Every state has something they’re known for: BBQ, lobster, cheese, potatoes…
I’m proud to live in the state that is known for having the best pizza on the planet. (It’s Connecticut, btw, NOT New York).
Unless you are gluten free or can’t eat dairy, I feel it’s safe to say you like pizza. And you’re particular about your pizza. Maybe you’re a deep dish lover. A New York-style die hard. Or a Sicilian pie is where it’s at for you. Whatever the case may be, there’s a style of pizza you like and to you, it’s the best there is, and no one is going to tell you differently.
For me, that pizza is New Haven-style pizza, that is only available in New Haven, CT.
What is New Have style pizza? Or should I say, apizza? (pronounced a-beetz).
It’s a thin crust pizza cooked to crispy perfection in a coal-fired oven that’s as hot as the sun.
As for toppings, they can vary. There’s the classic tomato pie with grated cheese, the white clam pie (add bacon and peppers and make it ‘clams casino’) and everything in between.
New Haven is home to the three heavy hitters of the pizza world: Frank Pepe’s, Sally’s and Modern. And if you’re familiar with them, you are loyal to one of them.
For us, we’re a Modern family. Their clams casino pizza (on the left in the photo: white pie, mozzarella, chopped clams and garlic, peppers and bacon – and we add hot cherry peppers – is to die for).
The tricky thing with the New Haven pizza scene is that none of these places deliver. So if you’re not in the mood (or have the time) to drive down to New Haven and stand in line for a table, you have to find other options.
Let me tell you, with a 5 year old, we order pizza a lot. And we’ve have had some BAD pizza trying to find our “local” pizza place.
Our test pizza, the our favorite pizza to order from places that aren’t Modern, is aptly (self) named The KK Special. The KK Special consists of sauce and mozzarella, with sausage, black olives and ricotta. This is an especially difficult pizza to master, as you need to find not only the balance of the toppings, but you must ensure you have a crispy enough crust to hold up to the soft ricotta. (If you deliver a soggy pizza, you are one and done).
It took some time, but we’ve found our neighborhood pizza place. They only do take out – not a table to be found in the place. Only downside: they don’t deliver. But it’s THAT good, that we will throw on a coat and boots and leave the warmth of home to go and pick it up.
Olde World Pizza is amazing. And, it’s consistently amazing, which is a very appealing attribute for a pizza place to have.
Here are tonight’s selections:
For Mr and Mrs KK, the pizza on the left: eggplant and meatball.
And for Little Mister, his favorite: bacon, spinach and black olive. (Pretty impressive for a five year old).
And you must have beer with pizza. No arguments.
And if you don’t eat so much pizza that you can’t breathe, you’re not doing it right.
Life of kk 