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OT: Best Pizza in CT

I've been to a number of Pepe's (all 8n New England) and while none if the newer locations are quite Wooster St, the only disappointing one I ever had was at Mohegan less than a month after it opened. I believe the issue then was that the oven was still too new. Once they get a bit seasoned the consistency in the pies improves dramatically.
 
I have had better pies at the West Hartford Pepe's location than the original in the past few years. Not every time, so obviously consistency is the issue.
 
ktuck911 said:
The one down the road from New Haven, in Fairfield, CT is pretty decent though....
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I’ve been critical of Pepe’s for the past ten years compared to Modern, Sally’s or Zuppardis but I have to admit, a few weeks ago I stopped at the Danbury Pepe’s on my way home from work and picked up a large sausage and mushroom put it in my $90 pizza warmer bag and drove home to Kent. Pulled into the garage, my wife had the table set and we had a great pizza. Reminded me of the Pepe’s of 30 years ago. Lately, someone’s doing something right at the Danbury location, we had had a terrible pie from that location a couple years ago.
 
Given that the Pizza capital of the US is New Haven, I gave a hard time making with the comp for Florida pizza the original Frank Pepe location.
 
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huskymedic said:
The Washington DC area location seems to be hitting on all cylinders (but I agree that not many franchises are as good as the flagship):


“9. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana - I don’t precisely remember my reaction when I first saw the “coming soon” sign plastered on the lower level of the Westfield Montgomery mall, but I suspect it was a mixture of joy and dread. How on earth was Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana going to re-create the Old World charm of its New Haven, Conn., location in a Bethesda mall, next to a Cheesecake Factory, no less? The key, as I discovered on my initial visit, lay with the coal-fired oven, a replica of the custom-made, 100,000-pound original back on Wooster Street. Seasoned for a couple of weeks before the pizzeria’s grand opening, the new oven turns out pies that taste, not like third-generation copies of apizzas, but like the genuine article. You’ll swear you’re sitting in a booth in New Haven, knocking back a Peroni and inhaling the aromas of garlic and briny littleneck clams on a white pie. Until you look out the window and see the mall, that is.

7101 Democracy Blvd., inside Westfield Montgomery mall, Bethesda, Md., 301-304-7373; ”
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I tried the one in Alexandria back in November. I got a plain tomato pie and I got a sausage pie. had to get them delivered to a hotel and I knew the quality wouldn't be the same. And I was right. You can tell the pieces are in place if you were to get it on site for a sit down but pizzas like that don't do well if you have to get it delivered and don't have a means of properly reheating (I was in a hotel).
 
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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Thats is greek pizza. I have a greek pizza at my desk right now. Its a medium and not cut in squares. Only larges are cut in squares.

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FfldCntyFan said:
I've been to a number of Pepe's (all 8n New England) and while none if the newer locations are quite Wooster St, the only disappointing one I ever had was at Mohegan less than a month after it opened. I believe the issue then was that the oven was still too new. Once they get a bit seasoned the consistency in the pies improves dramatically.
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Back in November I ordered a clam pie at Mohegan. They took my number and told me that they would text me. I adjourned to Bow and Arrow bar and expected them to text. They never did so my pie was a little cool. Terrible customer service but the pizza was good. I used to go the the one in Manchester and was always satisfied. A few times, they ripped a hole in the crust and gave me an extra. Both were good.
 
storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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Ours were always cut in squares but the cheese, oh, that's Greek. No matter how it's cut, it ends up in your gut!
 
storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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That is a Greek pizza.
 
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storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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I've never seen Connecticut Greek pizza cut in squares, it's always slices. Just had some when I was back in CT, the Greek pizza in the pic is undercooked.
 
I saw a similar debate about the shape of pizza slices on FB. That never bothered me either way but I read that you can order pie cut if you want triangles or Chicago or party cut if you want squares.
 
storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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Greek pizza is soooo good... but it definitely sits a little different in the belly... It's a greasy pizza.. but it's good ( eat every once in awhile )
 
ktuck911 said:
Greek pizza is soooo good... but it definitely sits a little different in the belly... It's a greasy pizza.. but it's good ( eat every once in awhile )
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John’s Best in Brookfield is interesting, it’s a cross between the Greek style and the New Haven style.
 
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storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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Hope Street Pizza used to do the grid cut, but now cuts both ways, depending on what side of the bed they woke up on that day. Kind of strange.

My favorite Greek style in the area, Post Corner Pizza in Darien, only cuts triangular slices.
 
Has anyone tried the Sally’s Apizza Stamford location yet, and if so, how does it rate to the original in New Haven? Not as good I’m sure but is it somewhat comparable?
 
StllH8L8ner said:
Has anyone tried the Sally’s Apizza Stamford location yet, and if so, how does it rate to the original in New Haven? Not as good I’m sure but is it somewhat comparable?
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I’m in Stamford and have visited about eight times. The output has been seriously uneven. I’ve had pies that were spectacularly close to the Wooster Street versions, solid pies were delicious but a step below the original, and one pie that had me wishing I’d stayed away from downtown and picked up from Mario the Baker or Belltown Pizzeria instead.
 
storrsroars said:
Help me out here.... So I'm on r/pittsburgh, and someone posts this picture. And a guy who says he's from New Haven County insists this is a Greek pizza. I've never seen a Greek pizza in CT or MA that wasn't cut in squares. Am I wrong about that? (tbomk, we do not have Greek pizza out here).

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Yorkside Pizza in New Haven would sell pizza like that. I was there to play Donkey Kong and Dugger in the basement.
 
superjohn said:
I've never seen Connecticut Greek pizza cut in squares, it's always slices. Just had some when I was back in CT, the Greek pizza in the pic is undercooked.
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Used to be a place in Madison, Village Pizza, that cut it into squares. They had a fire that forced them to close, bringing Grand Apizza to town eventually and sparing the children of Madison from Greek pizza squares at birthday parties from then on.
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Balker said:
Used to be a place in Madison, Village Pizza, that cut it into squares. They had a fire that forced them to close, bringing Grand Apizza to town eventually and sparing the children of Madison from Greek pizza squares at birthday parties from then on.
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That looks a lot like what Paul's Pizza in Vernon used to look like.
 
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