There can be little question that Dayton is a pizza town. From Old Scratch to Joe’s Pizzeria, Marion’s Piazza to Pizza Factory and South Park Pizza Tavern to Oregon Express, we know and love the unique twists every kitchen can place on the classic Italian street food.
For The Flying Pizza, located on Main Street in downtown Dayton, the twist might just be… no twist.
Frank Graci, co-owner of The Flying Pizza alongside his brother Tony, is passionate about the art of creating the perfect no-frills pie. The brothers took over the business more than 20 years ago and, along with one other employee Chassidy, are the only ones who prepare their main attraction: by-the-slice New York style pizza.
“We do not outsource anything,” Graci said. “We make the sauce, we make the dough, we do everything ourselves.”
Graci remembers traditional Sicilian cuisine as a staple of his childhood home and was only 8 years old when his father John opened the restaurant’s doors in 1971…