OT: - Best Pizza in CT | Page 12 | The Boneyard

OT: Best Pizza in CT

BigEastCT said:
1) Nardi (south windsor, formally hartford) by FAR the best sheet pizza ever
Expand ...

Brought back memories of when I was growing up in South Windsor. Their sheet pizza was excellent.
 
I grew up in Bridgeport in the 50s and 60s and had a host of good pizza places to choose from. If you wanted it oily and dark, Paul's on East Main St. was the choice. C&C on Connecticut Ave was great, and it was affordable in my early teenage years, when dollars could be tough to come by. A small pie (medium by today's standards) was 0.95 plain (with grated parmesan), a buck with scamoz, and a buck-fifteen with imported, smoked, scamoz. Jenny's was OK. Their roast beef grinders were insanely good though.

My first rule for buying pizza when on the road... choose the place with the flickering neon sign that says APIZZA.

These days, my favorite is Roseland in Derby. I have a weakness for thin crust, bordering on burnt.
 
GemParty said:
Not enough Love for Joey Garlics, Newington. Try getting a table this weekend near 6pm. See what happens. Bring something to read. Maybe this thread.
Expand ...
Joey Garlic in Bristol has a pizza called "The Bronx". It's a cheese blend that is great, but like Pepe's you have to tell them not to burn the crust.
 
.-.
Calhoun's Court said:
Went to Lenas First and Last in West Hartford on Park Road a couple nights ago. Real good pizza, grinders and dinners too.
Expand ...
Love that guy! Thanks for the props! Was lurking this thread. Thought it would be too self serving to comment. Hope all you yarders give us a try.
 
How has Roseland in Derby, Connecticut barley been mentioned? Easily competes with Pepe's and the other New Haven Pizza. I've seen magazines with this place being put in the top 20 in the country. (Along with pepes)
 
Sully said:
Love that guy! Thanks for the props! Was lurking this thread. Thought it would be too self serving to comment. Hope all you yarders give us a try.
Expand ...

Sully, I thought you left there to start up a Hartford restaurant? Or were you branching out?

I haven't had a Lena's pie since '97 and forgot about them. Really great pies.

Toningh, Portofino's in North Madison crushed another quality pie for me and Mrs. Dove. Mozz, mushroom, fresh toms and sausage on half...oh yeah.
 
Dove said:
Toningh, Portofino's in North Madison crushed another quality pie for me and Mrs. Dove. Mozz, mushroom, fresh toms and sausage on half...oh yeah.
Expand ...

Sounds like you really enjoyed it!
 
@ Dove and other Madisonites: Does anyone have the skinny on the "New Haven Apizza and Bakery" going in where the driving range is on 79 (across from the Madison Flower Shop)? I asked Dan (from Portofino) about it and he didn't know anything about who is behind it, and he didn't seem too concerned.
 
8893 said:
@ Dove and other Madisonites: Does anyone have the skinny on the "New Haven Apizza and Bakery" going in where the driving range is on 79 (across from the Madison Flower Shop)? I asked Dan (from Portofino) about it and he didn't know anything about who is behind it, and he didn't seem too concerned.
Expand ...
I work in land use and had to know. I called the Town Hall. This establishment will be take-out and isn't open yet. They received administrative zoning approval and recently had a sign permit approved. Not sure when they open.
 
.-.
TRest said:
There was a guy on my floor freshman year from Cos Cob who called grinders "wedges". I've never heard that anywhere else.
Expand ...

I'm from Stamford. It is most certainly a wedge.
 
Just got back from Little Rendezvous in Meriden. Haven't been there in over 6 years and it's still great. Good news for me haha.
 
Where is the best pizza east of the river? I've lived in the Manchester-South Windsor area for years and have yet to find a place that has outstanding pizza. With that said, I do like New England Pizza's eggplant pizza. It's just not the New York style that I like most. Oh, and the Pepe's by the mall was expensive and unimpressive.
 
I've had Pepe's a couple of times at the Fairfield location and it wasn't nearly as good as the original Pepe's or The Spot. I always thought it was very reasonably priced though, pretty sure they are the same price at all the locations.
 
Was in the Middletown area with one of my sales guys and at lunch we went to Mondo..........had to after some of the posts here.

Very good pie, thin and very well done almost to the point of being a bit too crispy if that can be........but really great taste and love the charred crust!! it's up there
 
DogMania said:
Where is the best pizza east of the river? I've lived in the Manchester-South Windsor area for years and have yet to find a place that has outstanding pizza. With that said, I do like New England Pizza's eggplant pizza. It's just not the New York style that I like most. Oh, and the Pepe's by the mall was expensive and unimpressive.
Expand ...

I like Willington Pizza, but I grew up in Coventry, so I might not have very high standards.
 
.-.
Went to Modern last night got the marg and a cheese, margarita was great. It was different than most marg pizzas I've had, it looked exactly the same as the cheese but was way better. I went on a wed night at 8 so the place was dead. I've been to all the big 3 but my gf hasn't so I'm gonna take her to each one and let her decide which she likes best. Last time i was at Sally's the waiter was SO bad it actually made the experience better. We spent the entire time just chatting about how much of a dick he was. I tipped 35% just for that reason.
 
Pizza house in New Haven. That place will never go out of business . I found out the difference between an Italian style pizza and a Greek style pizza. They make a Greek style pizza which has a lighter , crunchy crust kinda like buttered toast. Name any addiction or vice you may have and there pizza is worse. I've probably spent at least 10 grand in that place in my life time. The night manager there is a rude , grumpy , a**hole but people have looked past that for years because the pizza is so good.
 
Bryan Lord said:
Went to Modern last night got the marg and a cheese, margarita was great. It was different than most marg pizzas I've had, it looked exactly the same as the cheese but was way better. I went on a wed night at 8 so the place was dead. I've been to all the big 3 but my gf hasn't so I'm gonna take her to each one and let her decide which she likes best. Last time i was at Sally's the waiter was SO bad it actually made the experience better. We spent the entire time just chatting about how much of a dick he was. I tipped 35% just for that reason.
Expand ...

My last trip to Sally's (4 years ago) 'featured' a wait in the booth closest to the ovens that was so long as to have a similar effect. Every pizza that went by us heightened the experience (perhaps even produced an altered state). I knew there was no chance that my companion would ever want to return, but we both agreed the pizza was outstanding, and I could say, "Yeah, that's part of coming here."

My best and strongest Sally's memories are from 30+ years ago, when it was, "Bacon at Sally's, white clam at Pepe's, and The Spot will suffice if the lines are so long that the others in my party will get restless." Once I was gone from CT and thereafter discovered on rare days when I was passing through New Haven that Modern could make a pizza so tasty that I'd tip a take-out box like a diamond just to collect and eat the blackened crumbs at the end, I never went to Wooster street again until that trip to Sally's.

Tomorrow night, we'll be doing Modern takeout, eating at gf's in Westville and going to a Bob Dylan words and music show at Lyric Hall. The other couple has only had Fairfield Pepe's, where I have had 70-30 good, but nothing close to transcendent.

Now that I'm back to New Haven and have the proper company, I know we'll stand in line for both Pepe's & Sally's when the weather warms a bit, and I'll be able to send an update the next time this topic reappears. I'd like to get back to Zupardi's and Bar with her as well, plus so many suggested others that I have and haven't been to.
 
Anyone from West Haven? I know Zuppardi's keeps coming up, but I grew up on Tom and Pat's, and it's always been one of my favorites.
 
.-.
DogMania said:
Where is the best pizza east of the river? I've lived in the Manchester-South Windsor area for years and have yet to find a place that has outstanding pizza. With that said, I do like New England Pizza's eggplant pizza. It's just not the New York style that I like most. Oh, and the Pepe's by the mall was expensive and unimpressive.
Expand ...

I must say upfront that I don't get pizza all that much these days. But we actually had one delivered from Campions (NY style) in S. Windsor last night that was pretty good. Teddy's is a solid Greek pizza that is always good. Mulberry St. (NY) in Manchester has a good rep but I haven't picked up one from them since they (and I) moved a few years back.
 
Irish Loop said:
I like Willington Pizza, but I grew up in Coventry, so I might not have very high standards.
Expand ...
My girlfriend in college was from Coventry and we had willington pizza at her folks house every Sunday night. Maybe not the best pizza but it sure brings back some great memories.
 
  • Like
Reactions: SJ
After 24 pages of pizza, some of you must have gained 25 lbs, held in check only thru a roaring case of the sh!its.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
Seriously, a 24-page thread about pizza? I must be missing out living in Florida. This same thread would elicit three responses here.
Expand ...



Try Rosedale Pizza in Naples FL if ever in the area. It is the equal of any pizza in the world. Outstanding Neapolitan style in a wood burning brick oven. Recipe and process is direct from Italy, owners are from Queens. I can't find a better pizza anywhere and I've certainly tried. They are opening one on the east coast of FL soon around Miami/Ft Lauderdale.
 
Horatio said:
Pizza house in New Haven. That place will never go out of business . I found out the difference between an Italian style pizza and a Greek style pizza. They make a Greek style pizza which has a lighter , crunchy crust kinda like buttered toast.
Expand ...

If you are ever in Stratford give Paradise Pizza a try. Greek Pizza that is delicious and been there like 60 years.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
167,930
Messages
4,545,411
Members
10,426
Latest member
kmbazz15


Top Bottom