A Massachusetts pizza location is seeing growing sales after businessowner Dave Portnoy branded the joint as the “worst” in the U.S. throughout a viral fight with the owner.
Portnoy, the creator of sports and popular culture blogsite Barstool Sports, got into an on-camera conflict with Dragon Pizza owner Charlie Redd while Portnoy shot his evaluation of their pizza, which he called a “floppy mess” and provided it a 6.4 out of 10 score.
Portnoy published the evaluation on his Instagram and YouTube channel, “One Bite Pizza Reviews,” last week, labeling the in Somerville, Massachusetts joint “The Worst Pizza Place in America.” He likewise shared video of his expletive-filled exchange with Redd.
In the evaluation, Portnoy slammed the pizza’s heavy parmesan, stating “this is an gotten taste. If you get this, understand you’re going to get strike with a left, right in the face with parmesan.”
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“Dave, takepleasurein your pizza as any consumer, however I wear’t value what you do coming in and evaluating a company with one bite,” Redd informed Portnoy in the video as he tape-recorded the evaluation. “I hope you takepleasurein your pizza, however I puton’t value what you do to little companies.”
Portnoy informed Redd that his examines infact aid “so numerous little organizations” so he might quietly state that the “pizza was garbage” and referred to Redd as a clown.
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