Does Connecticut Pizza live up to the hype?

[Buffalo Super Fan]

On 7/3/2023 at 2:51 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

 

It also tends to be a bit greasy.

 

Just be aware you can't decide to just order a pie and have it 30 minutes later. Especially on weekends. The famous places like Frank Pepe's and Sally's. if you don't order by 9am that morning, you're not getting a pie that day.

 

It’s called expanding and hiring more work crew to make more pizza. When I was a kid growing up in Buffalo I saw Rich Stadium get built. Because I went to my relatives that lived a block away from Rich Stadium for Sunday dinner you could walk to Rich Stadium from there home. Anyway the restaurants around there started growing larger as the Buffalo Bills became successful especially in the early 1980’s. It sounds like old Frank Pepe’s and Sally’s if there pizza is that hot they should expand or they aren’t very smart business people like the Buffalo pizza places around Rich Stadium are. Not getting a pizza if you don’t order by 9 am and one goes somewhere else they most likely are never going back out of site out of mind out of business over time buying trends regardless change overtime no matter how good the pizza is. Expand before Joe’s pizza takes all your business because he can deliver in 30 minutes in my opinion. Go Bills! Let’s Go Buffalo 

Edited July 4, 2023 by I am leaving for good

[Doc]

1 minute ago, I am leaving for good said:

It’s called expanding and hiring more crew. When I was a kid growing up in Buffalo I saw Rich Stadium get built. Because I went to my relatives that lived a block away from Rich Stadium for Sunday dinner you could walk to it from there home. Anyway the restaurants around there started growing larger as the Buffalo Bills became successful especially in the early 1980’s. It sounds like old Frank Pepe’s and Sally’s if there pizza is that hot they should expand or they aren’t very smart business people like the Buffalo pizza places around Rich Stadium. Not getting a pizza if you don’t order by 9 am and one goes somewhere else they most likely are never going back out of site out of mind out of business over time buying trends regardless change overtime no matter how good the pizza is. Expand before Joe’s pizza takes all your business because he can deliver in 30 minutes in my opinion. Go Bills! Let’s Go Buffalo 

 

Pepe's has been expanding all over the state.  My wife had a slice of their pepperoni pizza before a Tears for Fears concert at Mohegun Sun casino the Saturday before last.

[ExiledInIllinois]

20 minutes ago, I am leaving for good said:

It’s called expanding and hiring more work crew to make more pizza. When I was a kid growing up in Buffalo I saw Rich Stadium get built. Because I went to my relatives that lived a block away from Rich Stadium for Sunday dinner you could walk to Rich Stadium from there home. Anyway the restaurants around there started growing larger as the Buffalo Bills became successful especially in the early 1980’s. It sounds like old Frank Pepe’s and Sally’s if there pizza is that hot they should expand or they aren’t very smart business people like the Buffalo pizza places around Rich Stadium are. Not getting a pizza if you don’t order by 9 am and one goes somewhere else they most likely are never going back out of site out of mind out of business over time buying trends regardless change overtime no matter how good the pizza is. Expand before Joe’s pizza takes all your business because he can deliver in 30 minutes in my opinion. Go Bills! Let’s Go Buffalo 

OR... It's this. They are content being who they are.

 

This is the story that started the “be more with less” movement for me. While I knew all work and no play wasn’t the way, I thought I would forever be stuck in the cycle of working to live. I thought I would always have a car payment, credit card debt and not enough month at the end of the money. I thought I had to work harder to make more, buy more and have more. At one time, I really thought that would make me better somehow.

This story is my inspiration to slow down, reassess, and get real about how I want to live life.

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.  Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna.  The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied, “only a little while. The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.  I have a full and busy life.” The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”

To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”

“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part.  When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”

“Millions – then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire.  Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

[Buffalo Super Fan]

26 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Pepe's has been expanding all over the state.  My wife had a slice of their pepperoni pizza before a Tears for Fears concert at Mohegun Sun casino the Saturday before last.

That is what I figured thank you in my opinion. Go Bills! Let’s Go Buffalo 

Edited July 4, 2023 by I am leaving for good

[mead107]

Sucks

 

[Teddy KGB]

4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

OR... It's this. They are content being who they are.

 

This is the story that started the “be more with less” movement for me. While I knew all work and no play wasn’t the way, I thought I would forever be stuck in the cycle of working to live. I thought I would always have a car payment, credit card debt and not enough month at the end of the money. I thought I had to work harder to make more, buy more and have more. At one time, I really thought that would make me better somehow.

This story is my inspiration to slow down, reassess, and get real about how I want to live life.

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.  Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna.  The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied, “only a little while. The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.  I have a full and busy life.” The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”

To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”

“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part.  When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”

“Millions – then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire.  Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

Can you remove a few paragraphs from this ? 

[PromoTheRobot]

8 hours ago, Doc said:

 

Pepe's has been expanding all over the state.  My wife had a slice of their pepperoni pizza before a Tears for Fears concert at Mohegun Sun casino the Saturday before last.

 

Are the franchises as good as the original?

[ExiledInIllinois]

5 hours ago, mead107 said:

Sucks

 

Thank you!😊 

[Pete]

7 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Are the franchises as good as the original?

One could say, yes, possibly better.  I will explain.

 

 Nothing will beat the charm and history of the original on Wooster Street.  Frank Pepe’s pizzeria started 1925, was 2nd pizza place in North America.  The Spot was original sight.  Frank Pepe wrote the book on American pizza,  the original.

 

I have worked at Pepes in New Haven, Manchester, Mohegan Sun, Warwick, and Chestnut Hill.  All ovens are modeled after the original oven - 14” x 14”, and all are grandfathered in to use coal.

 

The newer ovens have sand under the tile, which holds heat even better.  So newer ovens are better.

 

Pepes is like any restaurant- it depends who is working.  If there are 3-4 skilled pizza makers who take pride in their work- that will be best pizza you have, no matter which Pepes you are at.

 

 

I’ve been a few times to different pepes- and I request certain pizza,  extra, extra thin and well done- it’s how I would make every house pie.  It takes some skill to get the pizza that paper thin.  Well I was impressed at the Pepes in RI and Mass- they made the pie just how I like it and how I ordered it

Edited July 5, 2023 by Pete

[May Day 10]

I lived in central CT for a few years.

 

I went to Pepe's and it was just a hyped up, disappointing version of New York pizza that costs a lot and has a long wait.

 

Kind of like most things in Connecticut.  Just a cheap imitation of New York and Boston

Edited July 5, 2023 by May Day 10

[ExiledInIllinois]

7 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

I lived in central CT for a few years.

 

I went to Pepe's and it was just a hyped up, disappointing version of New York pizza that costs a lot and has a long wait.

 

Kind of like most things in Connecticut.  Just a cheap imitation of New York and Boston

Well... It is in-between both places. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

On 7/4/2023 at 3:24 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:

OR... It's this. They are content being who they are.

 

This is the story that started the “be more with less” movement for me. While I knew all work and no play wasn’t the way, I thought I would forever be stuck in the cycle of working to live. I thought I would always have a car payment, credit card debt and not enough month at the end of the money. I thought I had to work harder to make more, buy more and have more. At one time, I really thought that would make me better somehow.

This story is my inspiration to slow down, reassess, and get real about how I want to live life.

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.  Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna.  The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied, “only a little while. The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.  I have a full and busy life.” The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”

To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”

“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part.  When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”

“Millions – then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire.  Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

Whats that have to do with pizza?

[ExiledInIllinois]

25 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Whats that have to do with pizza?

?? The pizza BUSINESS.  The way the previous replies were going, I was under the impression that the business didn't want to expand. So... I used that story of why they some aren't all caught up in "expansion."

 

I don't think I made to crazy of a leap here. Some others got the connection. Yeah, a bit deep but not really too deep.

[PromoTheRobot]

15 hours ago, Pete said:

One could say, yes, possibly better.  I will explain.

 

 Nothing will beat the charm and history of the original on Wooster Street.  Frank Pepe’s pizzeria started 1925, was 2nd pizza place in North America.  The Spot was original sight.  Frank Pepe wrote the book on American pizza,  the original.

 

I have worked at Pepes in New Haven, Manchester, Mohegan Sun, Warwick, and Chestnut Hill.  All ovens are modeled after the original oven - 14” x 14”, and all are grandfathered in to use coal.

 

The newer ovens have sand under the tile, which holds heat even better.  So newer ovens are better.

 

Pepes is like any restaurant- it depends who is working.  If there are 3-4 skilled pizza makers who take pride in their work- that will be best pizza you have, no matter which Pepes you are at.

 

 

I’ve been a few times to different pepes- and I request certain pizza,  extra, extra thin and well done- it’s how I would make every house pie.  It takes some skill to get the pizza that paper thin.  Well I was impressed at the Pepes in RI and Mass- they made the pie just how I like it and how I ordered it

 

I ate at the original Wooster St. Pepe's long long ago. Also did Sally's.

[rockpile]

I was staying in Mystic, CT for a wedding. It is average pizza, but a cool little town

 

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[Fr. Jerk]

I don't know, but pizza in Italy was not good at all. It has to at least be better than that.

[Pete]

1991- I was a young man in CT, I moved to CT  when I was 10 years old 1979- so I had been eating real deal CT pizza for over a decade.

 

It’s like you love chocolate, then learn that dark chocolate is so much more delicious.  It took awhile to get there, but now you know dark chocolate is clearly better.

 

I was bringing a girlfriend back to Buffalo for the Bills-Raiders afc championship.  It was my first trip returning to my beloved Buffalo.  “You are going to love Buffalo!  People are great, it’s a fun city, so much to do, and first thing we will get a pizza at Santoros.  It’s great pizza!  Lol”

 

We grabbed a Santoros pizza and Genesese Cream Ale, and went to our hotel room, I wanted to show off Buffalo  to her.   I loved Santoros in my childhood, and couldn’t wait to share.  We both took a bite, and it was garbage, couldn’t eat it, we laughed our heads off and went and some mighty taco

Edited July 9, 2023 by Pete

[PromoTheRobot]

1,100 pizzas a day on weekends!

 

https://www.ctinsider.com/living/food/article/modern-apizza-new-haven-ct-pizza-today-18271929.php?fbclid=IwAR1Cvsu1Br71gsqy9G7Ye3PLESUEACx0N4l4aBHET9Po5UPPQjH3kqccVTg

[Augie]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

1,100 pizzas a day on weekends!

 

https://www.ctinsider.com/living/food/article/modern-apizza-new-haven-ct-pizza-today-18271929.php?fbclid=IwAR1Cvsu1Br71gsqy9G7Ye3PLESUEACx0N4l4aBHET9Po5UPPQjH3kqccVTg

 

That’s a lot of dough! And it at least looks good. 

 

One of the better pizza places here opens at a certain time and “closes when they run out of dough.” I doubt that’s ever happened, but they like to describe it that way. 

[Max Fischer]

IMO, a lot of CT pizza is excellent. But, like everywhere, there are quite a few crap places, too 

 

A personal favorite is Frank Pepe's, which is now a chain, but it's always been good.