OT: Best Pizza in CT

[browndog319]

I'm not in LA and I don't see d-bags like the guy in that video in my store. Parking never an issue. Can usually get within 4 spots of the front of lot, any time of day.

Hey, I get WF is pricey and has a ton of crap nobody really needs, but for what I buy there it's fine and competitive - salsa and hummus always on sale and they've got the best bread of any nearby market. I've got five supermarkets w/i 1.5 miles of my house. Each has a different application for me.

I’m in NJ and lived in PA and the Priuses and the people just being annoying... yep. I don’t mind the prices, especially with Amazon discounts, but a lot of the people are kind of pretentious. Maybe it’s just the Princeton one? And we have a ton of supermarkets, too. It’s just the type...

 

[UConnStats]

Over Lox Stock? You are out of your flipping mind.

Absolutely not. Lox stock? It isn't even that good. Grew up with one 1/4 mile from my house and I recall nothing special at all.

Lox Stock basically just microwaves their pre-made egg discs like a glorified Dunkin’ Donuts. And they do it right in front of you. The bagels are good, but overall nothing special.

Goldberg’s is great, but the line is also always bad so I haven’t gone very often lately.

 

[Husky25]

1. Sally's
2. Modern
3. Pepe's

Rest don't matter

After 3,518 posts, this is your gem? To parrot roughly 1/3 of the posts that came before?

I think it's been fairly well established that the New Haven trio are the gold standard in Connecticut the Northeast the country outside Naples the world. I mostly come back to this thread in case people recommend hidden gems in the other 7 counties.

BTW, I haven't had it at the original NH location lately, but since Pepe went multi-location, it's fallen on my personal list.

 

[Chief00]

Chief, with all due respect, you just don't get it when it comes to pizza. Stick to critical basketball insight to enlighten the masses. Far more in your wheelhouse.
#bitchesandhos

It’s amazing how many have knocked a pizza without actually going there and trying it. It’s called stereotypes. If you actually try it, then feel free to criticize.

 

[zls44]

Get some facts - try it with onions and peppers - and come back and see me.

This is the peak Connecticut message board post, it has everything.

 

[zls44]

Comparing Pepe's NH to the other Pepe's is pointless. The difference is the oven. The original's oven is a different universe. They've said as much themselves.

 

[8893]

Comparing Pepe's NH to the other Pepe's is pointless. The difference is the oven. The original's oven is a different universe. They've said as much themselves.

The original oven is in next door at The Spot.

 

[HuskyHawk]

So I don't live in CT anymore and struggle with suburban Boston pizza, with a few decent options but mostly Greek "house of" stuff.

But I just came back from France. Yes, the north of France, and holy do those people like their pizza. Pizza places everywhere in Normandy, Brittany and the Loire region and all of it was good. Some of it pretty legit Neopolitan style. They did have some odd toppings, but everyplace needs local flavor. Ten day trip and I had pizza four times....in France.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Comparing Pepe's NH to the other Pepe's is pointless. The difference is the oven. The original's oven is a different universe. They've said as much themselves.

Yes, it isn't just the slices. The whole pies at Mohegan are just ok. I mean, they are way better than "House of", but not really superior to several "brick oven" places I've been too, even in Mass. New one opening in my town soon...fingers crossed.

 

[whaler11]

I'm going to drop a controversial bombshell here... other day, wife asked me to pick up a slice of pizza from Whole Foods. I got two, one for each of us. Granted, Pittsburgh pizza ain't NH, and I'm not gonna say this was Top 5 NH quality, but I was dumbfounded at how good it actually was. Crust was excellent. No idea if our local WF is an outlier, but wondering if any of y'all have tried it? Might be an option for those not around NH. Expensive though - 2 slices for $7.50 (although big NY size slices).

I like the pizza at Big Y better plus it’s $5 for two with a soda!

 

[dvegas]

Comparing Pepe's NH to the other Pepe's is pointless. The difference is the oven. The original's oven is a different universe. They've said as much themselves.

Pepe's Fairfield has been open almost 15 years. The oven is seasoned. On a good day with the right pizziaolo, they can match New Haven. Not every pie, every time, but I can attest to 5 star (out of 5) pies there, and nothing under an 4 recently.

 

[FartMan69]

I like the pizza at Big Y better plus it’s $5 for two with a soda!

Big Y Italian combo grinders on the french bread are the truth

 

[JMick]

I like the pizza at Big Y better plus it’s $5 for two with a soda!

Big Y pizza is underrated

 

[whaler11]

Big Y Italian combo grinders on the french bread are the truth

good heads up from a top ten poster. will have to check that out.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Checked back in and noted the recent posts that reprise people's favorite lists. All were within more than acceptable range, but this gives me an opportunity to note that I got a small bacon & cheese from BAR two weeks ago, my first from there since I moved back to New Haven 6 years ago, been there since its beginning, and largely a fan (just busy elsewhere with other old and many new). I was stunned that it simply was not good. The crust was stiff, no great pleasure in either crunch or chew, and no particular flavor to or from the dough. Maybe an off night, so unexpected. Bigger drop-off from expectation than my initial attempts with Fairfield & Mohegan Sun Pepe's, or my never quite warming to DaLegna. Barring a redemptive visit, this was with a local top dozen range. Again, very surprised. And fwiw, for the past 15 years, I've mostly gone with mashed potato & bacon.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

good heads up from a top ten poster. will have to check that out.

While you're there give the fried fish a try. It was well-recommended in another thread. I don't do the 'chips.'

 

[Guapo]

What’s the best in the Rocky Hill/Cromwell/Middletown area? Headed back there for my nephew’s bday and I’m tired of Ilianos.

Do you guys have a best bagel thread? I know there was a place in West Hartford we went to once which was great, but it was a bit of a pain to get to.

Best bagels: drive to West Hartford, then keep driving, till you get to Boston. Drive a little farther north and arrive at Bagel World in Danvers, MA.

Those are the best bagels.

 

[QDOG5]

good heads up from a top ten poster.

Do you have a personal top ten posters or is there a Boneyard wide top ten? Either way congrats @FartMan69

 

[TRest]

good heads up from a top ten poster. will have to check that out.

He is correct. Big Y will make you a bigger, better grinder than Subway with much better toppings. For less.

 

[whaler11]

Do you have a personal top ten posters or is there a Boneyard wide top ten? Either way congrats @FartMan69

i’m sure we all have our own personal top tens - but some posters are clearly a cut above

 

[FartMan69]

Do you have a personal top ten posters or is there a Boneyard wide top ten? Either way congrats @FartMan69

Not on the pizza thread guys. Holy Ground

 

[David 76]

Someone should start a new thread entitled: Things that are sort of like pizza.
You can talk Greek pizza, supermarket pizza and English muffins with sauce on them in that thread.

 

[Waquoit]

English muffins with sauce on them in that thread.

When did this turn into Campfire Girls?

 

[BFieldHusky]

I like the pizza at Big Y better plus it’s $5 for two with a soda!

Get their prime steaks. Big Y has better steaks imo than Whole Foods or Stew Leonards.

 

[Mano]

So I don't live in CT anymore and struggle with suburban Boston pizza, with a few decent options but mostly Greek "house of" stuff.

But I just came back from France. Yes, the north of France, and holy do those people like their pizza. Pizza places everywhere in Normandy, Brittany and the Loire region and all of it was good. Some of it pretty legit Neopolitan style. They did have some odd toppings, but everyplace needs local flavor. Ten day trip and I had pizza four times....in France.

Dude, we’ve had that stuff over here for years already.