Coal-fired pizza restaurant Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana plans to open a new outpost in Alexandria as it seeks to expand its footprint in Greater Washington.
An affiliate of the Connecticut-based company signed a lease Sept. 20 for about 3,600 square feet at Alexandria Commons, where it will fill a void created when Baja Fresh closed its location at 3231 Duke St. It’s not the first Connecticut-based pizza shop to set its sights on the D.C. region — Fairfield, Connecticut’s Colony Grill opened in Clarendon last year — but Pepe’s generated plenty of buzz when it announced plans in late 2019 for its first area location in Bethesda. That location is slated to open this winter after delays tied to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Frank Pepe’s has established a loyal following since its first restaurant opened in New Haven, Connecticut, and it now has a dozen locations from Massachusetts to New York. New Haven-style pizza is a very thin crust-style pizza, made with tomato, mozzarella and other…
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