Grazing the BAR BruRm @ BAR, New Haven April 2019 If you weren't reading a page about the horribly named BruRm @ BAR right now and I asked you, "hey, what's the longest running brewery under the same ownership in the same space in 2019 Connecticut?" what would you guess? Don't even front and tell me you'd say … [Read more...]
Pizza at Sally’s Apizza
The Best Pizza on Earth Sally’s Apizza, New Haven June 27, 2015 Disclaimer: I love Sally’s. I love them more than I love Pepe’s and Modern and every other pretender to the exalted throne that lords over the Connecticut pizza kingdom. Unapologetically. (And you thought that disclaimer was going to be … [Read more...]
Pizza Works
Where Everyone’s a Trainee Pizza Works, Old Saybrook January 18, 2014 There are approximately 7,245,900 pizza restaurants in Connecticut (+/- 7.244 million). And, as everyone knows, the best pizza in the country is made right here in Connecticut. This has been stated as the fact that it is by several prominent … [Read more...]
Mystic Pizza
This Place Mystic-fies Me Mystic Pizza, Mystic October 5, 2013 The things I do for you people. The sacrifices… the pain. Things like eating overpriced so-so pizza at one of Connecticut's few and true tourist traps. It just had to be done once. For the site. And for you. There's really no reason in the world for … [Read more...]
Pizza at Pizzeria Laurentano
From Napoli to Bethel 291 Greenwood Ave, Bethel 16 Bucks I think This restaurant closed in 2017. Nailed it. Finally. I think we tried to get pizza here twice before over the years, only to find it closed. (Note: this is still only about 10% as frustrating as trying get pies at Pepe’s or Sally’s in New … [Read more...]
Pizza at Colony Grill
Colony Has Spawned a Colony of Followers 172 Myrtle Avenue, Stamford Eight bucks for a pizza This is a tough one. I so want to love Colony. One of my bestest friends in the whole wide world can’t say enough positive things about Colony. She has lived her whole life in Stamford and Colony is her main source … [Read more...]
Pizza at Modern Apizza
For Those That Consider 1935 “Modern” 874 State St., New Haven About $14 for a large Ah, the second of the Holy Trinity of Pizza. Notice I didn’t qualify “pizza” with “New Haven” or “Connecticut” or “American” or even “Worldwide.” That’s because as everyone who knows anything about the pizza arts knows that the … [Read more...]
Pizza at Carminuccio’s
Veggie Tales 76 South Main Street, Newtown It sure is nice to live in a state which arguably has the best pizza in America. I usually get no argument when I say that except in NYC. Elsewhere, they just look surprised, make some lame effort at talking up their local pie, and then go crawl away once I ask them to … [Read more...]
Red Potato Pizza at Willington Pizza
You Say Potato, I Say Delicious Willington Pizza House, Willington May 17, 2009 While Connecticut has its share of excellent restaurants, it's the unique food items made here I feel more compelled to write about here, in the food section of my blog. And by unique I mean, "different but delicious," not some wacked … [Read more...]
*Pizza at Frank Pepe’s
How Long Would You Wait? The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven December 29, 2007 [Note: Pepe's is part of the 500 Thing to Eat Before it's Too Late and is ranked as THE "National Best" pizza. This report was filed before the book came out.] The Impossible Dream... We did it. We successfully … [Read more...]