New Haven, CT
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The coal-fired, charred-crust apizza tradition. The white clam pie was invented here. Drawn from Connecticut Magazine's best-pizza guide and Yankee/New England's New Haven pizza coverage.
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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Connecticut Magazine, New England / Yankee, and CTbites. Updated September 2026.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana · Wooster Square
The 1925 Wooster Street original and a fixture on national best-pizza lists; the white clam pie Frank Pepe invented is the order.
Sally's Apizza · Wooster Square
A Wooster Street legend since 1938; the New Haven clam pie and the garlicky white potato pie are the classics.
Modern Apizza · State Street
Where the regulars go; the loaded Italian Bomb (bacon, sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, onion, pepper, garlic) is the move.
Zuppardi's Apizza · West Haven
A West Haven family shop since the 1930s that makes its own sausage; the fresh-sausage-and-mushroom pie is the standout.
BAR · Downtown
A Crown Street brewpub whose mashed-potato apizza has a cult following alongside house-brewed beer.