OT: Best Pizza in CT

[huskymedic]

And then there's this.

No cheese? Rhode Island's 'red strips' are an odd take on pizza

Don’t get me going on this abomination. Please.

There are actually not bad if you know what you are getting ahead of time... have had Colvitto’s in Narragansett and it’s not bad w/ coffee in the morning or as an afternoon snack w/ wine/beer salami and provolone after a day @ Scarborough. All depends on the sauce. Bad sauce makes bad pizza regardless of amount of cheese or lack thereof/thickness of crust.

 

[8893]

There are actually not bad if you know what you are getting ahead of time... have had Colvitto’s in Narragansett and it’s not bad w/ coffee in the morning or as an afternoon snack w/ wine/beer after day @ Scarborough.
All depends on the sauce. Bad sauce makes bad pizza regardless of cheese/thickness of crust.

It became a thing with a good friend of mine who was born and raised in RI: I would do my schtick about how terrible it is and she would insist that it had its place. A few summers ago when we were on vacation in Rhode Island she brought me a box of strips from Colvitto’s as the host present when we had her, her husband and their son over for dinner. It was well worth the laughs, and I had to admit that it was “shockingly decent.” Their son was so amused by my reaction that “shockingly decent” has taken on a life of its own among us.

 

[huskymedic]

It became a thing with a good friend of mine who was born and raised in RI: I would do my schtick about how terrible it is and she would insist that it had its place. A few summers ago when we were on vacation in Rhode Island she brought me a box of strips from Colvitto’s as the host present when we had her, her husband and their son over for dinner. It was well worth the laughs, and I had to admit that it was “shockingly decent.” Their son was so amused by my reaction that “shockingly decent” has taken on a life of its own among us.

Colvitto’s also makes/bakes the best pepper breadsticks I have ever had. Always grab a few bags on the way out to bring home to CT.

 

[David 76]

I don't know...you'd think the recipes are the same...

Same recipe, even same place, it is obvious when a different person makes the pie.

 

[8893]

Colvitto’s also makes/bakes the best pepper breadsticks I have ever had. Always grab a few bags on the way out to bring home to CT.

Thanks. Will look for them this summer.

 

[David 76]

Do you mean frezzales or biscott? Apologies for the spelling.

 

[huskymedic]

Do you mean frezzales or biscott? Apologies for the spelling.

Closer to friselle than a biscotti. They are about 6 inches long and as thick as your (my) thumb.

 

[David 76]

Thanks. Love friselle with fresh tomato and basil.
I didn't mean biscotti. There is a counterpart to friselle that is also hard and peppery. We pronounced it closer to biscuit than biscotti.

 

[August_West]

Thanks. Love friselle with fresh tomato and basil.
I didn't mean biscotti. There is a counterpart to friselle that is also hard and peppery. We pronounced it closer to biscuit than biscotti.

bizgot

 

[August_West]

but that is not as crazy as:
sfogliatelle = sweeyadelle

 

[8893]

but that is not as crazy as:
sfogliatelle = sweeyadelle

I say it more like “svoyadelle.”

 

[August_West]

I say it more like “svoyadelle.”

yup actually you should probably put the w and v together.

swvoyadelle

 

[storrsroars]

Mannagauk - pasta tubes stuffed with ricaut.

 

[August_West]

Mannagauk - pasta tubes stuffed with ricaut.

see you got that 1/2 right. You properly replaced the c with the g on manigott........... why wouldnt you follow the same rule on rigott?

 

[August_West]

also dropping the ending vowels on EVERYTHING is a uniquely Northeastern Italian tic.

Years ago I used to work with a couple old italian women and every other day they would say "gonna go to the casseen tonight, will I see you at the casseeen?

took me like a month to figure out they were talking about foxwoods.

 

[superjohn]

There are actually not bad if you know what you are getting ahead of time... have had Colvitto’s in Narragansett and it’s not bad w/ coffee in the morning or as an afternoon snack w/ wine/beer salami and provolone after a day @ Scarborough. All depends on the sauce. Bad sauce makes bad pizza regardless of amount of cheese or lack thereof/thickness of crust.

Pizza and coffee!

 

[huskymedic]

Pizza and coffee!

Cold pizza and coffee!

 

[storrsroars]

see you got that 1/2 right. You properly replaced the c with the g on manigott...... why wouldnt you follow the same rule on rigott?

I learned my bad Italian-American pronunciations from Lithuanians and Slavs in Stamford, not New Haven. We never said "mootz", it was "mahtz". Ricaut was definitely more a oddly shaped "c" than a "g", despite it's similarity with mannagauk (which somehow broke even more rules by ending with a "k" sound.)

Even the curses were gnarled. While "melanzana" became "mulignan" in southern Italian immigrant, my Lithuanian mother - who never cursed in English - would say, "moonyon", "a fanabla" became "bah fanavala" "fongool" became "vongool" and when she was really teed, she'd break out "mahfunkule" instead of "vaffanculo". My godmother was Italian as was one aunt, and they never corrected her.

 

[storrsroars]

Pizza and coffee!

It's a thing here.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Was back at next door for a big party last night. Broccoli rabe and sausage is a great pie, as is the spicy meatball

 

[August_West]

Broccoli rabe and sausage is a great pie

white, right?

totally agree. Has to have Asiago too.

 

[8893]

Was back at next door for a big party last night. Broccoli rabe and sausage is a great pie, as is the spicy meatball

white, right?

totally agree. Has to have Asiago too.

How was the sag factor?

The Rabe and Sausage comes white but I ordered it red last week and it was very good—except for that sag that plaqued all the pies I’ve had there,red or white. I wanted the spicy meatball, too, but we had to choose between that and the rabe and sausage and the latter won out.

 

[AdamaNation]

Where does DeLegna rank as it is in the heart of top notch pies? I am sure if they were any worked but downtown NH they would be getting national love. Thoughts??

 

[8893]

Where does DeLegna rank as it is in the heart of top notch pies? I am sure if they were any worked but downtown NH they would be getting national love. Thoughts??

For me, a notch below the top. On par with Next Door imo.

 

[August_West]

How was the sag factor?

The Rabe and Sausage comes white but I ordered it red last week and it was very good—except for that sag that plaqued all the pies I’ve had there,red or white. I wanted the spicy meatball, too, but we had to choose between that and the rabe and sausage and the latter won out.

Ive never been there. The couple places I order the Rabe/Sasauge'/Asiago from have little sag.

I like that pie white.