Hearing a lot about Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza in Manchester, we have to try it. If nothing else to see if there is a New-Haven-style pizza in the north of the state worth the drive. With many options here, we…

Pepperoni Pizza; Nana’s Bakery & Pizza
Nana’s Bakery & Pizza. What a place. Nana’s seems to be first and foremost a bakery. So the bread they use is all sourdough and all homemade, but they use it in everything. Pizza crust? sourdough. Donuts? sourdough. It’s a…

Dolce e Piccante Pizza; Rizzuto’s
Trying all the igloo restaurants in CT brought us to Rizzuto’s in West Hartford. Pane all’aglio Garlic bread. You have to like Gorgonzola to like this. The cheese topping is nice, but there is far too much dough. It’s a…

Where Was Greek-Style Pizza Invented, Really?
Greek-style pizza is not pizza with feta and olives on it; it’s a pan-style pizza that was invented here in Connecticut… Instead of the dough being spread out on a peel (that wooden thing they put pizza in and pull…

Pizza; Park Lane Pizza
On the search for the best pizza in Connecticut brings us to Park Lane Pizza in West Hartford. Everyone is all about apizza-style pizza in Connecticut. Which is wonderful, and I love it. But Connecticut invented Greek-style pizza (investigation underway),…

Pizza (pepperoni), Modern Apizza
On the search for the best pizza in Connecticut brings us to Modern Apizza in New Haven. Pizza in Connecticut is top tier. It’s not until you leave the northeast and the few pockets around the U.S. (Chicago…) or some…

Detroit Style Pizza, Christos Restaurant & Bar
On the search for the best pizza in Connecticut, in this case the best Detroit style pizza in CT, brings us to Christos Restaurant & Bar in Wallingford. So here’s the thing. I grew up in Detroit. Where I thought…

Pizza, BAR
On the search for the best pizza in Connecticut brings us to BAR in New Haven. BAR, it turns out, is actually a nightclub of sorts. They have a kitchen, and use their space to make pizza. Supposedly, this is…