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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 11.5%
  • No. I can't live without it.

    Votes: 64 73.6%
  • Move it to another board.

    Votes: 13 14.9%

  • Total voters
    87
Got the Detroit pizza from Joey’s in West Hartford tonight. Disclaimer: I’ve never had real Detroit pizza.

Really enjoyed it. A lot. Thick and fluffy but chewy with a burned cheese edge. Really good sauce and minimal cheese on top. Is even go as far as saying it was worth a bit of a drive. Unique to anything I know is available around here.
After watching something about it on YouTube, I started making it at home a month ago (usually make pizzas on weekends) and the kids now tell me don't bother making regular pizza...just stick with Detroit-style. I'll still make a small regular pie though off to the side.
I've had one of the Joey Garlics ones and it was good....and as you mentioned with yours, there wasn't much cheese on top....which I don't approve of. When I make it there's def a good amount of cheese on top and obviously around the edges so that it can get that burned cheese taste you mentioned.
 
Oh man .... took a chance and we’re off!


“ k-pop dynamite pie “ :prime beef braised with spicy gochujang & sweet pear, chopped kimchi, fresh mozzarella, baked and topped with fresh cilantro, fresh scallions, and garlic oil

oh, ur 'off,' alright. what's this, things not to put on a pizza pie?

'Kimchi , a staple in Korean cuisine, is a traditional side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish, made with a widely varying selection of seasonings including gochugaru (chili powder), spring onions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal (salted seafood), etc.'
'cilantro' ok, aboot 20% of us are genetically predisposed to taste it as soap.
'sweet pear' what? no sour pear?

apparently, and after years of pizza in korea developing along the lines of native tastes, it seems that there, too, consumer demand is steadily reverting back to the historical mean of sausage, pepperoni, and mushrooms on a base of tomato sauce and scamozza, bcuz it's oh so good and tasty. classic.
the mongol visits there brought black pepper and beef to the table.
our visits there brought burgers, mayo tuna salad, peanut butter, and a whole host of other great 'murican food, including abitz, to their table.
lucky them. now, south koreans physically tower over the northerners. must be the substitution of smoked provolone for that cabbage/radish/chili powder/ginger gross pizza topping.
k-pop dynamite pie? only if used to describe the sounds that ur alimentary canal makes upon ingestion of this hot mess. no thank you. yuck.
 
Had to drive up to Boston last Friday and traffic was murder, 4 hours to get from North Jersey to Hartford. Stopped at Pepe's in Buckland Hills because I was starving. Not as good as the original, but better than anything else in area and it's easy-off, easy-on I-84 there. Plus, got watch a bald eagle fly over the mall. Had never seen that before. On the way home Sunday, picked-up Willington on my way home. My wife is in love with their red potato and my son loves that they do not skimp on the bacon when he orders a pinapple bacon pie. I think half a hared pig was on it, LOL. I tried their new buffalo chicken. It was pretty good. Not in the same category as the New Haven joints, but good.
 
Had to drive up to Boston last Friday and traffic was murder, 4 hours to get from North Jersey to Hartford. Stopped at Pepe's in Buckland Hills because I was starving. Not as good as the original, but better than anything else in area and it's easy-off, easy-on I-84 there. Plus, got watch a bald eagle fly over the mall. Had never seen that before. On the way home Sunday, picked-up Willington on my way home. My wife is in love with their red potato and my son loves that they do not skimp on the bacon when he orders a pinapple bacon pie. I think half a hared pig was on it, LOL. I tried their new buffalo chicken. It was pretty good. Not in the same category as the New Haven joints, but good.

Willi would be the best pizza place in at least 42 states. It's not New Haven, but it's not trying to be.
 
Had to drive up to Boston last Friday and traffic was murder, 4 hours to get from North Jersey to Hartford. Stopped at Pepe's in Buckland Hills because I was starving. Not as good as the original, but better than anything else in area and it's easy-off, easy-on I-84 there. Plus, got watch a bald eagle fly over the mall. Had never seen that before. On the way home Sunday, picked-up Willington on my way home. My wife is in love with their red potato and my son loves that they do not skimp on the bacon when he orders a pinapple bacon pie. I think half a hared pig was on it, LOL. I tried their new buffalo chicken. It was pretty good. Not in the same category as the New Haven joints, but good.
Up in Litchfield is a place called Bohemian Pizza. It’s very good, maybe not Sally’s or Modern but still very good. It’s a celeb hangout, saw the actor Mark Ruffalo in there a while back, and Jennifer Garner has been in there as well.
 
Not CT, but if you are ever driving down the NJ turnpike and need to eat, delorenzos tomato pies in Robbinsville is phenomenal. I have had all the big name NYC pizza and it’s my favorite pizza. I still need to hit New Haven though.

 
Not CT, but if you are ever driving down the NJ turnpike and need to eat, delorenzos tomato pies in Robbinsville is phenomenal. I have had all the big name NYC pizza and it’s my favorite pizza. I still need to hit New Haven though.

El Pres gave it 9.2. That's a really high score so I guess it's legit.
 
Up in Litchfield is a place called Bohemian Pizza. It’s very good, maybe not Sally’s or Modern but still very good. It’s a celeb hangout, saw the actor Mark Ruffalo in there a while back, and Jennifer Garner has been in there as well.
Used to play there a lot a decade or so ago. They fed us with their pizza, it was really good then, glad to hear it still is, because that place has gone through a couple changes since my days.
 
El Pres gave it 9.2. That's a really high score so I guess it's legit.
Papa's tomato's pies is literally down the street, and also apparently really good, but I haven't been yet bc any time I am in the area I have to get Delorenzos.
 
Had lunch at Pizzetta in Mystic. Not bad (is any pizza truly bad?), but it was quite greasy. Used the Tide stick when I got back to my office. Of course I didn't have to eat it while in the car either. Could have gone to Mango (old Mystic Village), but I had that a couple weeks ago when the kids were on April break.
 
Had lunch at Pizzetta in Mystic. Not bad (is any pizza truly bad?), but it was quite greasy. Used the Tide stick when I got back to my office. Of course I didn't have to eat it while in the car either. Could have gone to Mango (old Mystic Village), but I had that a couple weeks ago when the kids were on April break.
Pro tip: keep the stain stick in your glove compartment.
 
Papa's tomato's pies is literally down the street, and also apparently really good, but I haven't been yet bc any time I am in the area I have to get Delorenzos.
ever try Razza in JC?

last question, didn’t mean to derail this thread
 
Up in Litchfield is a place called Bohemian Pizza. It’s very good, maybe not Sally’s or Modern but still very good. It’s a celeb hangout, saw the actor Mark Ruffalo in there a while back, and Jennifer Garner has been in there as well.
I drive passed that place a lot. I refuse to believe it is capable of serving even decent pizza.
 
Had lunch at Pizzetta in Mystic. Not bad (is any pizza truly bad?), but it was quite greasy. Used the Tide stick when I got back to my office. Of course I didn't have to eat it while in the car either. Could have gone to Mango (old Mystic Village), but I had that a couple weeks ago when the kids were on April break.
Old Mystic General Store puts out some good pizza frankly
 
I drive passed that place a lot. I refuse to believe it is capable of serving even decent pizza.
Went there tonight for the first time in a while. Crowded for a Tuesday night, ordered a large for myself and the wife. Pretty good actually, better than most places. Waitress told us Ivan Llendl comes in occasionally for to go.
 
Old Mystic General Store puts out some good pizza frankly
Their breakfast sandwiches are absolutely killer. They're like five bucks a pop but they're well worth it.
 
Not CT, but if you are ever driving down the NJ turnpike and need to eat, delorenzos tomato pies in Robbinsville is phenomenal. I have had all the big name NYC pizza and it’s my favorite pizza. I still need to hit New Haven though.

That area's a popular stop when coming back from DC or Delaware on a Sunday afternoon. Though, I do prefer Papa's over DeLorenzo's, they're maybe 300 yard apart.
 
ever try Razza in JC?

last question, didn’t mean to derail this thread

It's on my list, maybe in the Spring for outdoor dining due to the usual risk. of course, my weekends right now typiucally consist of driving the boys aroudn to 4 baseball games and 2 practices while cramming in yard chores in between. So, I could be dreaming...
 
Went there tonight for the first time in a while. Crowded for a Tuesday night, ordered a large for myself and the wife. Pretty good actually, better than most places. Waitress told us Ivan Llendl comes in occasionally for to go.
I could google it, but won’t. Who is Ivan Llendi do?
 
Bohemian is definitely decent non-New Haven pie. Our best friends live in Litchfield and we have had it a lot. Been there for some live music too. Good place.

@WestHartHusk , Ivan Lendel was one of the top tennis players in the world in the mid to late 80s. He lived in Greenwich then but I gather he lives in the Northwest corner now.
 
Bohemian is definitely decent non-New Haven pie. Our best friends live in Litchfield and we have had it a lot. Been there for some live music too. Good place.

@WestHartHusk , Ivan Lendel was one of the top tennis players in the world in the mid to late 80s. He lived in Greenwich then but I gather he lives in the Northwest corner now.

Looks like Lendl won’t be visiting Bohemian much longer....

 
No columns, so Whaler won't be looking at it.

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So in reading that Advocate article, it noted one of Lendl's prior homes was burned down by arsonists. How did I miss that story when it came out? I've never heard of arsonists burning down mansions (unless for insurance purposes, lol).
 
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So in reading that Advocate article, it noted one of Lendl's prior homes was burned down by arsonists. How did I miss that story when it came out? I've never heard of arsonists burning down mansions (unless for insurance purposes, lol).

I remember when it happened. Lendl was living in a different house in Greenwich and was renovating an old massive mansion up near the Banksville, NY border. A group of teens and young adults from Stamford decided to break in, light a fire and spread some random mischief. If I remember correctly, they claimed to cops that they extinguished the fire before they left. Evidently, they didn’t do it successfully.
 

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