OT: Best Pizza in CT

[MJKI]

I’ll add to the ooni conversation that it works best with dry ingredients; heavy, moisture filled toppings like fresh tomatoes, ricotta, etc just don’t do great and make even cooking and removal a pain

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Na you dont want to do that. Maybe in a garage with an open door or something if you must, but just put it away for the winter and keep practicing your dough chops using a steel to get ready for good weather again.

I actually used pellet stove venting to attach to the top of my Ooni to extend out from underneath a covered deck. Use the Ooni in all weather year round.

 

[upstater]

My son and 3 of his pizza loving friends did this last summer and their ranking was the exact opposite of yours. FWIW.

Yep, that's the way I would rate it.

Used to love Pepe's. But I've had bad experiences lately. Sally's never fails me. I'd squeeze in Zuppardi's between Sally's and Modern.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Yep, that's the way I would rate it.

Used to love Pepe's. But I've had bad experiences lately. Sally's never fails me. I'd squeeze in Zuppardi's between Sally's and Modern.

I’ve had them all, and Zupp’s is still my favorite. The flavor, taste, texture is just off the charts, the homemade fennel/anise sausage chunks, the sauce and the oil they drizzle on it is pizza heaven. Second, I’d say Modern and then Bar. Pepe’s and Sally’s I steer clear of nowadays. Still haven’t tried Bufalina, it’s on my to do list. If I’m in the mood for a clam pie, again Zupp’s is the place.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I recently did a NH pizza tour with a few friends. One afternoon, all 4 of the main spots in a row- Sally's, Pepe's, Modern, Bar. In that order. From each place we ordered one cheese/tomato pie, and one specialty recommended by each place.

Here were my ratings out of 10.

Bar- 9.4
Pepe's- 9.3
Modern- 8.6
Sally's- 8.1

Bar had a lobster pizza. $36 for a small. But it blew my balls off. The tomato pie was outstanding as well. That was my third time there and it lived up to the hype each time. Nevermind the great atmosphere there, the pizza holds up big time. Bar might be my favorite pizza restaurant in the world. We also saw Dan Patrick at the bar. And then Anderson Cooper at a cafe the next morning.

I said that Bar was better than anything I had in Italy to a native Italian girl a few weeks ago and she thought I was insane and just laughed.

Sally's was the biggest surprise- underwhelming. I went there a couple times before and was underwhelmed. Still very good pizza, just doesn't hold a torch to the other 3 IMO.
Modern surprised me- really loved it. A bit different style from the other 3. More of a classic American pizza parlor.
Pepe's clam and fresh tomato pie were both outstanding. I had been to other Pepe's locations around the state (Mohegan, Manchester) and was very disappointed. The New Haven one is just far superior.

Sorry to hear about your balls.

Surprised Bar landed above the three classics. I know of a couple spots who are on the same level, but Bar?

 

[Ratso]

passes the eye test

 

[WrenchFan69]

Modern > Pepe's for the top 2. Bar and Sally's can duke it out for 3rd imo.

 

[Dove]

Anyone here try Frisco's Pizza in New Haven?

On Forbes Avenue.

 

[upstater]

passes the eye test

I personally love the shaved parm on top. I just know in Italy they would skin you alive for even suggesting it!

 

[Ratso]

Modern > Pepe's for the top 2. Bar and Sally's can duke it out for 3rd imo.

100%, but growing up in NH Bar meant a lot more than just the pie, and it’s still great

 

[mussels]

passes the eye test

looks like a pizza you would find closer to home

 

[Ratso]

how good is that?

it’s my all time top 5

modern
patsy’s (midtown 2nd ave)
pepe
angelo’s nyc/angelo’s philly

hon mention - sauce nyc, sally’s, bar, posto (rhinebeck, ny), brooklyn square, de lorenzo’s trenton

 

[imno1]

Anyone here try Frisco's Pizza in New Haven?

On Forbes Avenue.

Yes only once. Decent but nothing special.

 

[nashusky109]

how good is that?

it’s my all time top 5

modern
patsy’s (midtown 2nd ave)
pepe
angelo’s nyc/angelo’s philly

hon mention - sauce nyc, sally’s, bar, posto (rhinebeck, ny), brooklyn square, de lorenzo’s trenton

The Patys's in Harlem for whatever reason I thought was way better than the 2nd ave location. Also, the Angelos in NYC is a completely different Angelos than the one in Philly... highly recommend the Philly one if ever in the area. Probably would make my top 10 ever. I don't do cheesesteaks but I've also read/heard that the cheesesteaks at Angelos are the best in Philly.

 

[huskymedic]

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[jpeakin]

Went to Pizza Suprema right across from the Garden Friday night before the semis on the suggestion of the BY. Almost crapped myself at the price of the slices but I was all in.

Outstanding and totally worth it! I think that was the first time I ever had a grandma slice (you don't really see them in Fairfield County). Highly recommend and couldn't be closer to MSG. Sadly, that was the highlight of the evening.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Anyone here try Frisco's Pizza in New Haven?

On Forbes Avenue.

Yes only once. Decent but nothing special.

@imno1 's response reads like one step behind the, "Good, but not great" answer that often sounds like 'damning with faint praise,' and thus far I'd concur.

I probably do the place no favor by saying that I don't remember if I've been there twice or three times, or if I've had the pizza once or twice, but that's more a function of when I showed up and what I was looking for. Ultimately, I've added it up to my having bookmarked it for a future visit to see if I see if the love it gets on a New Haven Abeetz FB page meets up with my speculation.

For certain, my first visit was an empty trip. It was pure recon, on my way back to Westville from yoga at Cosey Beach in New Haven, a Saturday around noon. I'd read some enthusiastic posts and had never heard of it, and I was intrigued that the Gavones were pretty up on it.

Others mentioned it as a rare source of New Haven-worthy slices, so that's what I'd stopped in for. Turned out that slices were strictly a weekday lunchtime thing, which was disappointing but fair enough. I'd made a passing-by look-see not a pilgrimage.

Pretty sure I got a "decent but not special" slice the next time I tried when it was next in my path, probably heading back from Lighthouse Point after the Townsend Avenue Fire & Slice combination pizza & BBQ joint had failed as a business (and given me hellacious heartburn when I thought a smoked brisket-topped pizza warranted a try).

I decided that I wouldn't be able make a good assessment based on slices, just as I'd been underwhelmed when I once got a takeout slice from BAR, though that was after decades of sit-down pies. There's a reason why the best New Haven places only rarely do slices, something that's far better as a New York thing (note East Harlem Patsy's mentioned a few posts up for coal-fired oven slices that are worth more than the Triboro Bridge toll you can swap outup if it's not necessary to get immediately onto Bruckner when exiting Manhattan).

On a sunny day a couple years ago when freedom-loving bikers converged from throughout CT, metro NYC, and
southern New England swatm their loud pipes, burn rubber, do wheelie & other tricks on under-policed streets and Long Wharf's terminal market parking lot, big hogs, Japanese death devices, fancy reverse 3-wheelers, and swarms of unregistered dirt bikes were massed throughout the harbor's coastal paved perimeter in defiance of an on again-off again canceled permit for a major meet-up day. One such gathering point was the Gulf(?) gas station at the top of Forbes Ave, which was encroaching on Frisco's small adjacent parking lot and disruptive to a normal business day. The bikers and the pizza guys were at odds with each other but both friendly in their own way toward me in my Prius, and that's where I can't recall if I bailed with or without another slice (which may have been available at the counter) once I decided not to stick around the tense scene for a whole pie.

As such, Frisco's gets an incomplete grade. However, I continue to see swells of enthusiastic support within, "Who's your go-to?" FB posts. In tone, they remind me of Ernie's love that comes out of Westville where I used to live, and in the case of Ernie's I totally get it...but didn't before I lived there.

I'm thinking that Frisco's is the loyally-chosen, favored takeout choice for those living on the east side of the Q Bridge, including The Annex through Morris Cove and adjacent to Tweed Airport. It's convenient, nearby, steady, reliable, untouristed, pizza that'd be among my top choices if it were in Louisville, where pizza doesn't totally suck, but clearly is not New Haven, Connecticut, or New York.

Ernie's I have come to love, because each pie is made by Pat, son of the namesake. He more often than not has no problem starting a pie at 9:55, when closing time is 10. Or making 4 quarters of the pie differently, and marking the box on top as though it's a map, when I'm indecicisive. Pat is making and baking my pie, and it's not a bother, unless it's a setting where I read the room and the ask would bother me. These places are treasures, especially if you live where they don't exist.

I'd like to learn if Frisco's fits here, but from 850 miles away, it might not happen.

Frisco's holds similar, "I know these guys" energy. I've felt it at the Shoreline Grands, Letizia's, Mike's, Michelangelo, Rossini's, and suspect it's at North Branford's Bobby's which didn't Wow me as I'd gone in search of, but, like all listed, are really quite real if not legendary. I've heard similarly about, I think, Maria's in North Haven,

 

[dvegas]

Blasphemy Why two CT lawmakers voted against pizza as the state food

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[I Bleed Blue]

Alright, we’re going to the toxic pizza wasteland known as Texas. Let’s see if anybody’s got a decent HTown rec!

 

[storrsroars]

Alright, we’re going to the toxic pizza wasteland known as Texas. Let’s see if anybody’s got a decent HTown rec!

Personally I'd be eating Vietnamese, Ethiopian and BBQ. I'd imagine there are some good sit down Neapolitan places as in every city, but otherwise, you might as well be looking for a good Kosher deli in Utah.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Alright, we’re going to the toxic pizza wasteland known as Texas. Let’s see if anybody’s got a decent HTown rec!

Eat BBQ! Trust me. Eat your local pizza favorite Thursday night. Forget about pizza for the next 4 days. Go out to New Haven Tuesday or Wednesday night when you get back. You’ll be much happier.

 

[vtmikeb]

For Houston;
The Purple Flour is my favorite. It’s a food truck sandwiched between a brewery and a bar and across the street from yet another brewery. It’s a neat little neighborhood area to spend an afternoon in. There’s also a distillery and winery within 100 yards. To me, it’s the closest Houston has to offer to any CT level pizza. Unfortunately, it is closed on Friday and Saturday. Might be a fun little day trip (10 min Uber from downtown) on Sunday if you want to see trees instead of skyscrapers and high rises. One of the breweries has a small playground, so kids are welcome.

The Purple Flour (Food Truck) - Google Search

The Gypsy Poet is new and passable/good for your more fancy type pizza. Have only had it delivered, heard good things about their Midtown location. Their new Heights location is take out only last time I looked as they are renovating.

Greatest Artisan Pizza in Houston | wine and beer | The Gypsy Poet

www.thegypsypoet.us

People say Vinny’s is good, I have mixed opinions on it. It’s also pricey for pizza if I remember correctly. It’s known for its thick crust (Sicilian?) which isn’t my favorite. It has other styles too.

Vinny's Pizza — Agricole Hospitality

Pizza by the slice and the pie in the heart of East Downtown Houston. Dine-in, Take-out and delivery. Pizza, Pies, Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Wine, Beer, Delivery, East Downtown, Downtown Houston, Houston Pizza, ingredients

www.agricolehospitality.com

And one I’ve been meaning to try is Tiny Champions but haven’t had a chance yet. Looks decent in the pics and their other food is good.

Tiny Champions

www.tinychampionshouston.com

If you go in with tempered expectations you should be fine, maybe even a little surprised. Just don’t expect your typical New Haven affair, it’s Houston. 5 years ago, none of these places existed, so at least Houston is trying.

 

[August_West]

Went to Bobby’s Apizza on route 80 in north Branford for first time in a few years . Was still fantastic.

broccoli rabe with Longhini sausage and a meatball with ricotta.

 

[Viet Vet]

Went to Bobby’s Apizza on route 80 in north Branford for first time in a few years . Was still fantastic.

broccoli rabe with Longhini sausage and a meatball with ricotta.
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Bobby's has been my go-to for over 35 years. We moved from North Branford to Farmington ten years ago, but still go to Bobby's, despite the drive. Next time anyone goes, say hi to Joe, Paul or Fred from me ("Tom from Farmington").

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Personally I'd be eating Vietnamese, Ethiopian and BBQ. I'd imagine there are some good sit down Neapolitan places as in every city, but otherwise, you might as well be looking for a good Kosher deli in Utah.

Vietnamese and Korean is likely. BBQ is already on the list