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Show Transcript ⪠REPORTER: AT ERNESTOâS, PIZZA IS A FAMILY TRADITION. ERNESTO IS MY WIFEâS GRANDFATHER ON HER FATHERâS SIDE. HE WAS BORN HERE IN 1909, ONE OF NINE KIDS. SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY OPENED THE FIRST PIZZA PLACE IN REVERE. MY FATHER-IN-LAW HAD OPENED ERNESTOâS. ERIKA: THAT SHOP IN BOSTONâS NORTH END HAS BEEN OPEN NOW FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. IN 2018, ANTHONY TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS AND THEN OPENED A SECOND LOCATION IN SOMERVILLEâS ASSEMBLY ROW. IT LOOKED LIKE A REALLY GOOD SISTER LOCATION TO THE NOR END. WE ENDED UP IN PHASE ONE, CLOSE TO THE RIVER, GREAT LOCATION HERE. ERIKA: INSIDE, THEIR MENU STAYED TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL. IF ITâS NOT BROKE, DONâT FIX IT. ERIKA: IN NEED OF NO REPAIR, NEAPOLITAN STYLE CLASSICS LIKE CHEESE, PEPPERONI, AND THE MARGARITA ALL WITH THE SAME SIGNATURE CRUST COOKED ON THE RACK. IT IS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. CRUNCHY ON THE BOTTOM