Pizza Madness: Quest to find Worcester's Best Pizza down to Final 4

The field has been sliced to the Final 4.

After casting more than 130,000 votes, Worcester pizza fans have narrowed the field in our search for Worcester's Best Pizza.

Voting in the latest round came to an end at 6 a.m. Monday morning. The original field of 16, culled from nominations submitted by our readers, was first cut to eight and now down to four.

Below are the pizza places still in the running, with results of the second-round matchups. (The ranking is based on the number of reader nominations, solicited prior to the first round.)

Final 4

I Love Frankies (1): Captured 62.25% of the vote in defeating Auntie Dot's (8).

Ciao Bella (12): Captured 66.07% of the vote in defeating Burncoat Pizza (4)

Peppercorn's (2): Captured 57.85% of the vote in defeating 'Olo Pizza (7)

Antonio's (14): Captured 58.87% of the vote in defeating Wonder Bar (6)

The Final 4 matchups have I Love Frankies squaring off against Ciao Bella and Peppercorn's battling it out with Antonio's.

The next round of voting is underway. Have your say.

I Love Frankies (1) vs. Ciao Bella (12)

I Love Frankies: 90 Providence St., Worcester

Ciao Bella: 402 Grove St., Worcester

Peppercorn's (2) vs. Antonio's (14)

Peppercorn's: 455 Park Ave., Worcester

Antonio's: 268 Chandler St., Worcester

Remember: It's an unscientific process, intended as fun, a departure from the sometimes edgy tone of the internet.

Voting for this round ends at 6 a.m. Monday, March 27. Next round begins at that time.

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Pizza Madness: Quest to find Worcester's Best Pizza down to Final 4