OT: Best Pizza in CT

[JMick]

I live by a simple rule: If a pizza place offers wings, you may have a shot at decent wings because a monkey could make decent wings, but you'll not find great pizza. I really haven't found exceptions to that.

eh idk. Stanziato's in Danbury is legit and they do wings. The wings are terrible though

 

[Rocktheworld]

You are not saying that Little Stevie’s is good are you?

I mean I was stoned 95% of my Boston nights when I was there as a 22-25 year old but I lived in Cambridge, Beacon Hill and Bay Village and Steve’s was up there. I’m not saying it was great, nowhere close to felcaro or Boston kitchen or Rome, but relative to a lot of other places I tried it was fine.

And I’m from New Jersey. I know pizza

Or wait is that the place I always got my slob buffalo chicken and mozzarella sticks combo... I can’t keep them straight especially now 3 years since living here

 

[auggie22]

I mean I was stoned 95% of my Boston nights when I was there as a 22-25 year old but I lived in Cambridge, Beacon Hill and Bay Village and Steve’s was up there. I’m not saying it was great, nowhere close to felcaro or Boston kitchen or Rome, but relative to a lot of other places I tried it was fine.

And I’m from New Jersey. I know pizza

Or wait is that the place I always got my slob buffalo chicken and mozzarella sticks combo... I can’t keep them straight especially now 3 years since living here

I always thought Pinocchio’s in Harvard Square was good - but i’m Not sure I was ever in my right head so who knows. I used to think Stevie’s was good until I had it sober. WOW is it bad.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I always thought Pinocchio’s in Harvard Square was good - but i’m Not sure I was ever in my right head so who knows. I used to think Stevie’s was good until I had it sober. WOW is it bad.

Never got pizza up in Harvard. Actually didn’t go out up around there much at all to be honest and when I did it was Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, or Felipe’s

NYP easily the most overrated pie in the city that I’ve had

And the actual straight up worst I’ve had was Emilio’s from the south end. One of the only outright inedible pizzas I’ve had

 

[Fishy]

Way back in the day, there was a blizzard at UConn during spring break - two feet of snow, easily. My roommate and I normally did not plan meals more than two minutes in advance, so we were in trouble.

There was a Little Caesars across the street from EO Smith.

It was the only place in Storrs that opened that day - we took my $450 K car out because we didn’t care if we crashed it, and we bought $30 worth of Little Caesars pizza. (They had a permanent promotion back then where if you bought one, you got two - we got roughly three days’ worth of pizza.)

I don’t remember the pizza other than they were square and that the guys that opened in that blizzard were heroes.

 

[nomar]

A friend had a 12th birthday party where we started out by making our own pizzas at Little Caesars (the "sausage" was a pink gelatinous material in a vat) and we then headed to Milford Jai-Alai, where we played jai-alai with minimal instruction and supervision. (Ah, the 80s.)

I'm not sure which was the more dangerous activity.

 

[Guapo]

Angelos in Glastonbury is good.

They're Greek,

 

[Robertelamin]

I can't remember the last time I saw one of these buildings in Connecticut. Do they exist anymore?

 

[Deepster]

Augie, if you want to grab a pie at Wilson Pizza Palace in Windsor, my treat and I’ll be curious to see if you’re not a Greek pie fan.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Haven't had Pizza Hut in years. Don't remember it being bad for chain pizza though.

 

[RichZ]

Had pizza at Roseland in Derby one time. Easily one of the best pies I've ever had. The sauce was unbelievable.

I love the pie at Roseland. My wife hates it.
I think it's more the service she hates. If you're not among the regulars, your food will still be great, but you may grow old waiting for it.

 

[zyron]

The only good Greek pie I gave ever had was at Beverly's in Black Rock, but that one was especially good, provided you know what to order.

Paradise Pizza in Stratford makes a very good Greek pizza. Been there over 50 years and is always busy.

 

[superjohn]

I love the pie at Roseland. My wife hates it.
I think it's more the service she hates. If you're not among the regulars, your food will still be great, but you may grow old waiting for it.

Isn't it also crazy expensive for a pizza and red sauce place in an old house in the Valley?

 

[CL82]

Haven't had Pizza Hut in years. Don't remember it being bad for chain pizza though.

It was foul. I went there with a buddy of mine and we blew off getting a sucky pizza in favor of getting subs. one of us got a meatball and the other goat a sausage sub and a pitcher of beer. I ate a little of mine and realized it sucked as my buddy asked how it was. I said pretty good, how about yours. He said good, want to swap halfs. We did, tried it and immediately realized that the other was lying his ass off. We pushed the subs away, finished the beer and left. We were probably 19,20 something like that. Not eating everything insight was unheard of, but those nasty ass subs just weren't worth it.

 

[Guapo]

Haven't had Pizza Hut in years. Don't remember it being bad for chain pizza though.

It's bad.

Very bad.

 

[MrP]

Papa Johns and Papa Gino's are where it's at. Papa Gino's might just be a Massachusetts thing not sure... Both are nasty, but I love them.

There was a Papa Gino’s in the student union at UConn, so... not just a MA thing. I’m sure it’s long gone, however, and for the best. It sucked.

 

[8893]

Isn't it also crazy expensive for a pizza and red sauce place in an old house in the Valley?

Depends on what you get. Their seafood pie is market price and crazy expensive (around $45+ iirc last time I was there many years ago), but it's also a ton of seafood--basically a seafood casserole of fresh lobster, shrimp and scallops placed on top of a pizza crust. I remember we had two small pieces left and my brother in law insisted that I take them home with me. We had guests coming over the next night for dinner and I cut them into 1" squares and served them as appetizers and they were amazing. But not really "apizza" imo.

Their fresh pasta is also homemade and the portions are huge.

 

[Rocktheworld]

We had guests coming over the next night for dinner and I cut them into 1" squares and served them as appetizers and they were amazing. But not really "apizza" imo.

Tip of the hat for that idea

Yeah although I’m hardly looking for something nice and light when deciding on pizza, the seafood “pizza” I’ve had in the past is always so damn rich. I think the last one I had was at Willy pizza now that I think on it

 

[August_West]

Augie, if you want to grab a pie at Wilson Pizza Palace in Windsor, my treat and I’ll be curious to see if you’re not a Greek pie fan.

ha. Ive had it.Numerous times. It is literally around the corner from my band rehearsal place on skitchewaug st. almost every time im at rehearsal a pizza from there ends up in the room.

Its absolutely edible. not my preferred style but definitely about as good as you can have in that style.

 

[JMick]

There was a Papa Gino’s in the student union at UConn, so... not just a MA thing. I’m sure it’s long gone, however, and for the best. It sucked.

The Union does (did? At least as of 2014) their own pizza that was actually pretty good.

 

[Rocktheworld]

The Union does (did? At least as of 2014) their own pizza that was actually pretty good.

Man that year and a half in what must’ve been 2010-2011 when it was busted...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[JMick]

I want to see the tally of people who tried it for the first time because it was free and decided to never eat there again

 

[huskymedic]

I want to see the tally of people who tried it for the first time because it was free and decided to never eat there again

I was trying to cross reference the CDC Syndromic Surveillance Database this morning to see if there was a spike in 911 calls for acute gastroenteritis.

 

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