Franky’s Pizza Shop
Franky’s Pizza will be the Hoovers’ first foray into pizza, but the decision was a natural one for them.
“It’s a market where Italian food has such a strong foothold and is so important to our community,” Ben Hoover said.
While a student at Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., he grew fond of the many pizza shops in New York City.
The traditional New York pizza is a giant slice from a circular pie with a thin crust. But Franky’s will produce a pizza that blends the best of the New York and Mahoning Valley styles.
“Our pizza will be Sicilian style, which is more familiar to the Mahoning Valley,” he said. “The crust will be lofty, light and crispy,” he explained, and cut into rectangles.
