"Man, talk about sneaky. That would be Filipe Pizza Pasta in an anchovy skin. I have heard the rumors since it was another pizza joint in the same location. A rebranding later we get Filipe. Looks pretty nice on the inside. The people are all pleasant enough. The staff is a tad... underknowledged on the food and what's on the menu. They have many multiples of sauces with no explanation of what's in them. There is the Sunday Gravy and the Tomato Sauce. The Marinara Sauce the House Gravy. You know they are all tomato based but that's about it. Last time we asked what were the differences and the basic reply was the Sunday Gravy was meatless and the House Gravy had meat. Marinara is meatless Tomato sauce? I dunno. Another thing they ALL have in common? They are rendered with anchovies. Even the pizza sauce! I ordered the Baked Ziti with Tomato sauce. Figure it's a safe bet. Dish pulls up with meat bits throughout the sauce. Ummm ok. So, Tomato Sauce is a meat sauce. We clear up the mess, I'm a vegetarian blah, blah, blah. Someone (who is not me wants to speak to the manager. We explain that the menu is needlessly confusing and ingredients should be put on the menu to lessen accidents like this. While I have him there I ask about the rumor we heard that the pizza sauce is made with anchovies. Why yes, it is, is the reply. It adds that umami flavor. To which we reply that the practice of putting meat into traditionally meatless items is kind of underhanded. Then the manager goes on to say he has worked in numerous establishments and they all put anchovies in the pizza sauce. To which I am thinking (What? Why on earth would they add cost to the sauce like that? I then ask him if all red sauces Filipe cooks contain anchovies. To which he replies yes. So, the dish you are currently recreating for my vegetarian diet is in fact not vegetarian? Correct. Can you please cancel my order then? I am done. Would you like more salad? No thank you. Of course, I make a list of my favorite pizza places and call them all and ask about their sauce practices. Of the 6 I get ahold of NONE of them use anchovies in their sauce. From the New York Slice shops to the Italian pizzaiolo's there is zero fish in the pizza sauce. The manager must not have worked at any of the establishments I called. Which makes me glad because there is still plenty of pizza out there for me."