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OT: Best Pizza in CT

Hoophound said:
I love Alexandria. Nice place. Looks like you’ve found good pizza too.
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Admittedly, it was well over a decade ago, but last time we were in the area, I recall a place called the Match Box being sufficiently decent.

My brother in Law lived in Crystal City and worked at the Pentagon at the time.
 
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Flipside said:
For sure, I lived in Arlington (Ballston) for 19years before moving to SoFl

I don't remember an Italian Store in Alexandria though, only the 2 Arlington locations ... new?
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Nope. Arlington for sure. NOVA is NOVA though... particularly if you don't live here.
 
Flipside said:
For sure, I lived in Arlington (Ballston) for 19years before moving to SoFl

I don't remember an Italian Store in Alexandria though, only the 2 Arlington locations ... new?
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2 locations in the Arlington area.

www.italianstore.com

The Italian Store

Welcome to the Italian Store in Arlington, VA!
www.italianstore.com

This is my favorite pizza anywhere. I go to Westover. There is a beer garden on the block end too, just fantastic.
 
jibsey said:
2 locations in the Arlington area.

www.italianstore.com

The Italian Store

Welcome to the Italian Store in Arlington, VA!
www.italianstore.com

This is my favorite pizza anywhere. I go to Westover. There is a beer garden on the block end too, just fantastic.
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While the DMV was/is not known for pizza, I regularly ate the Nino’s Pizza from the Lyon Village Italian Store between 2000-2008, before I moved out to the suburbs. The Capri Italian sub with fresh mozzarella, rather than provolone, was my other go-to.

Now when I’m in Arlington, my go-to is the hot oil and sausage from the Colony Grill. Otherwise, it’s Pupatella rounding out the top 3.
 
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DCHuskyFan said:
While the DMV was/is not known for pizza, I regularly ate the Nino’s Pizza from the Lyon Village Italian Store between 2000-2008, before I moved out to the suburbs. The Capri Italian sub with fresh mozzarella, rather than provolone, was my other go to.

Now when I’m in Arlington, my go to is the hot oil and sausage from the Colony Grill. Otherwise, it’s Pupatella rounding out the top 3.
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We've got a Pupatella coming to Alexandria soon as well...
 
DCHuskyFan said:
While the DMV was/is not known for pizza, I regularly ate the Nino’s Pizza from the Lyon Village Italian Store between 2000-2008, before I moved out to the suburbs. The Capri Italian sub with fresh mozzarella, rather than provolone, was my other go-to.

Now when I’m in Arlington, my go-to is the hot oil and sausage from the Colony Grill. Otherwise, it’s Pupatella rounding out the top 3.
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Check out WE, THE PIZZA | Restaurant & Delivery | Capitol Hill DC + Arlington VA ... miss that place
 
Was in CT last week (once a year thing) so stopped at Pepe's WH. Pies were very good, but the crust was a little mushy - not like Dominoes or something, but not the hard, chewy wonderful crust I think of when I think of Pepe's. Around the edges was nice and blackened but the middle was just 'soft.' ???

Still great, but just not up to NH standards :(

BTW - I don't know why the pics below are fuzzy. Click on them for hi-res (and prepare to be hungry!)
 

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j66kicker said:
Was in CT last week (once a year thing) so stopped at Pepe's WH. Pies were very good, but the crust was a little mushy - not like Dominoes or something, but not the hard, chewy wonderful crust I think of when I think of Pepe's. Around the edges was nice and blackened but the middle was just 'soft.' ???

Still great, but just not up to NH standards :(

BTW - I don't know why the pics below are fuzzy. Click on them for hi-res (and prepare to be hungry!)
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I also found the new Pepe's places are hit or miss. Not impressed wth W. Htfd place either.... I do like Mohegan. Especially their signature white clam pie.
 
alexd said:
I also found the new Pepe's places are hit or miss. Not impressed wth W. Htfd place either.... I do like Mohegan. Especially their signature white clam pie.
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I think it takes a decent amount of time for the ovens to hit where they need to be. I was at Mohegan (2007?; 2008?) about a week after Pepe's grand opening and it was among the worst pies I ever had. I've been to a number of other locations but each after they had been open for at least a year (Manchester after about five years, Fairfield even longer, Warwick RI around three years) and each was good. Not Wooster St good but good. How long has there been one in West Hartford? Until your earlier post I didn't know they had one there.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
I think it takes a decent amount of time for the ovens to hit where they need to be. I was at Mohegan (2007?; 2008?) about a week after Pepe's grand opening and it was among the worst pies I ever had. I've been to a number of other locations but each after they had been open for at least a year (Manchester after about five years, Fairfield even longer, Warwick RI around three years) and each was good. Not Wooster St good but good. How long has there been one in West Hartford? Until your earlier post I didn't know they had one there.
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Pepe's in West Hartford has been open a dozen years.
 
alexd said:
I also found the new Pepe's places are hit or miss. Not impressed wth W. Htfd place either.... I do like Mohegan. Especially their signature white clam pie.
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Yeah, true. But I've been to the WH store 4-5 times and it's always been a spot-on ditto imitation of NH. ?? This visit was early in the day (noon-ish) - maybe the oven wasn't full hot yet (:confused::confused: ??)
 
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shizzle787 said:
I would posit that there are now the seven sisters of New Haven area pizza:
Pepe's
Sally's
Modern
Bar
Zuppardi's
Ernie's
Zenelli's
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Making Atticus the 8th wonder of the New Haven area on the days they make pizza
 
Just in case anyone on the board is interested AND has the minimum requirements:

"Frisco pizza is hiring full time, part time, pizza maker,start ASAP apply in person,345 Forbes ave,minimum 5 years experience in new haven style pizza. Great pay...
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Hear me out. Most every OT thread sits on the main Men's hoop board for a day, maybe two. Then it goes somewhere else more appropriate. Yet this one has stuck around now for years. At this point? Most of the posts are:

1) How overrated Pepe's or Sally's is now. Or how the non-New Haven branches are awful.
2) About pizza places not even in CT. Do we really need to discuss pizza options in Indiana or Tennessee?
3) About some place or comment that was already discussed ten times over at some point. No one is going back to see if a spot has comments on it already. No one reads the past posts.

On one hand, you can say it's no big deal. It's not hurting anyone. On the other hand, you could also say it's mostly just noise by now with very, very, very limited useful info (Great, so and so poster got a pizza in Ellington that was overdone). The season is almost here and we'll have bigger topics to discuss. Why do we still have this thing kicking around?
 
I agree but there could be some unforeseen pizza developments in the future that trigger a revival. Maybe a "Pizza Thread 2" ?
 
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