OT: Best Pizza in CT

[August_West]

I have no idea who J. Kenji Alt is. Looked him up, apparently J. Kenji Alt and Portnoy hate each other and have had a running feud for a while.

Kenji is pretty much the last word on doing food right. Portnoy is the last word on being Tuckers Chad bro. Do the math.

 

[superjohn]

Kenji is pretty much the last word on doing food right. Portnoy is the last word on being Tuckers Chad bro. Do the math.

Just reading up on J. Kenji for the first time and he also seems like a tool. Social media meltdowns and threatening to ban certain people from his restaurant. He may be a good cook but so are tons of other people, it doesn't exempt him from being a tool. Portnoy is a cash cow, it doesn't exempt him from being a tool.

He certainly isn't the last word on doing food right, lolz.

 

[runner11]

Just reading up on J. Kenji for the first time and he also seems like a tool. Social media meltdowns and threatening to ban certain people from his restaurant. He may be a good cook but so are tons of other people, it doesn't exempt him from being a tool. Portnoy is a cash cow, it doesn't exempt him from being a tool.

He certainly isn't the last word on doing food right, lolz.

Kenji has a bad case of politics brain but he is probably the best recipe author I have come across and honestly I do value his opinion over “doing food right” over probably anyone else alive.

 

[HooperScooper]

As Pepe's and Sally's expand to Boston, apizza is getting more buzz in the area.

What is apizza? And how is it different from regular pizza?

Apizza, which is different from regular pizza, is the pie to eat in New Haven. Now, the specialty pizza is growing in the Boston area.

www.boston.com

 

[superjohn]

Bonus lobster roll review, he nails this...

 

[Deepster]

We probably need a separate Portnoy thread, but I've compared him to this generation's Howard Stern. If you recall, Stern was the "King of All Media" with a movie, books, radio, TV exposure. Came up from a local DJ to a national media presence that influenced buyers of all types.

Portnoy started out similarly with a newsletter, then a small website and now spreads his reach across every social media avenue. He assembles "wack packers" and a team with Frank the Tank and all of his podcast roster. When he promotes High Noon, Pink Whitney and any merchandise, it sells. He's got the same knack of people listening to them because they love him AND listening to him because they hate him.

 

[dvegas]

I think this was announced a while back, but it was posted on the UC web site yesterday.

UConn Athletics Partners with Pepe's Pizza - University of Connecticut Athletics

STORRS, Conn. - UConn Athletics has announced a sponsorship agreement with New Haven's iconic Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana.

uconnhuskies.com

 

[Mazhude]

meh. He's jumped the shark. I dont care if he loves CT Pizza or not. This guy is nuts. And not in a good way (despite he wants you to believe). And BTW his Pizza fest was a scam fest extraordinaire.

The Pizza Influencer With a Private Jet and a ‘Troll Army’

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I must be the only person who can't stand sally's pizza.

No you’re not.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Sally's w/o a doubt.

I’ll take Zuppardis or Modern over Sally’s any day. Not the same since Consiglio’s sold it, except for the price.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

I’ll take Zuppardis or Modern over Sally’s any day. Not the same since Consiglio’s sold it, except for the price.

I think when Sally's is on they put out the best pie, but Modern and Zupps are more consistent.

 

[mauconnfan]

I’ll take Zuppardis or Modern over Sally’s any day. Not the same since Consiglio’s sold it, except for the price.

Like them all but Zupps is last of the 4 for me, too inconsistent on the crust.

Had a mozzy pie (bad start there because I ordered a tomato pie) from Pepe’s Manchester last weekend which is usually solid. It wasn’t very good for them. Large chewy crust which is highly unusual plus overall thick for a Pepes pie.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Like them all but Zupps is last of the 4 for me, too inconsistent on the crust.

Had a mozzy pie (bad start there because I ordered a tomato pie) from Pepe’s Manchester last weekend which is usually solid. It wasn’t very good for them. Large chewy crust which is highly unusual plus overall thick for a Pepes pie.

I’ll take Modern 1st, then Zuppardis, then Sally’s, then Pepe’s. If it’s a clam pie or sausage pie, I’d take Zupp’s first. Pepe’s in Danbury is ok, but very inconsistent, have had great pies there some nights and other times it was awful. There’s something about the mushrooms that Zuppardis puts on their pies, definitely a cut above other places.

 

[Deepster]

303 pages in and we’re still on the Sally’s, Pepe’s, Modern issue.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I’m gonna keep posting Fuoco until it gets the recognition it really deserves

It belongs in the debate

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I’m gonna keep posting Fuoco until it gets the recognition it really deserves

It belongs in the debate

I haven’t tried it yet but if Barstool can give it an 8.5, then I’m there.

 

[Huskybass]

I’m gonna keep posting Fuoco until it gets the recognition it really deserves

It belongs in the debate

Fuoco is borderline top 10 in CT, and that's a great thing. It just means that we have literally a dozen or so great options.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Fuoco is borderline top 10 in CT, and that's a great thing. It just means that we have literally a dozen or so great options.

I’m gonna start asking (not necessarily you)

Name the places that are better

Is the list more than 4

I get it Modern and Zup may be better. I’ve seen Buffalina too and I plan on going. But how big is the list that’s better than Fuoco

 

[Huskybass]

Olde World, Modern, Zuppardi's, Roseland, Grand (Guilford)...there's 5 right there.

 

[Dove]

Olde World, Modern, Zuppardi's, Roseland, Grand (Guilford)...there's 5 right there.

How long had Grand been in Guilford?

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Grand Apizza has been in Guilford for at least a few years now. Mike runs the one in Clinton and his sons, I believe, now run the Madison and Guilford locations. Grand Apizza has always been a great place even the brothers location in North Haven is good.

 

[Dove]

Grand Apizza has been in Guilford for at least a few years now. Mike runs the one in Clinton and his sons, I believe, now run the Madison and Guilford locations. Grand Apizza has always been a great place even the brothers location in North Haven is good.

I love the North Haven pizza. I kind of zone out on that stretch of Rt 1 in Guilford.

 

[mauconnfan]

303 pages in and we’re still on the Sally’s, Pepe’s, Modern issue.

For you and @August_West

 

[Kitaman]

Modern numero uno: Pizza Today 2023 winner

 

[Staven]

Too close for me to choose and of course its your own preference but the Big 3 in New Haven Sally's, Pepe's and Modern are the best but if I'm pressed to decide I will go with Pepe's but its close