Manny & Olga’s Pizza will be competing along with 39 other pizzerias at this years 2007 Northeast Pizza Challenge for a chance to be named Best Pizza in the Northeast. The winner of this year’s contest will compete in the second International Pizza Challenge™ at International Pizza Expo®. In early April 2008, the best pizzaioli in the world will return to Las Vegas to compete against the Winner of the 2007 Northeast Pizza Challenge winner. The event will be held on September 12 – 13, 2007 at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Representing Manny & Olga’s will be co-owner of the Georgetown location Ioannis Fragkiadakis . The pizza entered in the contest will be The Big Fat Greek Pizza. Fragkiadakis said “I think we a have a winner, It’s our best seller.”The Big Fat Greek Pizza is made with Fresh dough made at the store, Fresh packed tomato sauce, Grande Cheddar blend cheese, Fresh sliced Tomatoes, Kalamata Back Olives, Feta Cheese, Cooked Lamb and Beef, Onions and Fresh Spinach.
Manny and Olga’s is a franchise restaurant system that offers a wide variety of menu items including pizza, hot and cold subs, salads, house specialty dinners and so much more. Manny and Olga’s has stores in Georgetown, Rockville, Silver Spring, and Bethesda, 14th Street in Washington, D.C., Wheaton, Lake Gaston, NC, Clinton, MD and Northern Virginia.