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OT: Best Pizza in CT

zyron said:
If you are ever in Stratford give Paradise Pizza a try. Greek Pizza that is delicious and been there like 60 years.
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Thank you. Will do
 
Going to be in the Upper East Side of NYC tomorrow and feel like getting pizza. Any suggestions?
 
There's a Patsy's up there at like 69/1, it's ok, not stellar. Marielllas (sp?) has great grandmas on lex/70
 
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One that I'm not sure was mentioned is Berkshire Pub in Torrington........owner changes have taken it back a bit but still a formidable pie and order the salad for 2 as they have a real nice house dressing along with a filling assortment including ham, pepperoni and fresh mozz..........
 
mauconnfan said:
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
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Mondo is excellent. The owner, Kurt, also owns Naples Pizza in Farmington and he is a UConn alum.
 
Went to modern last Sunday and the pizza was awful. I ordered a margarita and it was barely even cooked. You couldn't eat it without all the cheese and sauce just falling off when you picked it up. I ended up eating dough with cheese/sauce on the side. My first bad experience in new haven pizza.
 
Northbound said:
There's a Patsy's up there at like 69/1, it's ok, not stellar. Marielllas (sp?) has great grandmas on lex/70
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Went with Patsy's and was pretty decent, thanks for the heads up on it.
 
TRest said:
Park Lane Pizza in West Hartford is a good example, I think Luna's trends more towards the greek style also.
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I lived around the corner from Park Lane and wouldn't go there. Their pizza is plain awful and typical Greek pizza with overcooked sauce. Joey's next door is better. I would make the trek down Park to Lena's; not my favorite but pretty good.
Pizza reviews are all over the place like peoples tastes. Some of my favorites were/are: Popular Rest in Southington (closed), Ginos in Glastonbury (closed), Pagliaccis in Plainville, Vitos in Wethersfield, Portland Restauant in Portland.Oh and Gozzo's on Blue Hills in Hartford (closed for about 40 years).
 
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Huskybass said:
Mondo is excellent. The owner, Kurt, also owns Naples Pizza in Farmington and he is a UConn alum.
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Used to live in area. Favorite at time was Anthony's. Is it still around?
 
Danzz said:
Ginos in Glastonbury (closed),
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I read they raised the rent so they called it a day and Harry's (Barb branch) moved in. You probably know that Gino's was related to Proccacini's in E. Htfd that is still open. I haven't been there for awhile, I always liked how they put the mozz over the pepperoni. BTW, we had a pie from Frank Pepe's in Manchester yesterday and it was better than any I've had in the area for a long time.
 
Gino's in Glastonbury wasn't very good. There were at least 5 better options in Glastonbury including Angelo's. Giovanni's, and Luna. Tried Harry's in Glastonbury the other night. It was very good.
 
CTBasketball said:
Went with Patsy's and was pretty decent, thanks for the heads up on it.
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My favorite Patsy's experience is at the original location, where you can drive up 1st Avenue into East Harlem, at the corner of 118th St, and double park for a quick trip to the take-out counter entrance with the coal oven taking up as much space as the rest of the room. Order your simple, plain slices and eat them while continuing north over the Willis Avenue Bridge to the Bruckner Expressway and back to CT. Leaves a better taste in the mouth than paying the Triborough Bridge toll, and costs slightly more or less, depending on how hungry you are (though not counting others in the car).
 
mauconnfan said:
One that I'm not sure was mentioned is Berkshire Pub in Torrington........owner changes have taken it back a bit but still a formidable pie and order the salad for 2 as they have a real nice house dressing along with a filling assortment including ham, pepperoni and fresh mozz..........
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Oh man....Berkshire Cafe....hung out there when I worked in Torrington for a short time in a past life. Great little pub. Great beer selection. Even back in the old days.
 
I'm telling you guys if you want real New York Style pizza you gotta try Adrianna's
Pizza in Naugatuck!! its the real deal!!!
 
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sledog said:
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.
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Dude... I've been trying to lose weight. It's been so difficult to not try out some of these places...

On a side note, for any of you skiers/snowborders, if you are ever up at Jay Peak in Vermont, try out Montgomery Pizza and Subs a couple miles from Jay. Went there this past weekend and OMG, the Vermonter Pizza was the best pizza I have ever had. Apples, Maple, and Sausage. Sounds weird, but absolutely incredible.
 
Village Pizza
Main St.
Old Wethersfield, CT

Greek style pizza that I have grown up on. Order one and tell me there is a better tasting pizza anywhere in the world.

Second place (CT): Harry's Pizza in West Hartford, if you're in the mood for thin crust style.
 
Dooley said:
Village Pizza
Main St.
Old Wethersfield, CT

Greek style pizza that I have grown up on. Order one and tell me there is a better tasting pizza anywhere in the world.

Second place (CT): Harry's Pizza in West Hartford, if you're in the mood for thin crust style.
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Best ever anywhere-Blancaneaux Lodge, Belize.

That should bring this subject to its knees.

But its true. A Francis Ford Coppola resort, he imported the bricks from Italy, uses wood for heat source (700 degrees?) and a family recipe.
I have no idea why we ordered it but as you would expect, we were floored by result.

So if you're in the neighborhood, drop in.

Don't make me regret this post. Put me on ignore, just not the face.
 
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.
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I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but Illiano's is the best I've had east of the river. It's New York style and they have locations from Middletown to Norwich - the majority of their restaurants are east of the river, I believe.
 
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There's this place called Carminuccio's in Newtown. Supposedly, Gourmet Magazine named them one of the top ten in the country. I'm not sure they are among the top ten in Newtown.

Unless I hit it on a historically bad day, the only poll they could come out in the top 10 in, is a poll of the owner's family. It wasn't impressive at all. I wouldn't even call it pedestrian.
 
A few things about Greek pizza:

1. It has absolutely nothing to do with Greece
2. Greek pizza is called Greek because of Greek immigrants who came to the country and learned to make it in the style that 90% of the country enjoys and eats. When I point out to friends in Buffalo how bad the pizza is, they respond how much they love it, and when I describe Neapolitan pizza, they think it sounds gross. Buffalo pizza is Greek pizza but it's made by Italians who taught Greek immigrants to make a pizza that is not very good. Confused?
3. Historically, real Greeks have been eating pizza for 2,000 years, but up until the last hundred, they never put tomato sauce or cheese on pizzas, just veggies and olive oil. This is why the influence of veggies on pizza is still so big in Sicily.
4. Sicilian pizza has changed over the years from being very thin crust to very thick, but it's not Chicago-style and it's not Greek. It is fantastic though and still the only thick crust pizza I will ever eat.
5. I don't know what NY Style pizza is; I thought it was Neapolitan but according to that article, apparently it's not. I can only remember eating pizza once in NYC because there is so much good food around other than pizza. What is NY pizza?
6. I lived in Italy for 2 years and never once saw any restaurant or shop that made anything that looked like an American pizza. Frank Pepe was from Naples so I guess that's why we call it Neapolitan pizza. In Italy, you either get sheet pizza from corner stores or else sit down to a personal pizza the size of a Pizza Hut pan pizza (but infinitely better). In terms of the crust, it's in between thin and thick.
 
RoderickSpode said:
I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but Illiano's is the best I've had east of the river. It's New York style and they have locations from Middletown to Norwich - the majority of their restaurants are east of the river, I believe.
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I believe they have a restaurant in Old Lyme, It has been there for quite awhile.
 
I have a new entry for the thread and for me: Bufalina in Guilford. The place is incredibly small (counter with 11 seats), with a limited menu, and they serve only small (12”) pizzas. But they take reservations and it is BYOB. I will simply say that it is hands down the best pizza I have had outside of New Haven or Italy, and it rivals many of the best I’ve had in both. True Neapolitan style, and just about perfect in all ways imo. I saw dozens and dozens of take-out orders heading out the door when I was there, but I’ve only eaten in, which I would recommend, at least on first visit. We brought a few slices home and it was still terrific reheated, but fresh from the wood-fired oven it was sublime. I'll be back. Soon.
 
upstater said:
A few things about Greek pizza:

1. It has absolutely nothing to do with Greece
2. Greek pizza is called Greek because of Greek immigrants who came to the country and learned to make it in the style that 90% of the country enjoys and eats. When I point out to friends in Buffalo how bad the pizza is, they respond how much they love it, and when I describe Neapolitan pizza, they think it sounds gross. Buffalo pizza is Greek pizza but it's made by Italians who taught Greek immigrants to make a pizza that is not very good. Confused?
3. Historically, real Greeks have been eating pizza for 2,000 years, but up until the last hundred, they never put tomato sauce or cheese on pizzas, just veggies and olive oil. This is why the influence of veggies on pizza is still so big in Sicily.
4. Sicilian pizza has changed over the years from being very thin crust to very thick, but it's not Chicago-style and it's not Greek. It is fantastic though and still the only thick crust pizza I will ever eat.
5. I don't know what NY Style pizza is; I thought it was Neapolitan but according to that article, apparently it's not. I can only remember eating pizza once in NYC because there is so much good food around other than pizza. What is NY pizza?
6. I lived in Italy for 2 years and never once saw any restaurant or shop that made anything that looked like an American pizza. Frank Pepe was from Naples so I guess that's why we call it Neapolitan pizza. In Italy, you either get sheet pizza from corner stores or else sit down to a personal pizza the size of a Pizza Hut pan pizza (but infinitely better). In terms of the crust, it's in between thin and thick.
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Awesome post.

NY pizza is thin but not crisp like apizza, big wide slices, a little greasy and folded in half to eat. Most of your pizza by the slice places are imitating NY pizza.

Neapolitan is thin, crisp, with the four basic ingredients. Olive oil, tomato, Mozz, and Basil.

Sicilian is what I like given a choice, though NY style is the best late night food there is.

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