DERRY — Deadproof Pizza and its dedicated staff were busy prepping and tweaking recipes with whiskey on a special pie for its customers ahead of opening on Thursday.
The whiskey was from a Franklin, Tennessee, distillery owner Dante Marino, 37, brought back from his business’ time on the Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race.”
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