Shreveport's Italian anchor pours its roots
Fern Avenue / Southern Hills · Shreveport · Neapolitan-style pizzeria and Italian restaurant · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 1, 2026
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The wood-fired oven is the first thing you notice, but the wine list earns a second look. Frank's isn't trying to be a wine bar — it's a neighborhood pizzeria that actually bothered to think about what goes in the glass. In Shreveport, that alone puts it in rare company.
The list is compact at 20-40 bottles, but it's disciplined. Campania, Tuscany, and Sicily drive the selections, which means the wines are doing the same thing the kitchen is — staying in their lane and doing it well. Falanghina and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo alongside a Chianti Classico and Primitivo tells us someone actually mapped the regions to the menu. The gaps are real — no natural wine, no deep cellar, nothing from Piedmont or Sardinia — but for a casual pizzeria, this level of intentionality is genuinely surprising.
Six to twelve options by the glass is a respectable range for a spot at this price point, and the regional focus holds. You're likely looking at the Falanghina and Primitivo among the pours, which are exactly the right calls for a Neapolitan-leaning menu. Rotation appears limited, so don't expect seasonal surprises — what's on is on.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo — $10
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is one of Italy's most reliable overdeliverers — dark fruit, earthy grip, and enough acid to cut through a wood-fired crust. At a neighborhood pizzeria price point, this is the move every time.
Falanghina
Most tables in a pizza joint default to red without a second thought, but Falanghina is a Campanian white built for exactly this food. Crisp, herbaceous, and a little salty — it handles a Margherita better than most reds in the building.
Chianti Classico
Chianti Classico is the safe, recognizable pick that every Italian restaurant stocks because guests recognize the name. Without knowing the specific producer or vintage here, it's the wine most likely to be a generic, unremarkable pour riding on brand recognition.
Primitivo + Margherita Pizza
Primitivo's ripe dark fruit and low tannin structure let the char and tomato on a wood-fired Margherita do the talking. It's rich enough to match the oven smoke without steamrolling the simplicity of the pie.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Frank's is a Wild Card in the best way — a casual Shreveport pizza spot that built an Italian-focused list with actual intention behind it. We'd send a friend here for wine without hesitation, with the standing instruction to order the Falanghina and stop second-guessing themselves.
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
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Active Program
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
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Solid Range
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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