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OT: Best Pizza in CT

Is it time to get rid of the pizza thread?

  • Yes. It's past it's useful time here.

    Votes: 10 13.7%

  • No. I can't live without it.

    Votes: 52 71.2%

  • Move it to another board.

    Votes: 11 15.1%
  • Total voters
    73
8893 said:
Four perfect pies, great salad and another amazing Hen and Heifer dessert from Bufalina tonight, but this was the standout. I was and still am stuffed, but I could easily eat another one of these:

ANATRA
Smoked duck breast, blistered currants, fontina cheese, local micro greens
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Glad to hear the good feedback. I’m still a bit of a duck pizza skeptic. I’ll have to buck up and try to Anatra next week. Still haven’t had the Cicoria, either. Try that yet?
 
Balker said:
Glad to hear the good feedback. I’m still a bit of a duck pizza skeptic. I’ll have to buck up and try to Anatra next week. Still haven’t had the Cicoria, either. Try that yet?
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If you had the duck prosciutto pizza last year this is almost identical except with smoked duck breast. It is really one of their best imo.

We also had the Cicoria last night. We told Matt to add whatever meat he thought would be best and it came with speck, which could make shoe leather palatable to me. The fall greens are bitter and that offsets the creaminess of the buffalo mozz and complements the chili thing they’ve got going on there very well. Definitely glad we added the meat. We had some of that left over today and it was nice reheated.

We also got the special, which was wood roasted shrimp with pistachio pesto and mozz, and we added speck to that also because we’ve had that before and liked it with the speck.

And as always we also got the Tre Carne, which is our daughter‘s favorite (although, like everyone else, she liked the Anatra best last night).
 
August_West said:
None.

There is a Great place a few blocks from colony ( rikos). Or star tavern in jersey. I don’t thing you’ll find “ bar pie” around weha ( not that I’m aware of). There is bar pie in Boston area though
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First time I had Riko's version of hot oil & stinger, I got the runs. YMMV. It is close (owned/run by former Colony employees) but is missing a certain je nais se quois.

Closest I've ever had to Colony was Star Tavern in Orange, NJ. Oddly (and regrettably) when I lived in Quincy I never did the bar pie circuit (Lynwood, Town Spa, Hoey's, etc.). But I did appreciate the $5 pan pizza at the Alumni in Quincy, which closed a couple years after I moved to Pgh.
 
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Skeets said:
I didn't think there was such a thing as bad pizza, then I went to Chicago. That was bad pizza. Then one of my daughters was invited to a party at Chucky Cheese. That was bad pizza. Then my nephew took us to a place in PT Pleasant NJ, that might have been worse than Chucky Cheese. What's the worst pizza you have had?
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George’s in Unionville is bad pizza. Had to throw it out.
 


>>Connecticut's iconic pizza empire is expanding southward.

Colony Grill is set to open their sixth location in Arlington, Virginia, according to a press release. The new restaurant, which will be located at the Market Common on 2800 Clarendon Boulevard, will open to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 14.<<
 
Skeets said:
I didn't think there was such a thing as bad pizza, then I went to Chicago. That was bad pizza. Then one of my daughters was invited to a party at Chucky Cheese. That was bad pizza. Then my nephew took us to a place in PT Pleasant NJ, that might have been worse than Chucky Cheese. What's the worst pizza you have had?
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Leaving out obvious contenders like Shea Stadium or the snack bar at the StarLite Drive-In in Shippan Point, I can confidently say that the three worst pizza experiences of my life have all been in PA.

Back in the early 80s my first wife, a Lafayette grad, convinced me to go to Easton for the Lehigh game. The pizza place we went to afterwards was a student and family favorite and was packed. To me, all I could smell was the alarming scent of the back dairy room of a Cumby after milk spilled during the morning had gone rancid by closing time. As I worked in Cumby and had to mop that crap up, I recognized the smell immediately. I could not eat the pizza. It didn't seem to bother anyone else.

I try not to let my dislike for a particular style interfere with judging pizza objectively. But there is no way around Beto's, a style which I've mentioned here many times before. It's popular here and I cannot fathom why. OTOH, there's a place called Campiti's outside the city that local redditors called the best thin crust/NYC style. It is to this day the only time I threw out a pizza while ordering another pizza from somewhere else on my way home. It was like a motzah with ketchup. I would've rather eaten a pizza Lunchable.
 
Unionville,a destination to experience eyetalian cuisine.georges is the crown jewel.i would have put the disappointing pizza on my deck for the coons who party there frequently.its a sin to throw food in the garbage
 
Modern is IMO still the best.

Pepe’s and Sally’s have made a great living providing less and less for the patron’s money and convincing them they’re better off. Having grown up between North Haven, New Haven and East Haven in the 80s and early 90s there’s simply no way that‘s the case......Tolli’s did thin crust as well or better at 1/2 the price.

Best food on Wooster St? Libby’s, of course.

I used to enjoy: Red Lantern, Grand Apizza, Vic’s, Antonio’s (Htfd Tpk) and Angelo’s in North Haven; Tolli’s, DePalma’s and Aniello’s in East Haven; Bimonte’s in Hamden; Modern in NH; Zuppardi in WH.
 
Paul's Pizza on 195 was the worst ever. Never had a crust that wasn't burnt black while the "cheese" was inedible napalm.
 
Waquoit said:
Paul's Pizza on 195 was the worst ever. Never had a crust that wasn't burnt black while the "cheese" was inedible napalm.
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Was that the Greek style pizza place next to Store 24?

I recall the pizza was greasy but the subs weren't terrible. Not great, either though.
 
Grab a seat and be prepared to be nauseous, but wanted to share this thing that's been posted several times on r/pittsburgh in the past week (although it's from Altoona).
 
8893 said:
Was that the Greek style pizza place next to Store 24?

I recall the pizza was greasy but the subs weren't terrible. Not great, either though.
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Village Pizza in Madison was the Greek pizza known for its terrible greasy cheese monstrosities. Similarly decent subs, though. Burned down in 2012 or so I think. Grand is in there now.

worst in Guilford right now is probably Centro. Really disappointing joint in a prime spot on the green.
 
Here's some food for thought. Although source isn't the best -

www.ctpost.com

Our picks for the most underrated pizza places in Connecticut

"Da Legna at Nolo takes classic New Haven-style pizza and turns it into art. The Honeypot...
www.ctpost.com www.ctpost.com

I'll throw Uncle Joes in Norwalk into the ring for Greek pizza. It's better than Hope Street or Post Corner, and has a nice little (real) bar off to the side.
 
I was so disappointed when Uncle Joe's went from a pretty decent thin crust to Greek. UJs was one of our post-softball game hangouts and back in the 80s-90s I would've put it in top 10 Fairfield Country. Not now.
 
8893 said:
Four perfect pies, great salad and another amazing Hen and Heifer dessert from Bufalina tonight, but this was the standout. I was and still am stuffed, but I could easily eat another one of these:

ANATRA
Smoked duck breast, blistered currants, fontina cheese, local micro greens
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Had the Anatra tonight. Agreed it’s the best pie I’ve tried on the Fall Menu so far. I’ve only had duck a handful of other times, this was my favorite application of it so far.

Matt is out right now, but the pizza still holds up for the most part. Crust is a little more inconsistent from side to side than normal. But otherwise good.
 
I'm curious what places people consider hidden gems in CT. For me, La Scarpetta in Old Lyme is one. Thoughts?
 
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