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Yes, yet another Frank’s Pizza. The fact that Gourmet is in the name made me assume even worse than normal from the start, but shockingly it wasn’t horrible at all! While the slices looked skeptical, they were actually surprisingly good. The chicken honey mustard had the perfect amount of honey mustard and it was nice and creamy. The chicken would’ve been good too, except it wasn’t heated all the way through. Besides that, the crust was also doughy and dry. Still, more pros than cons.

The white was also pretty good. It wasn’t overly heavy and had a good blend of cheese, but once again the temperature was the main problem. It was warm, but not hot. Disappointing. At $5.86 for two pretty decent specialty slices it’s hard to say to not stop in at least once....except for the fact that apparently they are permanently closed. While I’m sure there are plenty of other Frank’s in the pizza sauce sea, this one was better than most. Too bad.

Recently, while at a different pizzeria, I stumbled upon this article  from almost a decade back and realized the place ranked as having the best plain slice was a mere 10 minute drive from my job. Talk about destiny. As a brick oven pizzeria, DeLucia’s only did pies, so I got a small one in hopes I could polish the whole thing off on my own. After what felt like a half hour of waiting, my burning hot pie came out. While I was extremely excited to sample a slice, I was incredibly underwhelmed. All I could really taste was the hard, crackery crust. The cheese and sauce were a thin, mushy mess that tasted like nothing and just burned the roof of my mouth. The pepperoni side was a little better because it actually had some flavor, but it still wasn’t impressive. Needless to say, I will not be returning to DeLucia’s again. Spending $9.25 on an extremely mediocre personal pizza does not sound like my idea of a good time. Don’t believe the hype, The Star-Ledger does NOT know what they are talking about.