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OT: Best Pizza in CT

ClifSpliffy said:
yes. mikey nuzz (graaaaannd abitz) crushes it. some of the drivers can approach high 3 figures in tips for a 7 day week during the busiest times. there's a reason why.
pro tip: delivery drivers are like elephants. they always remember who breaks loose with the juice.
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What town?
 
the original-Clinton, and the d-zone stretches into Madison, Westbrook, and Killingworth, especially if they like you.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Tonight, Salerno's is a low key winner!
Sweetness in the sauce, chewiness in the cheese, a crisp crunch toward the crust, with a good corn meal dusting. Friendly crew, the same automobile-related decor accents, glad I atoned for my Thanksgiving eve weirdness which derailed me from getting there.

Last night, I tried Massimo's in an east Bridgeport shopping plaza that has a PriceRite, after helping a friend transport belongings into storage at his sister's. The other helper lives in the North End, near where I was before Westville, and he made the call. Nothing wrong with the pie, but neither any reason to return.

Finally, last week I had my first from Hamden-North Haven's Olde World in a while. The crew has roots at Modern, and it's a mostly takeout place. Outstanding, though because I split toppings, I confirmed that their bacon, while perfectly cooked, is too salty, as had been my last experience. So, it's sausage & mootz going forward
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hey! sometime Park City, fulltime pizza virtuoso guy, the next time ur near grand street just east of main, stop in Pombals bakery. the definition of 'the Portuguese roll,' and their other roll, the size of a small loaf, is sooo good, it will make u forget about Portuguese rolls, or any other roll for that matter. both about 60 cents.
 
So, I'll be heading up to CT over Christmas and plan on doing a day long pizza pilgrimage with my dad, son and some nephews and cousins. Except for one nephew who goes to school in Fairfield County, none of us have visited any of the New Haven joints.
December 26thh or 27th looks like the date.

I'm thinking we can easily hit the biggies in New Haven plus a few more. Ideally, this would involve at least six stops. Any recommendations for order or sequences for the places?
 
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Chin Diesel said:
So, I'll be heading up to CT over Christmas and plan on doing a day long pizza pilgrimage with my dad, son and some nephews and cousins. Except for one nephew who goes to school in Fairfield County, none of us have visited any of the New Haven joints.
December 26thh or 27th looks like the date.

I'm thinking we can easily hit the biggies in New Haven plus a few more. Ideally, this would involve at least six stops. Any recommendations for order or sequences for the places?
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I'd expect significant lines for much of the day on those dates at Pepe's, Sally's, Modern and probably even BAR. All are popular over the holidays, so I'd try to hit Pepe's and Sally's in the mid-afternoon, in between lunch and dinner, as they are the most popular--and the least good at moving the lines. I would make Modern and BAR the bookends of those four, in whichever order. You have to get the white clam pie at Pepe's and the mashed potato and bacon pie (red is my preference) at BAR. If you are looking for anything other than pizza, the BAR salad is also excellent. Modern does everything pretty well imo, but if you like your pies crispy remember to order them "well done, light mozz." For some reason, I always seem to like the Sally's pies with bacon the best.

If you are looking to add two more, I'd probably add Zuppardi's in West Haven (sausage pie, white clam pie) and then choose one other among Olde World (North Haven), Grand Apizza (Fair Haven), Tolli's (East Haven), Zeneli (New Haven), Da Legna (New Haven), Next Door (New Haven), Kitchen Zinc (New Haven), One 6 Three (New Haven), Ernie's (New Haven) or Roseland (Derby). If you go to Roseland you have to get the seafood pie with lobster, shrimp and scallop. It's ridiculously expensive and it's nothing like pizza, but it's amazing and definitely a signature item for them.
 
Milo65 said:
I won’t go again. Pizza is great, they treated customers (unless you are a regular) like garbage.
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Try it again. New owners. Fuller staffing. No playing favorites*. Expanded hours. Great pizza.

*This one in particular was confirmed yesterday (unsolicited) by a friend whose father is a featured 'talking head' in the "Pizza, a Love Story" documentary film. His family always walked right in, and no longer holds any such status, as he believes is rightly so.
 
8893 said:
I'd expect significant lines for much of the day on those dates at Pepe's, Sally's, Modern and probably even BAR. All are popular over the holidays, so I'd try to hit Pepe's and Sally's in the mid-afternoon, in between lunch and dinner, as they are the most popular--and the least good at moving the lines. I would make Modern and BAR the bookends of those four, in whichever order. You have to get the white clam pie at Pepe's and the mashed potato and bacon pie (red is my preference) at BAR. If you are looking for anything other than pizza, the BAR salad is also excellent. Modern does everything pretty well imo, but if you like your pies crispy remember to order them "well done, light mozz." For some reason, I always seem to like the Sally's pies with bacon the best.

If you are looking to add two more, I'd probably add Zuppardi's in West Haven (sausage pie, white clam pie) and then choose one other among Olde World (North Haven), Grand Apizza (Fair Haven), Tolli's (East Haven), Zeneli (New Haven), Da Legna (New Haven), Next Door (New Haven), Kitchen Zinc (New Haven), One 6 Three (New Haven), Ernie's (New Haven) or Roseland (Derby). If you go to Roseland you have to get the seafood pie with lobster, shrimp and scallop. It's ridiculously expensive and it's nothing like pizza, but it's amazing and definitely a signature item for them.
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This is a very solid list, including the specific recommendations.

Because of the size & nature of your party, I'll add that Ernie's, Roseland, Zuppardi's, and Next Door will have the best combination of parking & seating options.

Roseland is the most out of the way.
Next Door will be best combo of beer & (smaller/lighter/more artisanal) pizza, and it's nearby to Modern for line management & timing purposes.
Ernie's might be favored by out-of-towners who are more accustomed to a thicker, cheesier, less 'well-done' pizza.

Heading west from downtown/Wooster Square/State Street, you could go to Ernie's in Westville, Zuppardi's in West Haven, then Roseland in Derby, though timing-wise you might need to cut down to only 2 (or even 1) of these.

Happy eating!
 
Had a surprisingly good pie at ReBar in west haven. It's a bar that has a pizza oven behind the bar and they made a quality pie. Only comes in 10" size. Definitely would go back and recommend for others to try.

Had their signature pie that came with mozz, pepperoni, burrata, prosciutto, cherry peppers, red onion, truffle honey
 
Chin Diesel said:
So, I'll be heading up to CT over Christmas and plan on doing a day long pizza pilgrimage with my dad, son and some nephews and cousins. Except for one nephew who goes to school in Fairfield County, none of us have visited any of the New Haven joints.
December 26thh or 27th looks like the date.

I'm thinking we can easily hit the biggies in New Haven plus a few more. Ideally, this would involve at least six stops. Any recommendations for order or sequences for the places?
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switch zuppardis in for sally's. we dumped that place long ago when we heard that their daily employee meeting concludes with the group cheer 'ba fongul!' as in, 'u want water? ba fongul!' or 'u want a napkin? ba fongul!' lol. someone here said some very nice things about new sallys, which may be true, but as far as im concerned, a 'sally' is still an adolescent female blue crab. who needs to wait in line to see if today is a good hair or bad hair day for a teenage girl?
 
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methodology said:
Had a surprisingly good pie at ReBar in west haven. It's a bar that has a pizza oven behind the bar and they made a quality pie. Only comes in 10" size. Definitely would go back and recommend for others to try.

Had their signature pie that came with mozz, pepperoni, burrata, prosciutto, cherry peppers, red onion, truffle honey
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Add 4-7pm Happy Hour to already lower-than-average prices for such quality pizza, and later-closing down hours, a few well-placed big TVs, pool table in the back, and it's a solid option that you would not expect within an otherwise non-descript shopping plaza steps from Savin Rock Beach.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
switch zuppardis in for sally's. we dumped that place long ago when we heard that their daily employee meeting concludes with the group cheer 'ba fongul!' as in, 'u want water? ba fongul!' or 'u want a napkin? ba fongul!' lol. someone here said some very nice things about new sallys, which may be true, but as far as im concerned, a 'sally' is still an adolescent female blue crab. who needs to wait in line to see if today is a good hair or bad hair day for a teenage girl?
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Cute take, but you're driving with an old map.

Almost forgot:
The one notable omission in @8893`s excellent write-up is that Sally's is the standard for measuring the plain tomato pie.
 
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David 76 said:
i believe the original is on Grand Ave.,New Haven
i probably ate there over 50 years ago
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There was also the one in north haven before Clinton existed. A family feud when one of the brothers left for Arizona and mike opened the Clinton location is when the shoreline presence took place
 
fred nuzzo, left his bro nick at modern to open grand. mike, his son, opened Clinton, Madison, Guilford, now collectively known as Grand Apizza Shoreline. that's three that mikey calls his own. so, my bad, the original 'Grand Apizza Shoreline' is how I should have labeled it. they even have a 'pizza truck, too. and, oh, don't look now, but that family is pumping out lots more Grands. grand abeets uber alles!
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Cute take, but you're driving with an old map.

Almost forgot:
The one notable omission in @8893`s excellent write-up is that Sally's is the standard for measuring the plain tomato pie.
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I was at Sally's a couple of months ago and the service wasn't very good. The pizza is excellent, but the service is clearly a detriment. We had a party of 7 and ordered 4 pies. When we asked for plates to set our slices on, we were asked "How many?" as if getting a plate was above and beyond. The simple answer was 7, a plate for each person. Shouldn't that be standard?
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Cute take, but you're driving with an old map.

Almost forgot:
The one notable omission in @8893`s excellent write-up is that Sally's is the standard for measuring the plain tomato pie.
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The plain tomato pie was excellent and should be what someone orders there. I thought the other pies our group had were good but not special. Sally’s owes a huge debt of gratitude to Portnoy for giving their cheese pie such an usually high score. Portnoy must have been extremely hungry that day because he treated Sally’s like it was the best, it isn’t.
 
Going up to the St. Joe's (CT) game on Saturday and planning a pizza lunch before. Does anyone know what the wait would be like at Zuppardi's around noon? Trying to balance something that we can plan for without a crazy line and a good 'za option.... thank you!!!
 
baako1 said:
Going up to the St. Joe's (CT) game on Saturday and planning a pizza lunch before. Does anyone know what the wait would be like at Zuppardi's around noon? Trying to balance something that we can plan for without a crazy line and a good 'za option.... thank you!!!
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Google seems to know a lot.
 
tentoes4rings said:
The plain tomato pie was excellent and should be what someone orders there. I thought the other pies our group had were good but not special. Sally’s owes a huge debt of gratitude to Portnoy for giving their cheese pie such an usually high score. Portnoy must have been extremely hungry that day because he treated Sally’s like it was the best, it isn’t.
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I'll take Sally's on their best day over anyone.
 
tentoes4rings said:
The plain tomato pie was excellent and should be what someone orders there. I thought the other pies our group had were good but not special. Sally’s owes a huge debt of gratitude to Portnoy for giving their cheese pie such an usually high score. Portnoy must have been extremely hungry that day because he treated Sally’s like it was the best, it isn’t.
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methodology said:
I'll take Sally's on their best day over anyone.
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Sally's has historically been the least consistent and least convenient of the Big Three, but the best pies I've had from them have been better than the best pies from the others.
 
8893 said:
Sally's has historically been the least consistent and least convenient of the Big Three, but the best pies I've had from them have been better than the best pies from the others.
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Was in New Haven other day for some pizza. Sallys is so tiny inside it was over hour wait. Pepes was close to that. Modern was less than half an hour, but more packed because it has more seating. Ended up getting Modern and their pizza is so damn good. Wish Sally's was bigger though so I could dine in fresh instead of carryout.
 
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HanDurley said:
Was in New Haven other day for some pizza. Sallys is so tiny inside it was over hour wait. Pepes was close to that. Modern was less than half an hour, but more packed because it has more seating. Ended up getting Modern and their pizza is so damn good. Wish Sally's was bigger though so I could dine in fresh instead of carryout.
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This is why I end up going with Modern 99% of the time for New Haven apizza. 100% of the time for takeout.
 
Went to Pepe's last night. Got there at 4:20. No line, great service, and a perfect mozz and bacon with some Foxon Park White Birch Beer.
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