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OT: Best Pizza in CT

Is it time to get rid of the pizza thread?

  • Yes. It's past it's useful time here.

    Votes: 10 14.1%

  • No. I can't live without it.

    Votes: 50 70.4%

  • Move it to another board.

    Votes: 11 15.5%
  • Total voters
    71
JordyG said:
Damn Yankee's and their artisanal hipster foods are everywhere. Artichoke and pizza! Sacrilege!
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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.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
If they sell Sicilian slices like they do on 14th Street, and if the slices are as good as on 14th Street, this IS news!

2 Sundays ago, I got a slice for the first time in their new location across the street from where I used to walk up to the sidewalk window. I was skeptical, but it was a planned part of a walk from Fulton Street to GCT, and chosen over Katz's Deli. It was outstanding: crunchy, FULL-fat flavor, with great chunky plum tomato sauce. I don't eat anything like this anywhere else, but here it is special.

Noted: Before it closed, the Bridgeport Two Boots was terrible in comparison to the the one I used to go to in the West Village, and I have never had a transcendent pie from any Pepe's other than Wooster Street.

Between this, Goldburger's and its related restaurant, I'm seeing a new to check out Newington at some point.
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Doubt it will be as good. Different water, different air, different cooking environment. Non of the other Pepe's locations match the original.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
If they sell Sicilian slices like they do on 14th Street, and if the slices are as good as on 14th Street, this IS news!

2 Sundays ago, I got a slice for the first time in their new location across the street from where I used to walk up to the sidewalk window. I was skeptical, but it was a planned part of a walk from Fulton Street to GCT, and chosen over Katz's Deli. It was outstanding: crunchy, FULL-fat flavor, with great chunky plum tomato sauce. I don't eat anything like this anywhere else, but here it is special.

Noted: Before it closed, the Bridgeport Two Boots was terrible in comparison to the the one I used to go to in the West Village, and I have never had a transcendent pie from any Pepe's other than Wooster Street.

Between this, Goldburger's and its related restaurant, I'm seeing a new to check out Newington at some point.
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Even the one on Wooster St has gone down a notch or two since the old man died. Even when it was really good Pepe's best pizza came from the "Spot" in back.
 
Tremendous Pizza at Roseland in Derby. FRESH CLAMS and the other ingredients are fantastic
 
huskyrob1 said:
Even the one on Wooster St has gone down a notch or two since the old man died. Even when it was really good Pepe's best pizza came from the "Spot" in back.
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I never found that to be true.
 
Slick said:
Tremendous Pizza at Roseland in Derby. FRESH CLAMS and the other ingredients are fantastic
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One of the largest diameter pizzas I ever ordered anywhere. Their sausage and mushroom is the bomb.
 
Robertelamin said:
I don’t want to derail this thread but I need to know if we are in soup season @Hans Sprungfeld ?
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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?)
 
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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I’m a big soup fan (ask @Mano). I was hoping for pics with your new phone.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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