OT: Best Pizza in CT

[upstater]

These guys send frozen deep dish from Chicago. It’s pricey but amazing:

Lou Malnati's | Ship Lou Malnati's Pizza from Chicago | Tastes of Chicago

Order Lou Malnati's legendary Chicago deep dish pizzas, shipped nationwide. Enjoy fresh, delicious pizzas in classic flavors like cheese, sausage, and pepperoni, delivered right to your door.

www.tastesofchicago.com

Pricey is right. I mean... holy...

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I've had Zuppardi's from Big Y, adding sautéed broccoli rabe to a bacon pie, and sautéed broccoli to a sausage pie. Both were improved from their meatball pie as is. Good enough.

Also, put my own sauce, cheese, crumbled sausage, and broccoli rabe on G WoodGrilled crusts from the Pizza Gourmet, also bought at big Y. Also good enough.

Soon, I'll tempt fate and add sauce, cheese and toppings to a plain Caulipower crust. Yep, Big Y.

All were on sale.
As Homer Simpson once said, "Oh sure, they get you addicted then jack up the price."

 

[tentoes4rings]

NOT Ellio's.

Portnoy likes it, I’m with him on Elio’s. Crap but I grew up on it so it’s my crap. Haven’t had it in years but there’s something comforting about it. But in CT, the 500th best pizza place is still solid so never a need for frozen pizza here.,

 

[Chin Diesel]

These guys send frozen deep dish from Chicago. It’s pricey but amazing:

Lou Malnati's | Ship Lou Malnati's Pizza from Chicago | Tastes of Chicago

Order Lou Malnati's legendary Chicago deep dish pizzas, shipped nationwide. Enjoy fresh, delicious pizzas in classic flavors like cheese, sausage, and pepperoni, delivered right to your door.

www.tastesofchicago.com

My son liked the deep dish after visiting Chicago and seeing a bunch of cousins from my wife's side of our family. For his birthday last year we did the Lou Malnati's frozen delivery. I think the magic number was 5 it 6 pies to make the unit cost tolerable.
As for taste,nothing at all like the real thing. The delivered pies were too soggy and wet I'm the middle and crust wasn't as buttery or flaky as the real thing. Was fun as a one time purchase but wouldn't do it again or recommend it.
On a Side note Rudy Malnati is one helluva a bigger than life personality and does a ton to help out military in the Midwest.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Shocking.... UConn board with a bunch of pizza snobs....

California Pizza kitchen and Paul Newman's are decent. Tried Costco... wasn't a fan.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

nice to see that the world has figgered out that the red baron 'brick oven' thing is, as to
value, a quality choice...around $4. digorno blows, and is a ripoff at around $6. freschetta 'brick oven' is also a fine product, more like rb, but costs around $6. of course, there is the original frozen pizza, 'Tony's,' which is pretty good too, and around threefiddy. I did not know that reviewers had recognized the rb product. aboot time. we do find, however, a curious reality spanning all brands. that is, they all seem to make us thirstier (legit, as in water or etc.) than homemade, or legit pies from a quality baker. prolly the funny sounding stuff in the frozens' ingredients. and yes, they still make tree tavern pies, but they're dinky, like 18 oz dinky, instead of a legit version of the others when you can hit the high 20s, or cross into the 30s with a digorno, but digorno blows...umm, wait, i repeat myself. add ur own stuff at home-boom! a 3 pounder. hey, ya gotta eat...

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Tried to explain to my almost 20 year old, born in Texas and has never experienced the corner pizza shop. He has been to Pepe’s on several trips home and understands the quality but just can’t comprehend that each town has 10-20 great pizza places. He appreciates the difference between our local Grimaldis franchise and that the common Texas pizza and the “New York” style pizza places vary greatly in quality but just does not get it fully.

I used to go to zupardis often when I was a kid. Tried their frozen pizzas from the local central market and was not impressed. I really laugh at anyone that might confuse digornio for delivery?? Frozen pizzas just don’t do it. I am still jealous of everyone that can can get great pizza at any time.

 

[bendm]

totinos

 

[Kembacity]

Udis GF ones are better than most of the regular brands. Their margherita is solid. They're just expensive.

Newman's Own is the best bargain per taste ratio. You can get them on sale for $1

Sorry where are you claiming you get Newman’s pizzas for $1?

I rarely eat frozen pizzas but Newman’s to me are good and worth the money. Tried a digiorno restaurant style or something like that which was surprisingly good too

 

[Mike1984]

Screamin Sicilian all day! Supreme!

 

[huskysupporter]

Tombstone with totinos on top. That's the jam.

I just took 6 Tums after reading that.

 

[Vancat]

I ate an Amy's the other day, it was aiiiiiight.

 

[JMick]

Sorry where are you claiming you get Newman’s pizzas for $1?

I rarely eat frozen pizzas but Newman’s to me are good and worth the money. Tried a digiorno restaurant style or something like that which was surprisingly good too

Shop Rite has them on sale for $1 pretty often

 

[cohenzone]

We had delivered pizza a couple
of days ago. Given the virus concern, charge it over the phone, add a tip, have the deliverer leave by the door, pick the box up with gloves on,micro the pizza for 30 seconds even if it’s still hot, and trash the box. If your favorite pizza place doesn’t deliver, most places doing take out are willing to bring it to the car. They are just happy for the business.

I doubt they still have it, but Elio’s I think it was, was a good frozen pizza when I was a kid.

 

[imno1]

@UconnMICK just posted a Barstool review on Red Baron in the Best Pizza thread. Apparently they're the best Dave Pageview has had so far. And DiGiorno's sucks ass.

I always liked Tree Tavern as a kid, but I don't know if they even make that anymore.

Anyway, I'd make my own. My freezer doesn't have room for pizza boxes. And making your own is 1000x better.

I was surprised to see Tree Tavern still in the supermarkets. It’s been sooo long I’d rather just keep the memory of it being a tasty stoners delight because but it probably tastes like ketchup on cardboard

 

[boog204]

Aldi "Mamma Cozzi" isn't too bad, pretty cheap as well. As a kid I LOVED Papa Gino's and I know they make a frozen pie nowadays, too. No idea if it's any good though.

 

[storrsroars]

I was surprised to see Tree Tavern still in the supermarkets. It’s been sooo long I’d rather just keep the memory of it being a tasty stoners delight because but it probably tastes like ketchup on cardboard

you're probably right. my memories of it were before I was a stoner.

 

[Lefty2one]

It sounds like BS but Sabatasso's gluten-free pizza (can find them at Costco) are the best frozen pizzas I've ever tried. Miles better than Udi's IMO.

The best frozen pizza you can buy is actually gluten-free

We sold our souls to 16 popular frozen pizzas for these results

www.reviewed.com

 

[Phoenixhusky]

David Portnoy's One Bite Challenge has Amy's on top so far with a 6.4, Red Baron coming in second with a 6.2.

Di Giorno came in at 2.8, for comparison purposes.

New Haven big 3 were in the 8s. Again, for reference purposes.

Dave Portnoy is the best and highly entertaining.

 

[Caronimo]

Ask Portnoy since he has been doing daily frozen pizza reviews. Even had a UConn reference yesterday in his video. I personally like Mystic and Annie’s. Trader Joe’s has some decent ones as well.

 

[TheRealKBuks]

OK I know this subject is taboo, but a junkie needs his fix. Its the frozen isle for me, yes I can do pickup by my scared arse wife will make it unenjoyable. So what do you eat out of desperation.

Did Digornio's peperroni thin today and it tasted like paper, spicy ketchup with cheese.

Do you all just wait it out, make your own or add a bunch of stuff to it to at least make it edible?

Heading to the grocery store this weekend so any suggestions would be great, even if i have to try a couple.

If you're on or near the shoreline at all Zuppardi's Apizza in West Haven sells frozen versions of their pizzas

 

[pepband99]

Stew Leonard's little frozen pizzas. Throw some fresh grated parm on it and it's very serviceable. They're deep-dishy, but quite tasty (and toaster oven sized)

 

[Bliss]

I've eaten a lot of frozen pizzas and they were all terrible except for Chicago's "Home Run Inn." Tastes great and is not expensive. Try it -- you'll like it.

Classic Pepperoni Pizza

The classic 1947 recipe topped off with all-natural, uncured pepperoni.

www.homeruninnpizza.com

 

[WillB4]

OK I know this subject is taboo, but a junkie needs his fix. Its the frozen isle for me, yes I can do pickup by my scared arse wife will make it unenjoyable. So what do you eat out of desperation.

Did Digornio's peperroni thin today and it tasted like paper, spicy ketchup with cheese.

Do you all just wait it out, make your own or add a bunch of stuff to it to at least make it edible?

Heading to the grocery store this weekend so any suggestions would be great, even if i have to try a couple.

As long as I have a gas grill and a cast iron pan, frozen is not in the vocabulary.

 

[huskymedic]

Pizza Mission Fuels 600 ER Heroes | New Haven Independent

Frank and Angela Bernardo decided that as the city’s ambulance workers and ER nurses put their lives on the line to treat Covid-19 pandemic patients, they would help keep them...

www.newhavenindependent.org

>>Frank and Angela Bernardo decided that as the city’s health workers rise to the occasion to treat Covid-19 pandemic patients, they would help keep the city’s ambulance drivers and ER nurses fueled in the classic New Haven style.

At around noon Thursday, the emergency room parking lot at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH)’s St. Raphael campus was filled with partially-red trucks. Most had stretchers being loaded in and out, occasionally with a patient but most of the time empty. Paramedics gathered by the rear of their ambulances and waited, or sprayed down their equipment.

One of the red trucks featured even more of a flurry of activity. But pizzas, not stretchers, were flowing in and out. The whole parking lot smelled like ever-so slightly charred crust and sizzling tomato sauce and mozzarella.

Bernardo, the chef and businessman behind the New Haven Pizza Truck, ended up making and donating 186 cheese pizzas on Thursday to serve around 600 medical staff at the St. Raphael campus as well as the emergency room at YNHH’s York Street campus.<<