OT: Best Pizza in CT

[mauconnfan]

Do you like Red Rose in Springfield? (I’m assuming you’ve been). I think it’s very good. Again, not New Haven style, but delicious. Hoping to get there the weekend of the Wake football game. Missed it on the way up.

Red Rose good call @Hoophound and add their family salad to your order as well, house dressing is excellent. Yeah the Rose is one of very few decent pizza places in Western Mass for sure. Certainly not New Haven but having lived up here for 34 years easy to like. Since they built the bar area about the time MGM tried to buy them it’s one of my favorite places to go with my wife and buddies. Hope you get to swing in that weekend!

 

[UCLJ0211]

This is about as good as I can get in western panhandle of Florida.

Pepperoni, sausage, artichoke hearts and sun dried tomatoes.

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That’s about a 4.6 according to Portnoy lol

 

[WrenchFan69]

Recently had Rossini's in East Hampton, CT again. I gotta think it's the best pizza east of the river. Very affordable too - a large pepperoni pie was gigantic and $22.50ish all in

 

[Hoophound]

My brother's lived in Fayston VT for fifteen years and has me bring Pepe's up for Xmas every year because the pizza up there is a joke (his words) as is all of the food (Italian, Chinese, etc) compared to CT. Flatbread pizza is what goes for pizza up there. All that being said, I guess you found a decent place in Stowe.

Fayston is nice, but there isn’t much there. Piecasso in Stowe is great, Positive Pie has 3 northern VT locations. It’s also excellent. Juniors in Williston is very good, as is their Italian food. Salute in Stowe is an excellent Italian joint. Burlington and the surrounding area is foodie heaven. So many great places, but again, you’ve gotta try to find them. The Internet is a must when you are in a new place.

People need to know what’s around. In Florida I’ve got 3 pizza places with 2.5 miles of my house that are incredible. That doesn’t even include a place about 4 miles away that Portnoy gave a 7.8 or an amazing wood fired place that does Pizza Napoletana with an old Italian recipe that I consider absolutely fantastic. All are owned by former NY/NJ restaurant owners, yet people say Florida is a pizza wasteland. It isn’t, but it’s hard to get off a plane someplace you aren’t familiar with and know where to get a great pizza, especially by your own definition of what’s good. There’s a pizza place every quarter mile, most aren’t very good just like in CT.

 

[Huskybass]

Recently had Rossini's in East Hampton, CT again. I gotta think it's the best pizza east of the river. Very affordable too - a large pepperoni pie was gigantic and $22.50ish all in

I haven't been to Rossini's in decades but do remember it being very good.

Best pizza east of the CT River? Harry's in Glastonbury WAS great, but they went out of business a few years ago. Square Peg is pretty good, but they struggle with cooking an otherwise really good pizza evenly. I can think of a bunch of good pizza places east of the river, but I'm not sure I'd tag any of them as great.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I haven't been to Rossini's in decades but do remember it being very good.

Best pizza east of the CT River? Harry's in Glastonbury WAS great, but they went out of business a few years ago. Square Peg is pretty good, but they struggle with cooking an otherwise really good pizza evenly. I can think of a bunch of good pizza places east of the river, but I'm not sure I'd tag any of them as great.

Brick & Basil in Norwich was making really quite good pizza out of their truck but they recently moved into a restaurant space? Haven't been lately and idk if it's the same. Old Mystic General Store actually made really solid pizza but closed. Sassano in Glastonbury was very good but changed owners and I haven't been back to try it since; I've heard it's not as good. Camille's in Tolland is good and I like Willington Pizza, but Rossini's clears both imo.

 

[HooperScooper]

I haven't been to Rossini's in decades but do remember it being very good.

Best pizza east of the CT River? Harry's in Glastonbury WAS great, but they went out of business a few years ago. Square Peg is pretty good, but they struggle with cooking an otherwise really good pizza evenly. I can think of a bunch of good pizza places east of the river, but I'm not sure I'd tag any of them as great.

Pepe's in Manchester is better than Rossini's. I've had Rossini's a few times because we have some family in East Hampton. It's pretty good but nothing too great.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Pepe's in Manchester is better than Rossini's.

I wasn't counting Pepe's due to it being a chain based west of the river, but you're right.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Brick & Basil in Norwich was making really quite good pizza out of their truck but they recently moved into a restaurant space? Haven't been lately and idk if it's the same. Old Mystic General Store actually made really solid pizza but closed. Sassano in Glastonbury was very good but changed owners and I haven't been back to try it since; I've heard it's not as good. Camille's in Tolland is good and I like Willington Pizza, but Rossini's clears both imo.

Willy pizza has fallen off a cliff from what I remember as a student at UConn. I went back last fall after a Gampel game and was disgusted (and partially offended) by the pizzas I got; and my standards for acceptable/edible pizza are hilariously low at least compared to the snobs in this thread

 

[Scrappy3]

Looking for a great barbecue chicken pizza

I live in old Lyme Thanks!

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

East of the River, how about Oakland in South Windsor? IIRC, Portnoy gave it a solid review.

 

[Deepster]

Looking for a great barbecue chicken pizza

I live in old Lyme Thanks!

This thread sucks now.

 

[Zanzman]

East of the River, how about Oakland in South Windsor? IIRC, Portnoy gave it a solid review.

Same owner as Camilles in Tolland

 

[Rocktheworld]

Looking for a great barbecue chicken pizza

You would be

@August_West is probably your guy to ask about anything food there, think he lives there

 

[Huskybass]

Looking for a great barbecue chicken pizza

I live in old Lyme Thanks!

Three Fellas in Marlborough.

 

[huskyjawz]

This thread sucks now.

I mean the thread is "Best pizza in CT". It isn't "Every low to mid grade pizza in America."

 

[AidanFan20]

On a slightly different tack:

What toppings are favored around CT? I've seen some strange toppings listed that I wouldn't want on ANY pizza, any style.

I go for the generally Italian meats, like pepperoni, sausage, linguica, salami. Most of the time, just one or two toppings. If I have pesto, just pesto and cheese, nothing else. A little parmesan sprinkle, maybe.

No clam, bbq, potato, chicken, veggies, bell peppers... EVAH.

Not even bacon, though I love the stuff by itself...

 

[imno1]

On a slightly different tack:

What toppings are favored around CT? I've seen some strange toppings listed that I wouldn't want on ANY pizza, any style.

I go for the generally Italian meats, like pepperoni, sausage, linguica, salami. Most of the time, just one or two toppings. If I have pesto, just pesto and cheese, nothing else. A little parmesan sprinkle, maybe.

No clam, bbq, potato, chicken, veggies, bell peppers... EVAH.

Not even bacon, though I love the stuff by itself...

I get it if you don’t eat clams but if you do and don’t try the Zuppardi’s white clam you’ll be missing out on an amazing pie.

 

[imno1]

Willy pizza has fallen off a cliff from what I remember as a student at UConn. I went back last fall after a Gampel game and was disgusted (and partially offended) by the pizzas I got; and my standards for acceptable/edible pizza are hilariously low at least compared to the snobs in this thread

Are you forgetting the condition you were in when you’d go there as a student?

 

[Rocktheworld]

Are you forgetting the condition you were in when you’d go there as a student?

I certainly considered that lamooo but I was definitely not sober for my most recent trip either. Just absolutely disgraceful. Would’ve rather turned back to campus, gone to the dining hall, and get a slice from under the heat lamps.

 

[storrsroars]

I go for the generally Italian meats, like pepperoni, sausage, linguica, salami. Most of the time, just one or two toppings. If I have pesto, just pesto and cheese, nothing else. A little parmesan sprinkle, maybe.

You almost got Italian meats correct until you said "linguica", fictício.

 

[superjohn]

On a slightly different tack:

What toppings are favored around CT? I've seen some strange toppings listed that I wouldn't want on ANY pizza, any style.

I go for the generally Italian meats, like pepperoni, sausage, linguica, salami. Most of the time, just one or two toppings. If I have pesto, just pesto and cheese, nothing else. A little parmesan sprinkle, maybe.

No clam, bbq, potato, chicken, veggies, bell peppers... EVAH.

Not even bacon, though I love the stuff by itself...

I like plain cheese or 1 topping, either pepperoni or sausage. That's the other great thing about the New Haven area joints, they use top shelf homemade sausage and pepperoni.

I'm the same way with a hamburger. I like cheese on it. A lot of these places that get voted best burger have like 5 toppings on it, the meat should speak for itself.

 

[AidanFan20]

You almost got Italian meats correct until you said "linguica", fictício.

Yeah, I goofed there... it's Portuguese. But it fits right in with the Italian stuff.

 

[huskymedic]

Back door takeout <

 

[TheHorde]

This is a great thread, but I notice it didn’t get moved to the food and travel forum.