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OT: Best Pizza in CT
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Always thought this thread more or less handled wood-fired Neapolitan as a separate thing. It's pretty much the one major pizza style where CT does not dominate.
That said, looks fantastic.
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No offense to that Neapolitan pie… but my eye keeps getting drawn to that lager - maybe a pils - with the perfect lacing around the glass.
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Too doughy and not enough Mozz.
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As Neapolitan is the father to both NY and New Haven…. I’d say the amount of fresh Buffalo mozz was just right. Not enough for a NY pie, but NY pies don’t use fresh mozz. For New Haven style some would say any mozz is too much. Too much fresh mozz makes a pie too wet.
This pie made me think of apizza roots. Some char on the crust. It was still a fork and knife Neapolitan though. Wood fired flavor.
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Also, on the “too doughy”, I think of Neapolitan now from an apizza perspective. Apizza has the crunchy and chewy signature texture. A Neapolitan like this one has a crunchy oversized edge crust that is charred, and a doughy soft center that must be cut with a knife and fork. The oversized crunchy edge provides enough to ratio with the center so you can get both in every fork bite. Just a great pie.
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Great pizza in Middletown
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Mondo Restaurant | Middletown CT
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Newtown has a very vibrant culinary community and this may be the best pizza in Connecticut right now.
Get there an hour before open
www.goodolddayspizza.com
Get there an hour before open
Good Old Days Pizzeria & Cocktail Den
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It's been one of the least mentioned worthy options.
Initially, it captured favor with those further north on the Whitney-Orange corridor, a more convenient local choice than DaLegna (now NoLa, right?), Next Door, and, of course, Modern. It also, I believe, developed a following from those who got deliveries to East Rock Brewing. I'm out of date regarding how the pandemic has shifted things, and now moved out of state, but I was an early visitor, and the folks were friendly, the pies were creative, and I always enjoyed it. Atticus has also added to the choices as one get closer to East Rock Park.
I'd enjoy hearing an update if you do visit.
My earliest memories included swapping slices with other diners, just because it was on a more intimate scale and lent itself toward people being curious about what other people were having. Also, it was fun to write lovers' initials on the cut hardwood that formed one wall, and not so fun after the relationship ended sadly. A nice, low-key neighborhood place on lesser-traveled Foster Street that also captured upper State Street folks, and, like Next Door, an outgrowth from a family pizza truck business, so adept at smaller, quickly-cooked pies from a smaller-scale oven.
Another one from that same period was ReBar in West Haven, which did great pies out of a bee hive, and I think has pulled through the pandemic.