No Braintree Pizza Palooza In 2018

BRAINTREE, MA — Can there be such a thing as too much success? That's the case for the annual Braintree Pizza Palooza.

The yearly contest for local pizza superiority has been called off for 2018, Pizza Palooza Event Coordinator Mike Wilcox announced on the Braintree Fourth of July Facebook page. The reason? It was just too popular.

"Unfortunately, the overwhelming success of this event put an overwhelming logistical burden on some of Braintree’s smallest businesses," Wilcox wrote.

The annual fundraiser for the town's Fourth of July festivities raised over $40,000 across five years.

While the pizza event is gone, there are still plenty events in the lead up to the Independence Day celebration. The successor to Pizza Palooza, Take a Bite out of Braintree, will run from June 1 to 25. During this period, participating restaurants will donate a dollar amount or sales percentage of menu items purchased towards the celebration. The participating restaurants is to be announced.

A new event, Braintree’s Block Party, will take place June 25.

Below is the full announcement:

Image Credit: Dan Libon