Sam Pew’s pizza has been overwhelmingly popular for years , ever since he first scared his landlord with the blocks of mozzarella cheese he would carry inside — and the number of ravenous customers arriving later and leaving with pizza boxes.

But the popularity of Pew’s Secret Pizza Club has only grown in recent weeks, since Barstool Sports founder and One Bite Pizza reviewer Dave Portnoy visited last month and tried some (the review posted to Portnoy’s social media Oct. 14 ).

That appraisal — an 8.2 on Portnoy’s scale — earned Pew’s pizza Instagram thousands of new followers. Pew admitted the demand for his pizzas has far outpaced their current location at Leavity Bread & Coffee , 1000 S. Main St., where he leases space after bakery hours.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lak

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