Pizza is one of humanity’s great achievements. Not up for debate. And when someone decides to bring a proper New York-style pie to a Gulf Coast beach town with real ambition, the right response is to drop everything and pay attention.
Enter Frankie’s Pizza Parlor, the St. Pete Beach newcomer that’s been quietly running its walk-up pizza window since July 4th weekend, building hype the old-fashioned way: by actually being good. And starting this Friday, August 28, the full restaurant throws open its doors at 6340 Gulf Blvd., adjacent to The Luce, the new St. Pete beach hotel.
Frankie’s isn’t your average beach tourist trap. This is a checkered-tablecloth, sports-on-every-screen neighborhood joint from the team behind The Luce, built around the holy trinity of oversized NY-style pies, fresh pasta made in-house daily, and a 12-tap draft lineup spotlighting brews from America’s most iconic pizza cities. That includes a custom collaboration with 3 Daughters Brewing, yielding the Frankie’s West Coast IPA, brewed right there on the beach. Local pride levels: appropriately sky high…