The reputation is warranted. One of the best pizza...

The reputation is warranted. One of the best pizza places in the CT, which is to say in New England and the country. Thin, crispy with a slight chew and simple. Delicious sauce and crust. Nothing soggy or oily. This is coal-fire brick oven pizza. Unlike its delicious thin crust cousin from NYC, there is no need to fold and the cheese wont slide off. Even their four cheese, the Quattro Fromaggi, holds it's structure. Their famous clam pizza is made with fresh shucked clam of the day. Once they run out, that's it until tomorrow.

It's a simple setting. It's authentic (been in the family, run essentially the same way since 1925). ...but it's popular, both locally and long distance. They don't take reservations. Waits can get up to an hour, and I've seen people do it in the snow. We we're lucky; at 830 on a Friday in May, we had only a 20 min wait.

Also try Modern Apizza or Sally's (both in New Haven), Crust or Mondo in Middletown, Luna is West Hartford and Michaelangelo's is Rocky Hill.