OT: Best Pizza in CT

[nomar]

Hasn’t changed much in those passing decades: Yorkside Pizza

Heartens me to see it still open. A great family restaurant. I used to occupy myself while waiting for our food by looking at the annual Yale football team photos. I wonder if those are still there.

 

[nomar]

That the place next to Toad's? If so, that hit soooo hard after a show/gig there.

None other. Used to go there and then get a waffle cone at Ashley's.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Another truly great pie at Hartford Pizza Garden! Sausage, roasted peppers and onion for the win!!

 

[Vancat]

Probably doesn't (or didn't) measure up to your guys' standards... but we used to love Spiritus in PTown years ago. Floppy, foldable, delicious.

 

[upstater]

Heartens me to see it still open. A great family restaurant. I used to occupy myself while waiting for our food by looking at the annual Yale football team photos. I wonder if those are still there.

I knew the owners and the kids. Spent quite a lot of time playing video games in the finished basement.

Speaking of Yale pizza places, Naples Pizza was our go-to pre-drinking place. Cheap beer and cheap pizza, great place for 16 year olds back in 1983.

But the cheapest place of all was called the Josey Wales Saloon in Westville.

49 cents for a pitcher of beer. It was Genny Cream Ale but so what!!!

 

[karstenkibbe]

If someone opened a New Haven style pizza place that did it right on Cape Cod they’d make money hand over fist. I’m actually surprised that it hasn’t been done properly yet.

I like the pizza at Treehouse Brewing in Sandwich. It’s not New Haven apizza, but it is definitely New Haven-influenced. Very solid. You also won’t find better beer on the Cape. Views aren’t bad either…

 

[nomar]

I knew the owners and the kids. Spent quite a lot of time playing video games in the finished basement.

Speaking of Yale pizza places, Naples Pizza was our go-to pre-drinking place. Cheap beer and cheap pizza, great place for 16 year olds back in 1983.

But the cheapest place of all was called the Josey Wales Saloon in Westville.

49 cents for a pitcher of beer. It was Genny Cream Ale but so what!!!

Naples Pizza is a trigger for me: that's where I watched Kansas stomp UConn to pieces in 1994, preventing us from rising to #1 in the AP poll.

 

[Waquoit]

When I read about these Apizza outlets elsewhere in the country failing to make apizza the same way (usually because of crust thickness), I'm reminded that many people outside Connecticut aren't into thin pizza, nor into charring. They don't understand it really...

They might also say the tomato sauce is too tangy.

That's why God invented Little Caesars, for they.

 

[nomar]

That's why God invented Little Caesars, for they.

Since I have an anecdote for every place mentioned in this thread, let me add that in 1989, I went to a birthday party that featured trips to (1) Little Caesar's and (2) Milford Jai Alai. (Hi Adam.)

We made our own pizzas at Little Caesars, which is where I learned that at gross chain pizza places, the "sausage" comes from a vat of pink slime, from which little balls are formed and put on the pizza before it goes in the oven. That's why the pieces of sausage are jagged balls.

But that was not even the most unsafe part of the birthday. As mentioned, we then went and played jai alai, which is an extremely dangerous game to play for untrained kids, and for which nobody signed a waiver.

But we all survived the pink slime and the heavy balls whizzing past our faces.

 

[Horatio]

Just had a Pepperoni pizza from Christo’s in Wallingford. Take out. B+ /A-. Nice balance of oil. Good charring. I’ll go back. Kinda reminded me of Modern. You lose a little of the overall quality when you order out compared to right from the oven to your table, so dining in is probably a better pizza.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Since I have an anecdote for every place mentioned in this thread, let me add that in 1989, I went to a birthday party that featured trips to (1) Little Caesar's and (2) Milford Jai Alai. (Hi Adam.)

We made our own pizzas at Little Caesars, which is where I learned that at gross chain pizza places, the "sausage" comes from a vat of pink slime, from which little balls are formed and put on the pizza before it goes in the oven. That's why the pieces of sausage are jagged balls.

But that was not even the most unsafe part of the birthday. As mentioned, we then went and played jai alai, which is an extremely dangerous game to play for untrained kids, and for which nobody signed a waiver.

But we all survived the pink slime and the heavy balls whizzing past our faces.

Pelotas & Pies™

 

[Waquoit]

When I hear Jai A'lai, I think Thirsty Thursday. Beers and dogs for a quarter apiece. That's dinner and drinks for 3 bucks. Drinking age was 18, what could go wrong?

 

[Deepster]

When I hear Jai A'lai, I think Thirsty Thursday. Beers and dogs for a quarter apiece. That's dinner and drinks for 3 bucks. Drinking age was 18, what could go wrong?

We were just talking about Jai Alai at the Derby party and how the current generation really missed out on that.

 

[jibsey]

When I hear Jai A'lai, I think Thirsty Thursday. Beers and dogs for a quarter apiece. That's dinner and drinks for 3 bucks. Drinking age was 18, what could go wrong?

J’ai A’lai was fun. I used to get prime rib in their restaurant and it was decent. That took the edge off the fixed games.

 

[storrsroars]

That took the edge off the fixed games.

Ever watch a gold glove shortstop who's already made several great plays get a soft liner hit to him then deliberately drop the thing in order to get a double play? That's jai alai. Except there's no double play, only your losing ticket.

 

[Dove]

Another truly great pie at Hartford Pizza Garden! Sausage, roasted peppers and onion for the win!!View attachment 109287

That looks amazing.

 

[Dove]

Probably doesn't (or didn't) measure up to your guys' standards... but we used to love Spiritus in PTown years ago. Floppy, foldable, delicious.

Not that there's anything wrong with that

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

That looks amazing.

Great pizza every time I go there. They're building up their fanbase in just less than a year. Based on the other 8+ ratings Portnoy has given out to CT pizzerias that I've been to, I'd say they're in the 8+ range for sure. Definitely better than some of the 8.1-8.3 range.

 

[Waquoit]

Another truly great pie at Hartford Pizza Garden! Sausage, roasted peppers and onion for the win!!View attachment 109287

Never heard of the place until now. Thanks!

 

[Dove]

Another truly great pie at Hartford Pizza Garden! Sausage, roasted peppers and onion for the win!!View attachment 109287

Is this where Fox Farm has a beer garden?

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Is this where Fox Farm has a beer garden?

No, this is in the West End of Hartford right on Farmington Ave a few blocks from the West Hartford line. Their New Haven style is great as well as their Detroit style - get the pepperoni with hot honey!

 

[karstenkibbe]

Is this where Fox Farm has a beer garden?

Fox Farm has a beer garden outside Salem?

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Friday night at Joe’s Pizza in New Canaan and had my first ever Stracciatella pie. How, how in my 1/4 Italian heritage growing up in CT, have I waited 38 years to try this? Mind blowingly good.

 

[Mr. French]

Rather than wading through 348 pages, I’ll ask: coming to UConn for a quick stop on way to Boston area, what’s the must get pizza within somewhat a range of Gampel?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Rather than wading through 348 pages, I’ll ask: coming to UConn for a quick stop on way to Boston area, what’s the must get pizza within somewhat a range of Gampel?

Zuppardis or Modern. Modern would have the better dining experience if your sitting down instead of just picking up.