Before Pepe’s Pizza opens its 10th location at 21 Universal Blvd., it’s going to need the family restaurant chain’s iconic coal-fired pizza oven, which Gary Bimonte, owner of Frank Pepe’s Pizza and grandson of the epononymous pizzeria’s founder, fired up on Monday.
Pepe’s Pizza, or Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, if you’re standing on ceremony, is opening its 10th location at the site of the former Corner Bakery Cafe, 21 Universal Blvd, choosing Warwick after a long search thanks to an amenable landlord and the city’s up-and-coming reputation.
