I grew up outside of New Haven and you described Sally"s & Pepe's perfectly, the do make it burnt and super crispy. I def think NY is the best, not even close. They call what they make here in Texas pizza, its not edible for rats.
If you ever go to Italy
and have their pizza and pasta, I think that you might reconsider that statement(I respect it tho)…
I love chi but the Chicago style is a hard pass
I purposely try pizza everywhere I go & nobody comes close. You ever have Pizza Perfect (near wilkes barre) or Gerrys? in my hometown senapes is the king.
Been there multiple times. Still have family there. Pasta better. Pizza not close.If you ever go to Italy
I’d never get a straight up pineapple pizza…. But Hawaiian Pizza is incredible. We got a spot out here that does a Buffalo Chicken Hawaiian that’s the best pie I’ve ever had.
Awesome place on top of being elite pizza. I had a running joke with my friends saying "im going to take this girl to see the train" cuz I'd always use Pizza Perfect as my first date spot lol
I was hardcore NY Pizza defender all my life. Lucali and Lazarras were some of the best pies I ever had in my life. I moved to CT two years ago and just within the last few months got down to New Haven to try Sally’s and Pepe’s. I prefer that style pizza and it wasn’t close for me after that. All comes down to the style you prefer I guess. I personally can’t even look at Chicago Deep Dish. A **** abomination.
What style are Sally's and Pepe's - Neapolitan? If so I completely agree with you. I say that having never tried either NY or CT pizza in person. But I've had local pizza that NY transplants swear by, and local Neapolitan pizza (from some trained in pizza school lol) that is orders of magnitude better. Of course this is just my taste and preference. I'd love to try some real NY pizza one day.
I like Portnoy personally. The pizza reviews are good regardless. Dude has literally been eating pizza like every day for years. He's likely had 10x more different pizza places than like everyone here combined.
My dad (grew up in the Bronx) would go on about how only NY pizza is good and I would make the argument that to me Pizza is like chicken... sometimes I want BBQ Chicken, sometimes I want it fried bone in, sometimes I want it chicken parm over pasta, sometimes I want a chicken parm sandwich, sometimes I want a Nashville fried chicken sandwich, sometimes I want double fried Korean wings - ****, sometimes I want it tandoori. My point is that I think it is silly to argue types of pizza vs each other as it is like arguing that Korean chicken wings are better than Chicken parm (they are both delicious if the place making them is good).
NJ is tough to beat. It’s a NY NJ battle fore sure
Lucali is the best I've ever had...but for a slice, Prince St Pizza in NYC is the best of the best. They're known throughout NYC for their Pepperoni Square slice. John's on Bleecker is insane as well.
Sally’s and Pepe’s are both a CT style Apizza (at least that’s what they told me). Very crispy, thinner style pies. NY pizza is a bit more doughy (which I also love).
