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OT: Best Pizza in CT

Had a nice pie at GG’s Wood Fired Pizza in Milford ... thin crust, tasty sauce, perfect amount of mozzarella
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Soup Group 2019 started on 1/13, though there were cancelations on weeks 2 & 3 due to first to ice & then host family illness.

Of doubtless interest to the Boneyard crowd, last Sunday's gathering featured a 13" MacBook (resting on a towel on a radiator) streaming the Super Bowl. The Cesspool poker game should have it so good.

When I got back home, it was 3-3, so I got to see all the excitement, starting with the Verizon first responders commercial that brought a tear to my eyes.

(Thanks for asking?)
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Soup group, lol. You simply must include Boberto, you simply must! Don’t make it too haughty though. No need for vichyssoise or gazpacho or anything. Cold and still in the can is plenty good for him.

More seriously, I’m not sure why the best we can do for soup to go is places like Panera (barely passable). It’s the Northeast, it’s cold or brisk 6 months out of the year. Why aren’t there dedicated soup places? Soup is easy to make and you get a great yield on your materials. Would seem like a no brainer. There was Zoup but that place folded. I’d be down for quality soup with decent variety and some no frills sandwiches.
 
Mano said:
Soup group, lol. You simply must include Boberto, you simply must! Don’t make it too haughty though. No need for vichyssoise or gazpacho or anything. Cold and still in the can is plenty good for him.

More seriously, I’m not sure why the best we can do for soup to go is places like Panera (barely passable). It’s the Northeast, it’s cold or brisk 6 months out of the year. Why aren’t there dedicated soup places? Soup is easy to make and you get a great yield on your materials. Would seem like a no brainer. There was Zoup but that place folded. I’d be down for quality soup with decent variety and some no frills sandwiches.
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Halls Market has pretty good soup and to go stuff. CT Organic Pasta (just opened) isn’t bad. Lenas Pizza had the best chicken noodle soup but it’s dead.

I’m sure @8893 has some good spots.
 
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Mano said:
More seriously, I’m not sure why the best we can do for soup to go is places like Panera (barely passable). It’s the Northeast, it’s cold or brisk 6 months out of the year. Why aren’t there dedicated soup places? Soup doeasy to make and you get a great yield on your materials. Would seem like a no brainer. There was Zoup but that place folded. I’d be down for quality soup with decent variety and some no frills sandwiches.
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Having done soup for a few years at my coffeehouse, demand is not nearly as high as you'd think. Granted we could only roll out one or two a day, but if we didn't have what you wanted, you didn't buy. People are very conservative and picky about their soup and are generally unwilling to try new things. Got to the point where I'd only make soups I personally loved because I knew I'd have to eat the leftovers to break even.

I do make a mean West African groundnut stew though.
 
I feel like eating soup out is a risky venture because they're a vehicle for repurposing yesterday's special that didn't get bought up.
 
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Robertelamin said:
I don’t want to derail this thread...
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I blame myself for responding. That's one page we'll never get back.

Meantime, sticking with the G5 & still missing VM notifications, but Moto sent me an official specs & pics teaser this morning on G7 phones out this spring, but the best bumps up to $299 msrp.

Back to pizza...

Anybody been to DaLegna's sibling Nolo?
 
The hands-down soup winner in CT is Chef’s Table in Fairfield, which has something like six to eight great homemade soups every day.

Thyme & Season in Hamden also has six homemade choices every day, but since they have to have some vegan, some GF, etc., usually only a couple appeal to me.

Claire’s Corner Copia in New Haven always has a few good soups, but all vegetarian.

Whole Enchilada (several locations) also has several good soups every day.

Tikkaway in New Haven has an always-reliable Mulligatawny soup.

Wethersfield Pizza has the best restaurant minestrone I’ve ever had, but I think it’s only available November through March.

The soup du jour at Union League is almost always worth getting if you are there for lunch.

And of course there is Mecha in New Haven and Fairfield (and elsewhere I think?) for the Asian noodle soup universe, which is really a whole ‘nother thing.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
I blame myself for responding. That's one page we'll never get back.

Meantime, sticking with the G5 & still missing VM notifications, but Moto sent me an official specs & pics teaser this morning on G7 phones out this spring, but the best bumps up to $299 msrp.

Back to pizza...

Anybody been to DaLegna's sibling Nolo?
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I’m sure the 7 year old thread will recover.
 
8893 said:
The hands-down soup winner in CT is Chef’s Table in Fairfield, which has something like six to eight great homemade soups every day.

Thyme & Season in Hamden also has six homemade choices every day, but since they have to have some vegan, some GF, etc., usually only a couple appeal to me.

Tikkaway in New Haven has an always-reliable Mulligatawny soup.

Wethersfield Pizza has the best restaurant minestrone I’ve ever had, but I think it’s only available November through March.

The soup du jour at Union League is almost always worth getting if you are there for lunch.

And of course there is Mecha in New Haven and Fairfield (and elsewhere I think?) for the Asian noodle soup universe, which is really a whole ‘nother thing.
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Chef's Table's peak was original Westport location across from the old Y & C&HT Church nearly 2 decades ago.

Thanks for heads up on Tikkaway's mulligatawny; the others I knew and kind of hoped for a surprise.

That Union League mention, though, sounds like the stuff of @Deepster's nightmares.
 
8893 said:
Walked in just the other day for lunch. Did not like the vibe or smell (I am big on smell). Same floor as Jet Cleaners, which was there for more than 60 years. I don’t know how they managed to take over a dry cleaner and not have to remediate. In any event, I didn’t love the lunch menu or prices, but settled on some choices and then waited to order. Bartender had all of three other customers but somehow could not be bothered to come check on me again for more than ten minutes while he did little else except actively ignore me, check his phone and talk to a waiter who was also doing nothing. I gathered my things and walked out with a few choice barbs, and headed up to Mediterranea for my weekly foul mudammas, so happy I did.
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Nothing like word of mouth. I'm sold.

Can't recall if you've been to Next Door. I liked it my one time.
 
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storrsroars said:
Artichoke as a topping is pretty common in Italy.

I'm sort of surprised there's room for pizza chains to succeed in CT. Or why a franchisee would pick CT for a pizza chain.

I guess the kids these days put a premium on making their own pizza with wacky nonsensical combos over a classic NH pizza. We have a local chain of "build your pizza" that is an abomination for folks who appreciate crust. Just awful. But it's popular in that demographic.
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But not in a NY pizza.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Nothing like word of mouth. I'm sold.

Can't recall if you've been to Next Door. I liked it my one time.
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Not yet but I have heard good things from you and others and I definitely want to. They are only open for dinner, which severely limits my opportunities.
 
Robertelamin said:
You think downtown Hartford is dangerous. When are you not a wuss?
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Downtown Hartford IS dangerous. It's statistically the murder capital of New England. When are you not ignorant?
 
Deepster said:
Downtown Hartford IS dangerous. It's statistically the murder capital of New England. When are you not ignorant?
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Hartford has the 8th highest homicide rate in the country at 25.69 murders per 100K people.

Pittsburgh is 22nd at 18.57.

I never even think about it. Perfectly safe here, far as I'm concerned. The people predisposed to violence (gangs, drug dealers, etc.) pretty much only shoot their own.
 
Deepster said:
Downtown Hartford IS dangerous. It's statistically the murder capital of New England. When are you not ignorant?
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There are dangerous sections of Hartford. Downtown Hartford is not one of them. You could walk around the Asylum Street or Pratt Street area (near the XL Center) and not be in any danger at all. A mile or so north, different story.
 
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Huskybass said:
There are dangerous sections of Hartford. Downtown Hartford is not one of them. You could walk around the Asylum Street or Pratt Street area and not be in any danger at all. A mile or so north, different story.
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A guy got shot Sunday on Ashley St. About a block and a half off Asylum. 4 pm on a Sunday.
 
Deepster said:
A guy got shot Sunday on Ashley St. About a block and a half off Asylum. 4 pm on a Sunday.
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That is nowhere near downtown. That is much closer to Albany Ave AKA the North End, which IS dangerous. That is what I said in my original reply.

These murders all happen in places that someone like you or I would never likely venture to. Places like Garden Street, Ashley Stret and the like ARE dangerous.
 
Huskybass said:
That is nowhere near downtown. That is much closer to Albany Ave AKA the North End, which IS dangerous. That is what I said in my original reply.

These murders all happen in places that someone like you or I would never likely venture to. Places like Garden Street, Ashley Stret and the like ARE dangerous.
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A) You specifically said "around Asylum".
B) I drive down Ashley twice every weekday.
 
Deepster said:
Careful. You sound like a wuss.
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That's a 0.02569% chance of being murdered, or 1 in 3893 for those keeping score at home.

Here are some ways of dying with much higher odds:

Odds of Dying
Heart Disease and Cancer: 1 in 7
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease: 1 in 28
Intentional Self-harm: 1 in 95
Unintentional Poisoning by and Exposure to Noxious Substances: 1 in 96
Motor Vehicle Crash: 1 in 114
Fall: 1 in 127
Car Occupant: 1 in 645
Pedestrian Incident: 1 in 647
Motorcycle Rider Incident: 1 in 985
Unintentional Drowning and Submersion: 1 in 1,188
Exposure to Fire, Flames or Smoke: 1 in 1,498
Choking from Inhalation and Ingestion of Food: 1 in 3,461

Given your concern with Hartford, I'd stop driving, walking, eating and taking baths if I were you.
 
SoOoOoOoO before this thread gets locked because we’re talking about Hartford homicides and local geography....

I went to Newington Pizza last week and had a pretty solid meatball and onion pie. Not traditionally a fan of Greek style pizza but this was surprisingly not bad.
 
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