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.