?> {"id":2476,"date":"2010-02-18T19:50:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T00:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2010-02-18T19:50:57","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T00:50:57","slug":"killington-day-3-franks-italian-restaurant-and-pizzeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2010\/02\/killington-day-3-franks-italian-restaurant-and-pizzeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Killington Day 3 – Frank’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The original plan for our Killington trip was to ski three full days, from Saturday through Monday, and drive home on Tuesday. But an impending snowstorm changed our plan, and we ended up skiing a half day on Monday before hitting the road, heading back home a day earlier than planned. Part of our reasoning for leaving early was also because we couldn\u2019t face having another mediocre dinner, and was looking forward to having a good meal back home (and we did, at the Akai Lounge<\/a> in Englewood).<\/p>\n

We got a late start on Monday so we skied until 2 pm, then went back to our condo to shower and pack. We were on the road at 3 but because we had skipped lunch, we were all pretty hungry and decided to stop for some pizza at Frank\u2019s in Lake George. Josh\u2019s family has been going to Frank\u2019s during their annual ski trip for as long as he can remember. It\u2019s conveniently located and helps to break up the drive between NJ and Vermont. We decided to split two house salads and ordered a large cheese pie, plus two extra slices, so that everyone could have two slices each.<\/p>\n

The salads were standard, mostly a pile of iceberg with a few carrots, croutons, cucumber, and onion slices on top. We doused them with oil and balsamic vinegar, and they were decently crispy and refreshing. At $3.50 for a large bowl, there\u2019s not much to complain about.<\/p>\n

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House salad<\/p><\/div>\n

When our pizza arrived, we were told to let it sit for a bit before removing slices, as the cheese needed some time to cool down. I thought that was a bit weird.<\/p>\n

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Large cheese pizza<\/p><\/div>\n

The pizza looked doughier than I remembered, and the sauce and cheese on the whole pie looked like they had been haphazardly applied.<\/p>\n

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Uneven cheese and sauce application<\/p><\/div>\n

The crust was pretty thick and dense, though had a decent amount of browning on the bottom.<\/p>\n

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Browned bottom but thick and doughy crust<\/p><\/div>\n

While I didn\u2019t think the pizza was awful, it wasn\u2019t what I remembered. I did think the crust was too thick, which made it a bit brittle. There was too much sauce on the pie in general, and it was pretty sweet. Surprisingly, the two additional slices we ordered looked much better, and more like NY pizza.<\/p>\n

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The single slices we ordered look very different from the other slices<\/p><\/div>\n

Their crusts were much thinner, and the sauce to cheese ratio was better. Josh had one slice from the whole pie and one of the extra slices, and he said that the dough for both crusts were the same, they must have just stretched out the pie for the extra slices more. It did make a huge difference in the texture of the crust, and we both preferred the thinner slices.<\/p>\n

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Underside shot of the thinner slice<\/p><\/div>\n

Overall the pizza at Frank\u2019s is perfectly fine if you just want to grab a quick bite to eat. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s better or worse than any of the other pizzerias in the area, but like I said, it\u2019s convenient, and service is fast and efficient, allowing us to get back on the road quickly. Prices are cheap (a large pie is only $12.50), and the menu is actually pretty extensive if you have the time for a longer sit-down meal. It encompasses all classic Italian favorites, and those were pretty reasonably priced as well. I do hope though that they\u2019ll take better care in making sure that their pies are more consistently prepared, as there was no reason for the slices from one pie to be so vastly different in comparison to slices from another pie. But otherwise, it\u2019s definitely the kind of place to bring the kids, and I liked the casual and homey pizza joint atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Frank\u2019s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria<\/a>
\n1483 State Route 9
\nLake George, NY<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The original plan for our Killington trip was to ski three full days, from Saturday through Monday, and drive home on Tuesday. But an impending snowstorm changed our plan, and we ended up skiing a half day on Monday before hitting the road, heading back home a day earlier than planned. Part of our reasoning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,88],"tags":[40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions\/2485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}