OT: Best Pizza in CT

[Deepster]

Did I say that Cumberland Farms pizza should be considered with ANY of the pizza places on this list. Simply commented that its surprisingly good for what is it and nothing more. If you're out and about at 4am for whatever reason and have a hankering fro a slice or pie, then Cumberland Farms can provide you with a pretty decent pie. That's all. Not to be considered with the best on this list.

A lot of Douchey Smart Ass Know it All Big Mouths on this board.

No. It's not a "pretty decent pie". At any time of the day or night. It's garbage.

 

[FASTEDDY]

No. It's not a "pretty decent pie". At any time of the day or night. It's garbage.

Thank You Mr. "He Who Knows All and Who's Opinion is Gospel".

 

[8893]

Gotta admit, the strident defense of Cumberland Farms pizza got me curious, so I googled and found, to FASTEDDY's defense, that they apparently have made great strides very recently:

http://www.cspnet.com/print/csp-magazine/article/mystery-shop-part-1-team?page=0,4

The importance of foodservice is all the more apparent when you walk into newer stores, which dedicate substantial square footage and in-store advertising to a foodservice program that now includes a full-scale pizza program and made-to-order sandwiches.

I'm not running out to grab a slice there, but it does look like they are doing something different now than what I would have expected from Cumberland Farms.

 

[FASTEDDY]

Gotta admit, the strident defense of Cumberland Farms pizza got me curious, so I googled and found, to FASTEDDY's defense, that they apparently have made great strides very recently:

http://www.cspnet.com/print/csp-magazine/article/mystery-shop-part-1-team?page=0,4


I'm not running out to grab a slice there, but it does look like they are doing something different now than what I would have expected from Cumberland Farms.

Thank You.

That all I'm saying. Cumby's provides a pretty decent pie, on the cheap, and whenever you need it, when all other places are closed (such as late at night or early AM). Its the best pizza that I am aware of that you can get hot out of the oven in the early AM when you have the Pizza Munchies. That's its. Not trying to compare it to Pepe's, BAR, Buffalino's, Zuppardi's or any of the other top level shops.

To unequivocally state that Cumby's pie is complete garbage is foolish and incorrect. End of story.

 

[Deepster]

It looks like garbage. No better than Digiorno.

 

[Husky25]

Thank You.

That all I'm saying. Cumby's provides a pretty decent pie, on the cheap, and whenever you need it, when all other places are closed (such as late at night or early AM). Its the best pizza that I am aware of that you can get hot out of the oven in the early AM when you have the Pizza Munchies. That's its. Not trying to compare it to Pepe's, BAR, Buffalino's, Zuppardi's or any of the other top level shops.

To unequivocally state that Cumby's pie is complete garbage is foolish and incorrect. End of story.

Just like the climate debate, there are always a few scientists in the sea of thousands who prevent consensus...

You know how the USDA determined that Taco Bell cannot call it's taco meat, "Beef?" That is similar to calling what Cumbys offers. It may not be the Pink Slime of Pizza but it is not US Standard either (let alone Choice or Prime).

I'm not normally a, "get off my lawn," type of guy and generally I live and let live so long as it doesn't affect others, but my advice for when you have the pizza munchies at 3 a.m. (beyond being better prepared for your night of debauchery) is either 1) to go to sleep; or 2) find something else. You're not going to care about the taste until morning anyway. Wee hour munchies typically accompany the consumption of perception altering substances (legal and illicit alike), and unless one is willing to wait an hour for a cab, one (or his/her associates) is probably not in any condition to operate an aerosol can as directed much less a motor vehicle.

I know. I've been there.

 

[8893]

We have one of those newfangled Cumby's in our town. My kids are keen on their milkshakes but I've never walked in the door yet. I feel compelled in the name of research to check this pizza out. But it will not be at 3 a.m.

 

[dbmill]

Okay I was going to keep quiet, but when someone compares Greek Pizza to Jim Boeheim, I draw the line.

I'm obviously in the minority here, but I was born and raised on Greek style pizza and love it. I don't quite get all the haters but I do have a theory that folks typically like to think their hometown pizza as the best. As a former resident of Windham County, I can attest family and friends love the stuff and even have it shipped across the country to other former residents.

Yelp has 4.5 stars to Tony's pizza in Willimantic: http://www.yelp.com/biz/tonys-pizza-Willimantic, so obviously there are plenty of fans.

Perhaps this read can help explain some of the hatred:
http://slice.seriouseats.com/archiv...ke-new-england-greek-style-pizza-at-home.html
To quote the author of the article: "There's a good reason why Greek pizza, a style found mostly in the "Pizza Houses" and "Houses of Pizza" in New England is not more popular, and the reason is this: It's not very good. Ok, let me modify that statement. It's usually not very good."

I particularly like the graph in the article explaining how difficult it is to make a good greek pizza compared to other styles.

Don't get me wrong, I like Neapolitan and NY styles as well, but I prefer a good Greek Pizza.

Greek pizza is fine for me as well. For many years beginning while I was a UConn student I was a regular at the above referenced Tony's Pizza in Willimantic. I spent many wonderful late Friday nights there.

 

[David 76]

This is like saying your favorite Chineese food is American Chop Suey. Once you put an adjective in front of pizza (really apizza) it stops being pizza. Greek, deep dish, it doesn't matter. You are free to like it. But it doesnt belong here. Start your own thread. But this is thirty-something pages of pizza, which is not Greek.

 

[Huskybass]

George's Pizza in Unionville: Greek and Great. You anti-Greekers can blow it out your portholes.

There is no such thing as great Greek pizza. It might taste very good, but it can never be great. Sorry, that is simply the way it is.

 

[John]

There is no such thing as great Greek pizza. It might taste very good, but it can never be great. Sorry, that is simply the way it is.

it's not just great Greek pizza, it's great pizza Period.

 

[Rico444]

We have one of those newfangled Cumby's in our town. My kids are keen on their milkshakes but I've never walked in the door yet. I feel compelled in the name of research to check this pizza out. But it will not be at 3 a.m.

Hmm. I've got one less than 5 minutes away. Maybe I'll have to partake sometime soon.

 

[Dove]

@Deepster ...you could't tabulate the votes while you were at it?

 

[UConnKev]

Cromwell Pizza and Pasta opened up a couple months ago and so far so good. They have a great hot oil pie!

 

[Huskygamble19]

Gotta admit, the strident defense of Cumberland Farms pizza got me curious, so I googled and found, to FASTEDDY's defense, that they apparently have made great strides very recently:

http://www.cspnet.com/print/csp-magazine/article/mystery-shop-part-1-team?page=0,4


I'm not running out to grab a slice there, but it does look like they are doing something different now than what I would have expected from Cumberland Farms.

My wife likes to call it Convalescent Farms.

 

[Huskygamble19]

It looks like garbage. No better than Digiorno.

Nice mushrooms.

 

[Huskygamble19]

We used to have 2 of em in town, now there is none. there goes my pizza fetish.

 

[August_West]

So we have one of the new fangled Cumberland farms in Deep river. Its a good store. I have the 2 hot dog for 2 dollar deal for lunch once a week to save money for better lunches on other days. I pay attention to their Pizza's The topping offerings for the Pizza. They take a cheese pizza bring it around to the hot dog fixings bar and use that for toppings.

That being said, I rate it slightly higher than the best Greek Pizza.

 

[Husky25]

So we have one of the new fangled Cumberland farms in Deep river. Its a good store. I have the 2 hot dog for 2 dollar deal for lunch once a week to save money for better lunches on other days. I pay attention to their Pizza's The topping offerings for the Pizza. They take a cheese pizza bring it around to the hot dog fixings bar and use that for toppings.

That being said, I rate it slightly higher than the best Greek Pizza.

 

[dog bone]

This is like saying your favorite Chineese food is American Chop Suey. Once you put an adjective in front of pizza (really apizza) it stops being pizza. Greek, deep dish, it doesn't matter. You are free to like it. But it doesnt belong here. Start your own thread. But this is thirty-something pages of pizza, which is not Greek.

Apizza is just an AKA for "New Haven Style" Pizza. It's true, you can look it up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven-style_pizza It's the first search result in google when you search for Apizza. Given that, you are contradicting yourself when you say it stops being pizza when you put an adjective in front of pizza. Apizza is simply another style of pizza. The last time I checked, the thread was not started by you, and the topic is NOT "Best Apizza in CT", so I'm not sure why you say it is specific to Apizza. Perhaps you should start a new Apizza thread if you are unhappy with Greek (AKA New England Style - you can look that one up too) Style Pizza being mentioned here.

 

[Danzz]

I love Greek style pizza. But truer words were never spoken. You cannot reheat it.

For great Greek pizza you cannot beat Jordans pizza in Norwalk. I also really like Town and Country in New Britain.[/QUO
I was wondering who liked that Greek crap and now I know.

 

[Husky25]

Apizza is just an AKA for "New Haven Style" Pizza. It's true, you can look it up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven-style_pizza It's the first search result in google when you search for Apizza. Given that, you are contradicting yourself when you say it stops being pizza when you put an adjective in front of pizza. Apizza is simply another style of pizza. The last time I checked, the thread was not started by you, and the topic is NOT "Best Apizza in CT", so I'm not sure why you say it is specific to Apizza. Perhaps you should start a new Apizza thread if you are unhappy with Greek (AKA New England Style - you can look that one up too) Style Pizza being mentioned here.

Are square slices a defining characteristic of "New England Style?" For the record I'd never seen a round pizza cut into square slices until I moved to Connecticut.

 

[superjohn]

Are square slices a defining characteristic of "New England Style?" For the record I'd never seen a round pizza cut into square slices until I moved to Connecticut.

That's a Midwest thing, they do that at a lot of places out here in Chicago, I've never once seen it done in CT.

 

[dog bone]

Are square slices a defining characteristic of "New England Style?" For the record I'd never seen a round pizza cut into square slices until I moved to Connecticut.

I don't know if it's a defining characteristic or not, but it is fairly common.

While growing up in Eastern Connecticut, all we ever had available were mom and pop Pizza and Hot Oven Grinder shops. I only knew of pizza being sliced into squares - at least large pizza. Strangely the small pizzas are sliced traditionally into wedges. I was fascinated when I watched a TV program and the large pizzas were sliced into wedges as it was foreign to me. It wasn't until some of the major chains moved into the area that pizza was cut into wedges.

With squares, you end up with a variety of different slices. 4 small corner wedges that are mostly crust, 8 square slices with crust on one side, and 4 middle slices with no crust at all. As kids we disliked the crust, so we would fight over the middle 4 slices. When I make my own pizza, I slice into wedges.

 

[boog204]

Cromwell Pizza and Pasta opened up a couple months ago and so far so good. They have a great hot oil pie!

Just went there for the first time last week as I did not know it existed. Instantly the best pizza in Cromwell. I've never had a hot oil pizza... Will have to pick one up one of these days.