greek-style but slightly better than the 90% mentioned above.
  • Newton Square Pizza: A thinner crust option that might fit the bill if you like Frankies but want something thicker than tissue paper underneath
  • Blue Jeans Pizza: Thinner crust like Frankies/Newton Sq/Papa Ginos but some weird cheese blend that seems to turn translucent. Decent taste, but personally feel like it's overhyped.
  • Olo: I can't really speak for it as I haven't been since the changeover from Dacosta's but they seem to be well received.

Similar threads (might have outdated info): https://www.reddit.com/r/WorcesterMA/comments/wz7t0d/good_place_for_brick_oven_pizza_in_worcester/

https://www.reddit.com/r/WorcesterMA/comments/rt5ta3/best_pizza_in_the_city/

https://www.reddit.com/r/WorcesterMA/comments/qqglit/best_pizza_places_in_worcester/

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D_is_for_Doomsayer t1_jb5k6bd wrote

I never understood Blue Jeans. Crust is always like cardboard whenever I have it and it reminds me of Papa Gino's with less herbs in the sauce.

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bartnd t1_jb5kqo2 wrote

I've seen in the other threads that it's gone downhill so maybe that's part of it, though growing up I never really fawned over it the way others seem to.

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jb5ni6r wrote

I've always heard the owner is a douche and have never given it a chance based on that. Is it true about him being a dbag?

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outb0undflight t1_jb7idio wrote

Several years back some friends of mine got super into Blue Jeans, I never got it either. I mean it's edible. But it's not very good.

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Nebuli2 t1_jb5j83x wrote

This isn't in Worcester, strictly speaking, but the Specialty in Holden has excellent brick-oven pizza too.

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guybehindawall t1_jb5jqu9 wrote

Gotta put Birch Tree way up on that list.

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bartnd t1_jb5k7f1 wrote

> Birch Tree

Good to know! I was going to add them but haven't been since the new owners took over and wasn't sure if they still did pizza nights. Definitely recommend if things haven't changed. Unfortunately the last time I was there for pizza, there was still a dirt lot.

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spitfish t1_jb6f52b wrote

Crust used to do pizza nights too. (Same owner)

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jb5mrsr wrote

You can add Pomodoros to this list. Same style as Frankies without the pretense.

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Hucklebut t1_jb61lxq wrote

Pomodoro has great pizza but I don't think it's similar to Frankie's at all.

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becomingelle t1_jb7bnm5 wrote

Pomodoros is the best!!! Greek style made by Brazilians

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jbjfzfd wrote

If that's Greek style they sure fooled me. It looks like a hand tossed crust to me.

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becomingelle t1_jbke59v wrote

I thought it was Greek style, it looks like all the pizza I grew up with but I'm probably wrong.

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jbkkc89 wrote

Typically, and I'm pretty sure exclusively, "Greek pizza" is formed in a metal pan. It usually has a bubbly, almost foccacia bread style crust.

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HeretikHamster t1_jb6ky45 wrote

Blue Jeans used to be great but I ordered a buffalo chicken pizza from them sometime during the pandemic and there was no buffalo sauce, when I called to say something they told me they made the pizza themselves and basically told me I was a liar lmao never ordered from them again.

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Speedwagon1935 t1_jb6k6c3 wrote

Antonio's is over priced garbage, Worcester Pizza's undercooked pizza is better to taste,

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CatumEntanglement t1_jb8em72 wrote

Wasn't Antonio's supposed to be this mind-blowing experience according to all the UMass Amherst folk?

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jbjg9zm wrote

Antonio's has a great assortment of pizzas available for slices. No one else really has that. Their plain cheese is about as basic as basic pizza gets, but you go there because you want a couple slices of something different.

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Speedwagon1935 t1_jb8fwhv wrote

Probably because all the bougie upper middle class people only go there out of the owners reputation and they have yearly catering deals with the higher end schools and colleges.

Their pizza is probably the only one those college kids and my ex will ever bother tasting.

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CatumEntanglement t1_jb8g9h0 wrote

Your ex was the only thing college kids bothered to taste, too?

that's fun phrasing

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