Family History

Here's just a little bit about the owner's, Frank and Mary Lynn. Frank Federici 3rd, a.k.a. Frankie Fed, grew up in his family's downtown restaurant Federici's. His grandfather, Frank Federici Sr,. opened the establishment as "Franks Bar" in 1922. In 1946, Nanna Federici and Frankie's father, Frank Jr., started making what is now known as Fed's Famous Pizza.

When Frankie Fed was in his early teens he began working in the kitchen learning the art of making this famous "tomato pie". By the time he was in his 20's, the menu began to expand and Frank was learning a new skill and one he perfected. Before long he was creating new dishes to be put on as daily specials. They were soon part of the regular menu and boy, did it expand.

Also while in his early 20's, Frank met and married a hometown girl, Mary Lynn Pezold, whom he had seen a lot in the family restaurant. Soon after they married, Mary Lynn went to work in the family's restaurant doing numerous jobs - hostess, waitress, and bartender, even making pizza. It was the start of a new career for both of them and they never imagined where it would lead. On February 1, 1998, Frank and Mary Lynn branched out and opened Frankie Fed's Pizza & Pasta House.

"We always wanted a place of our own to introduce our ideas and Frank's creations such as Frank's gourmet pizzas. We wanted everyone to feel like they were coming to our house for dinner with great food and warm surroundings. Now in our eighth year at Frankie Fed's we hope we have accomplished our dream".