Worcester is having a moment. Dave Portnoy doesn't usually park the One Bite van in one city for back-to-back reviews, but the second-biggest city in Massachusetts apparently has enough pies on the board to justify the detour. First it was Pepe's Italian Restaurant. The very next day, Auntie Dot's got the box-in-hand treatment.
Portnoy outside Pepe's with the cheese pie, BodyArmor on the sponsor tag.
That Pepe's stop set the table. Standard One Bite production — Portnoy on the sidewalk, box open, staff lingering in the background, leftovers heading back to the car. BodyArmor presented that one, which has quietly become the go-to drink sponsor for the pizza review circuit. Then came the 24-hour turnaround and a new shop, a new presenting partner, and the same routine.
Portnoy tasting a slice at Auntie Dot's with the ONEBITE.APP watermark in the corner.
Auntie Dot's is the kind of name that already sounds like it has a score in the 7s waiting on the other side of the first bite — old-school, neighborhood, the type of shop One Bite was basically built to discover. Rhoback stepped in as the presenting sponsor for this leg, which tracks with how aggressively the apparel brand has been hitching itself to Barstool content lately.
Interior shots from Auntie Dot's — Portnoy chatting up the shop staff between bites.
Two Worcester reviews in two days isn't nothing. The One Bite map has been filling in the smaller Northeast cities at a steady clip, and Worcester finally getting a double-dip means the pizza tourism crowd has a new weekend route. Now everyone just waits on the scores.