Is The Original Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana Still Open?
Food Paradise, Season 1 New Haven, Connecticut
Current status
As of October 2026, The Original Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana is open — confirmed via pepespizzeria.com, September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Wikipedia (revised 2026-08-26) described Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana as the 1925-founded originator of New Haven-style pizza, and a Google Places listing checked 2026-09-08 recorded the Wooster Street address as operational. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 2
- Address 157 Wooster St, New Haven, CT 06511
- Now called Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
- Website pepespizzeria.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The episode featured Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana's coal-fired, New Haven-style pizza, made at the original Wooster Street location credited with originating the style. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-08-26), the pizzeria opened in 1925 in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, and has grown into a small, family-owned chain with locations across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, Florida, and Virginia. A Google Places listing checked on 2026-09-08 recorded the Wooster Street address as operational, and the restaurant's website, pepespizzeria.com, remained reachable the same day, though its page code still carried a 2022 copyright notice. Wikipedia's account did not report any closure, relocation, or ownership change at the original location.
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Sources we checked
- pepespizzeria.com https://pepespizzeria.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pepe_Pizzeria_Napoletana
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Record fp-0013 · checked by Cal Marchetti.