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OT: Best Pizza in CT

fleudslipcon said:
I had this encounter at Sals Pizza:

The hostess of Sals, probably the owners wife, rudely put us in a booth. I sat down with my back to one other booth. Just before sitting down, I recognized the face of the gal in the booth behind me. When my wife and son were seated I asked my wife to pay attention and let me know if the gal was Busty.

I couldn't be certain who the gal at Sals was because I saw Busty only one other time. My wife and I went with 3 other couples to a Red Sox - Yankees game at Fenway and sat quite high up between first and the right field fence. So I brought binoculars. About the fifth inning we noticed all the Yankee players looking in the stands over their dugout. We thought it was a fight and since I had the only binoculars, everyone asked me to check what was happening. So I panned to the opposite side of the stadium and saw about 300-400 guys (ages 15 to guys with one step in a casket) following this gal. Obviously within milliseconds I saw she was wearing a halter top and heading back to her seat. The beach balls were bouncing tremendously within those very flimsy restraints as she progressed down the stairs to her seat.

When one is preoccupied one doesn't realize what comes out of the mouth and, as loud as cheering a home run, I shouted HOLY !!!! Immediately my wife grabs the binoculars out of my hands and looks. She echoed my statement and the person next to her grabbed them away from her. The problem was the strap was still around my neck. Everyone had a chance to check Busty out and I got the binoculars back. By that time she was in her seat. I relocated her because there was still a large crowd around her trying to get autographs. Before finally getting back to the game I decided to see if the face was an asset as well. I got a pretty decent look and I realized, she was cute, but she needed the other two assets to make a statement.

Anyways flash forward to Sals. Busty is very short, probably under five feet. So when we sat down, and I looked at her in the booth, her beach balls were located below the table top, not visible to my gaze. All I could see was her neck and face. But I remembered that face from five years earlier. That's saying something because I have horrible name and face recognition and, as I pointed out, the two assets I would have had no trouble remembering were hidden from view.

My wife confirmed her identity a little while later. But before that happened I overheard the conversations with her agent and didn't need the heads up. Meanwhile my three year old was playing with one of those cars that, after you rotate the wheels in reverse, you let the car go and it shoots forward until the gear unwinds. Well my kid let the toy go and it goes under my booth into Busty's booth.

Now my wife, who still hadn't got a fix on who the gal was, tells me to go get the car. I said no way. I didn't want to go there because I knew they wouldn't believe it was my kid who sent the car into their booth. So while my wife and I were preoccupied discussing the issue, Busty comes to our booth and brings the car. I wish I had a recording of my kid as his head slowly looks up and with each quarter inch his head raises his lower jaw moves a quarter inch until his mouth was as wide open as I've ever seen on the kid. Funny how young we can be and have the capacity to recognize things that are disproportionate.

Busty gives the kid the car back. Actually he wouldn't take it so she hands it to me. Hardest thing I ever had to do. My wife is staring at me from across the table, and I'm trying my best to do three things. Not let my mouth go agape like my kid, not to stare at the obvious, but get a look without being obvious, and most importantly to grab the car without touching the obvious, the last thing harder than those who haven't seen Busty up close can understand.

Busty leaves us and goes through the restaurant taking pictures with the chefs. Now I understand why the hostess was in a bad mood. Before she leaves she comes back to our booth and asks if my kid would like a picture with her.

He didn't want one. But I was determined. I had a discussion with some people the day before about a guy who seemed to act like he was in a shell and needed to do something crazy once in his life. Two gals suggested we should all take him to see Busty at a strip club. We all laughed not knowing I would run into her the next day. I had to get the picture because I knew when I explained the encounter they would have thought I was making up a tall tail!!!
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Pics or it didn't happen.
 
We could also discuss grinders. I assume Nutmeggers still call them grinders, but perhaps there was a "sub" infiltration from the south into Fairfield County.

Plus I grew up pronouncing the u in aunt and get heckled for it everywhere else.
 
husky99 said:
First and last tavern ... avon (only)
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I like the salad at First and last in Avon with the house italian dressing. The homemade pies (not pizza) are also very good. First and last has good food but never tried their pizza.
 
8893 said:
Jerry's Shakespeare Pizza was notable back in the day for their Sicilian-style pizza. No idea if they are still there, but that was the first place I ever had it, and it was always a treat as a kid. Don't think I'd like it much now though.
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It is still there but I wouldn't eat it unless it was free. Rose's down by the beach was good when I was a kid but they closed and reopened and isn't that good either.
 
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zyron said:
It is still there but I wouldn't eat it unless it was free. Rose's down by the beach was good when I was a kid but they closed and reopened and isn't that good either.
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Rose's was definitely our spot growing up, especially the old green house. Lived in Lordship for our first several years in town and loved that spot. Still went there when they built the new place and when we moved to the center of Stratford, but when we moved to Paradise Green it was too long of a haul. Haven't been there in decades.
 
The best pizza I remember was from a dive place in eastern PA where I grew up. I can't remember the name of the place but I remember the owner dropped dead in the middle of the place of a heart attack and they shut down the place in the late 60's. It may not have been as good as I remember but it always seems like the stuff you had as a kid was better.
I've had two memorable Big East tournament pizzas. One was a place in Syracuse we picked out of the phone book because they delivered. We were drunk and you can't beat a good drunk pizza. It had a very good and very spicy Italian sausage on it. The sausage had a pepperoni texture to it. The other was at a bar NYC. It was probably the worst pizza I've had in my life. I think we assumed that since it was in NYC it would be good. One person in our group described it as a saltine with ketchup on it.
 
Gurleyman said:
We could also discuss grinders. I assume Nutmeggers still call them grinders, but perhaps there was a "sub" infiltration from the south into Fairfield County.

Plus I grew up pronouncing the u in aunt and get heckled for it everywhere else.
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When I moved here I had no idea what a grinder was. We alway refered to them as hoagies.
 
Devland said:
When I moved here I had no idea what a grinder was. We alway refered to them as hoagies.
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There was a guy on my floor freshman year from Cos Cob who called grinders "wedges". I've never heard that anywhere else.
 
Man there is so many places to get a good hero, I mean grinder.

But another good pizza place is Joey Pizza in Simsbury.
 
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CTBasketball said:
Man there is so many places to get a good hero, I mean grinder.

But another good pizza place is Joey Pizza in Simsbury.
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I was going to mention Joe Pizza in Avon and Simsbury, the red pizza with no mozz is a favorite. Other central CT favorite is Harrys Bishop corner (all varieties) and First and Last in Hartford (the one with sliced plum tomatoes and basil in summer). My kids like Park Lane in WH for greek style.
 
TRest said:
I was going to mention Joe Pizza in Avon and Simsbury, the red pizza with no mozz is a favorite. Other central CT favorite is Harrys Bishop corner (all varieties) and First and Last in Hartford (the one with sliced plum tomatoes and basil in summer). My kids like Park Lane in WH for greek style.
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Was never a fan of Greek style. Well I might be bias the only Greek style I've had is People's Choice and that isn't very good.
 
I like Harrys in WH.​
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And sorry CT for kind of stealing your idea :)​
 
Have had many great pies through the years but back in the day Jerry's pizza was really good. There was also a place called Rocco's Victory Rest. that had great pizza. My dad would always order it with "scamotes"(not the actuall spelling). Does anyone know if you can get this any more? A third spot was Three Corners. The most memorable pie I had in the last few years was a brocolli rabbe and sausage at a place called Mike's pizza in West Haven. It just seems that today even the good places are hit or miss.
 
For greek pizza, my favorite by far is Jordan's in Norwalk. Fantastic.

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For those outside of Conn., there should be a list of touted pizza places that locals love that won't hold a candle to new Haven-style pizza.

Ann Arbor--Cottage Pizza (blech!)
Buffalo--La Nova (yech!)
Boston--Bluestone Bistro (nice try!)
 
Gurleyman said:
We could also discuss grinders. I assume Nutmeggers still call them grinders, but perhaps there was a "sub" infiltration from the south into Fairfield County.

Plus I grew up pronouncing the u in aunt and get heckled for it everywhere else.
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Franklin Giant meatball or chicken cutlet (in the oven). There's no better Grinders in CT.
 
joober jones said:
Nuzzo's in Madison
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I have been waiting for a Madison/Guilford submission. I am new to te area and we are locked in at Portofinos of North Madison. A consistently good pizza. I think the owner has a second restaurant in New Haven but I forget where he is. We tried Farina's in North Guilford but they were too inconsistent for us.

I heard The Red Tomato in Guilford was pretty good.
 
HooperScooper said:
Yup, ate lots of that stuff growing up. I wouldn't call it real pizza though. Was more of a snack food.
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Any time someone moved or we had a card night, we got a sheet from Lantieri's. Simple but delicious. Giovanni's in Newington makes a VERY similar sheet.
 
GemParty said:
Franklin Giant meatball or chicken cutlet (in the oven). There's no better Grinders in CT.
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I grew up in the South End and Franklin Giant's meatball grinder is not as good as it used to be. I'd recommend Steve's Place in Newington Center. I think it's better. Just my two cents.
 
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huskysupporter said:
For greek pizza, my favorite by far is Jordan's in Norwalk. Fantastic.

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Nice to see someone visit my hometown and hit up Jordan's on Wesport Ave.... Definitely a solid pizza... I like how they cut their pizza too.. Good for kids to handle...

One other historical spot in Norwalk would have to be the one and only Famous Pizza on N. Main St. If ever youre in the mood to spoil yourself with a nice greasy pizza that's the one to go to... It's definitely not something you can eat all the time, but if you're a true Norwalker, you know what I'm talking about.... Gotta go there once a year...

One other decent spot I enjoyed in Norwalk was East Ave. Pizza...
 
Deepster said:
I grew up in the South End and Franklin Giant's meatball grinder is not as good as it used to be. I'd recommend Steve's Place in Newington Center. I think it's better. Just my two cents.
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-Never tried Steve's although I live in Newington. Old habits die hard. I've been eating Franklin over 30 yrs, seems like the same owners, same recipe. Some of the same deli makers too. I also agree a sheet from Giovannis, with their sweet sauce is Great. Same can be said about San Remo, in Kensington.
 
CTBasketball said:
Little Rendezvous in Meriden is pretty good. Declined a bit when it switched owners a couple years back.
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IMO Little Rendezvous still excellent. Only place in town I will get a pizza.

I also like Harry's in West Hartford Center(across from Blue Back Square).
 
Calhoun's Court said:
IMO still excellent. Only place in town I will get a pizza.

I also like Harry's in West Hartford(across from Blue Back Square).
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I have only been to Rendezvous once since it changed hands. Still very good?
 
CTBasketball said:
I have only been to Rendezvous once since it changed hands. Still very good?
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Yeah still great. To me nothing has changed. The "new" owner is the guy who was making the pizzas before he bought it along with the former owner.
 
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