Pizza joint with square slices from ex-Mafia mob boss opens in Uptown
It's hip to be square.
Yelp
A new pizzeria has opened in Uptown with some serious New York City cred. Called
Slices, it's a Sicilian-style pizzeria that serves pizza by the slice, with ingredients imported from Italy and a slice configuration that's square.
The concept was founded by the colorful Michael Franzese, a former capo of the Colombo mafia family, and the concept has already been featured in
Forbes magazine.
According to a representative, the Dallas location is a franchise owned and operated by locals Scott Harris and Ellis Whitman. It's at 2025 Cedar Springs Rd., in a cute building that at one time was a mini-Pizza Hut.