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Eat This Immediately: Franzone's Pizza
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Eat This Immediately: Franzone's Pizza
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| Photo | Drew Lazor |
Not sure why it's taken this long for me to profess my love for what could very well be the best pizza in the region: I'm talking about Franzone's of Bridgeport, just outside of King of Prussia.
A droopy-eyed little town with sizable Eastern European and Latino populations, Bridgeport might not strike you as Pizza Central � but take my word that Fran's is worth the 25-minute trek. (There's also a location at 1940 Main Avenue in Conshohocken.) I was introduced to the place by the girl, who was raised on the stuff (her dad's a Bridgeport native). This means we make the glorious drive out there on the reg.
As you can see on the sign, Franzone's makes sandwiches like steaks and zeps � but pizza should be your primary concern. They offer all the expected toppings, but for first-timers, I'd recommend ordering a plain to get the full effect. The crust, which can vary in thickness due to the whim of whichever friendly cargo-shorted dude is tossing the dough that day, is always blistered to cracker-like crispness, with an intermittent smattering of browned-top bubbles. (More corny eloquent food writers would probably refer to such hand-wrought inconsistency as "artisanal.") The cheese is a winning mix of mozz and cheddar. But Franzone's signature sauce, masterfully applied in a bull's eye pattern as a sort of directive for where you should aim your stomach, is the most stratifying aspect of this pie � it's unapologetically sweet, a trait that turns a lot of pizza heads off. I don't necessarily seek such sauces out, but here I think it works quite well against the saltiness of the cheese.
Eat this immediately.
Hardcore pizza pornography after the jump.
Franzone's Pizzeria, Fifth and Dekalb streets, Bridgeport, 610-275-0114, kingofprussia.com/franzones
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| Photos | Drew Lazor |
damn, i miss me some franzone's. my girlfriend's from b'port and it is home to many, many italians (as well as the aforementioned latinos and eastern europeans). have you ever been to the italian festa? its a scene.
me: I haven't, but I gotta make it out. What time of year do they hold it?
Blasphemy! Everyone knows that Tacconelli's in Port Richmond is the area's crown jewel.
drew: its usually the second wknd in july. this year: july 10-12. porchetta, pizza fritta(fried dough), meatballs, trippa, sofrito - all great reasons to make the trip. likewise the people watching in the "beer garden".
Worst.Pizza.Ever.
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