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NEW YORK - MARCH 15: Taxi cabs pass an adult video store in Times Squre March 15, 2005 in New York City. Sex-related shops have started to make a comeback in Times Square, ten years after former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani began an initiative to force them out of the neighborhood. Strip joints and adult video stores that can afford Times Square rents, and comply with city zoning regulations imposed by the Giuliani administration, are again proliferating in the heart of Manhattan. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A pizza joint near Philly ran an ad last week, because they wanted some exposure.  But this wasn’t the kind of exposure they were looking for . . .

There’s a family-owned pizza chain called Chiaro’s that has a few locations near Philadelphia.  This month, they ran a new ad in a local magazine that was mailed out to thousands of people.  And somehow, no one noticed it included PORNOGRAPHY.

Chiaro’s sells pizza, but also fancy coffee.  So they included a photo of someone pouring cream into a cappuccino.  Apparently they just pulled it off the internet.

And unfortunately, they didn’t realize it was photoshopped . . . so the swirling foam on top was actually a NAKED GUY who’s VERY well-endowed. (The man, named Wood,  is known for being a viral internet meme that many people send to friends as a joke)

As soon as you see it, you can’t unsee it.  But no one at the restaurant or the magazine noticed before it went to print.

Chiaro’s just found out about it last week and posted an apology on Facebook.  They said they pride themselves on being a family-friendly business, and were devastated when someone pointed it out to them.