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Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy Reviews Delmont Pizzeria

Dave Portnoy's One Slice Pizza Reviews offers its opinion on Ianni's in Delmont.

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PITTSBURGH, PA — Renowned amateur pizza reviewer Dave Portnoy continues to post videos of his recent trek to Pittsburgh to sample some pies. After stopping at A Slice of New York in Murrysville and Bella Notte in the Strip District, it was off to Delmont to visit Ianni's.

Portnoy, the founder of the Barstool Sports media company, can provide a boon to a pizzeria. His One Bite Pizza Reviews channel on YouTube has 1.34 million subscribers; the video of his trip to Ianni's, uploaded over the weekend, had more than 149,000 views as of Monday morning.

It shows Portnoy standing near the intersection of Freeport and East Pittsburgh streets in the quiet Westmoreland County town. When he opened the box, he was less than impressed with the pizza - until he started eating a piece.

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"Tangy sauce, good crust," he remarked. "I like this more than I thought I would coming out of the box."

And why was that?

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"It looks kind of sloppy and undercooked, but it's not," Portnoy said. "It's good stuff."

He gave the pie a 7.7 score on a 1-to-10 scale.

For those keeping score at home, here are the ratings thus far in Portnoy's Pittsburgh pizza tour:

  • A Slice of New York: 8.2
  • Ianni's: 7.7
  • Bella Notte: 7.2

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