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Frank Pepe’s Opens Warwick Location off Bald Hill Road

[CREDIT: Alyssa Stevens] Gary Bimonte, Grandson of Frank Pepe and Director of Quality Assurance & Training + incoming Mayor/City Council President Joseph Solomon celebrate the opening of Frank Pepe of Warwick with an official pizza cutting.
[CREDIT: Alyssa Stevens] Gary Bimonte, Grandson of Frank Pepe and Director of Quality Assurance & Training + incoming Mayor/City Council President Joseph Solomon celebrate the opening of Frank Pepe of Warwick with an official pizza cutting.

WARWICK, RI — Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, opened its first Rhode Island location and 10th restaurant total at 21 Universal Boulevard in Warwick Monday, awarding the first 10 guests with a $100 gift card to the restaurant.

Several of the new restaurant’s first guests camped out overnight to claim one of the first spots in line when the store opened, an event many in the city have been anxiously anticipating. The restaurant will be the brand’s first location in Rhode Island.

The company had designs on a new location in Rhode Island for some time. Earlier this year, in a choice between Cranston and Warwick locations. Warwick won in the end, said, largely because the landlord was a good fit, and also, “We just knew that Warwick is an up and coming area,” Bimonte said.

[CREDIT: Alyssa Stevens] Gary Bimonte, Grandson of Frank Pepe and Director of Quality Assurance & Training, and his family host an official ribbon cutting outside their new location in Warwick, the 10th for the brand. Incoming Mayor/City Council President Joseph Solomon and members of Warwick community joined in on the celebration.
[CREDIT: Alyssa Stevens] Gary Bimonte, Grandson of Frank Pepe and Director of Quality Assurance & Training, and his family host an official ribbon cutting outside their new location in Warwick, the 10th for the brand. Incoming Mayor/City Council President Joseph Solomon and members of Warwick community joined in on the celebration.

Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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