Connecticut Eats guide · checked October 2026
New Haven apizza guide
27 pizzerias that bake New Haven-style apizza, from the Wooster Street originals to their branches around the state, each checked open in October 2026 on its own website, menu, or recent local news.
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What makes it apizza
Apizza (say "ah-BEETS") is New Haven's pizza: thin, chewy, and charred at the edges, baked in a very hot brick oven and served on a sheet pan, often cut into uneven pieces. A plain tomato pie comes with grated cheese and no mozzarella unless you ask for it ("mootz"), and the white clam pie is the one people drive for.
The 27 on this list
8 are in New Haven itself and 13 are branches of an older pizzeria, listed with the original they come from. The longest at the same address: Modern Apizza in New Haven, there since 1934; Zuppardi's Apizza in West Haven, there since 1934; Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, there since 1936; Sally's Apizza in New Haven, there since 1938. See Connecticut's oldest restaurants for all 55 with a year at the same address. 26 more places put "apizza" in their name; you'll find them in the app's directory, not here, until they've been checked by hand.
How we checked: We looked each place up by hand in October 2026 and kept it only with a 2025 or 2026 source: its own site or menu, a dated post, local news, or a tourism listing, plus a check of the street address. Shacks and dairy bars that close for part of the year are marked seasonal, with their dates where they post them, so look before a long drive. Anything without a current source stayed off. No review site fed this list, and the order is by region and town, not by anyone's rating. Hours and menus change; call ahead.
On a phone, the Connecticut Eats app puts the nearest of these pizzerias first and hands each one to Apple Maps for hours, photos, and directions. Headed for the shore after? See the lobster roll and clam shack guide.
Jump to a region
The list is grouped by Connecticut's 9 planning regions (the state has no county governments).
- Western Connecticut (4)
- Greater Bridgeport (1)
- South Central Connecticut (15)
- Southeastern Connecticut (1)
- Capitol region (2)
- Naugatuck Valley (4)
Town pages: New Haven, Hartford, Stamford, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Waterbury, Danbury, New Britain, Groton, Stonington, Middletown, West Hartford, Fairfield, Milford, Greenwich, Manchester, Meriden, New London, Farmington, Simsbury.
Western Connecticut
4 pizzerias, by town. The planning region around Stamford, Norwalk, and Danbury.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
59 Federal Road, Danbury
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2011 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Danbury branch of Pepe's with a coal-fired oven.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
64 High Ridge Road, Stamford
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2024 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Stamford branch of Pepe's with a coal-fired oven.
Sally's Apizza
66 Summer Street, Stamford
Apizza Known for: potato and rosemary pie · A branch of Sally's Apizza, New Haven
Stamford branch of New Haven's Sally's Apizza, with a bar and weekend brunch.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
361 Post Road West, Westport
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Westport branch of Pepe's with a coal-fired brick oven.
Greater Bridgeport
1 pizzeria, by town. The planning region around Bridgeport, Fairfield, and Stratford.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
238 Commerce Drive, Fairfield
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2006 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Pepe's first location outside New Haven, with a coal-fired brick oven.
South Central Connecticut
15 pizzerias, by town. The planning region around New Haven, Milford, and Wallingford.
Grand Apizza
381 Boston Post Rd, Guilford
Apizza Known for: seafood pie (clam, crab, shrimp) · A branch of Grand Apizza, New Haven (Fair Haven, 1955)
Guilford location of the Nuzzo family's Grand Apizza, with brick-oven New Haven-style pies.
Grand Apizza
734 Boston Post Rd, Madison
Apizza Known for: seafood pie (clam, crab, shrimp) · A branch of Grand Apizza, New Haven (Fair Haven, 1955)
Shoreline outpost of the Nuzzo family's Grand Apizza, baking New Haven-style pies from a 1955 family recipe.
The Little Rendezvous
256 Pratt St, Meriden
Apizza Known for: thin-crust coal-oven pizza; house special (sausage, peppers, onion)
Meriden pizzeria baking thin pies in a coal-fired brick oven said to be about 120 years old.
BAR
254 Crown St, New Haven
Apizza Known for: mashed potato and bacon pie · At this address since 1991
Downtown brewpub and nightclub turning out ultra-thin brick-oven pies; birthplace of the mashed potato and bacon pie.
Ernie's Pizzeria
1279 Whalley Ave, New Haven
Apizza Known for: Ernie's Special (sausage and mushroom) · At this address since 1971
Westville neighborhood apizza shop run by the same family since 1971.
Est Est Est Pizza
1176 Chapel St, New Haven
Apizza Known for: brick-oven pizza; big slices · At this address since 1973
Brick-oven pizzeria at Chapel and Park since 1973, a late-night slice stop near Yale.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
157 Wooster St, New Haven
America's ClassicApizza Known for: white clam pie; tomato pie · At this address since 1936
The Wooster Street original of New Haven apizza: coal-fired brick-oven pies, home of the white clam pie.
James Beard: America's Classics 1999
Modern Apizza
874 State St, New Haven
Apizza Known for: white clam pie · At this address since 1934
State Street apizza landmark baking thin, charred pies in an oil-fired brick oven since 1934.
Ozzy's Apizza
285 Nicoll St, New Haven
Apizza Known for: New Haven-style apizza
East Rock apizza counter inside East Rock Market, started as a Los Angeles pop-up by a Connecticut native.
Sally's Apizza
237 Wooster St, New Haven
Apizza Known for: tomato pie; white clam pie; potato and rosemary pie · At this address since 1938
Wooster Street coal-oven apizza institution since 1938, known for its tomato pie and charred crust.
The Spot
163 Wooster St, New Haven
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; tomato pie · At this address since 1981 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Pepe's smaller second dining room in the building where Frank Pepe started in 1925, with the original oven; same menu as next door.
Bobby's Apizza
1181 Foxon Rd, North Branford
Apizza Known for: mac and cheese pie; specialty pies
Family-run North Branford pizzeria established in 1969, known for creative specialty pies.
Olde World Apizza
1957 Whitney Ave, North Haven
Apizza Known for: brick-oven apizza; Italian combo pie
Mostly take-out North Haven brick-oven apizza shop, established 1995.
Mike's Apizza & Restaurant
111 Campbell Ave, West Haven
Apizza Known for: shrimp casino pie
Old-school West Haven family pizzeria with crunchy thin-crust pies; the family's pizza roots in town go back to the 1940s.
Zuppardi's Apizza
179 Union Ave, West Haven
Apizza Known for: fresh clam pie · At this address since 1934
Family-run West Haven apizza institution on Union Avenue since 1934, known for its fresh clam pie.
Southeastern Connecticut
1 pizzeria, by town. The planning region around Groton, Norwich, and New London.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville (Montville)
ApizzaAt Mohegan Sun Known for: white clam pizza · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Pepe's branch with 110 seats in the eastern part of Fidelia's Market inside Mohegan Sun casino, on Mohegan tribal land.
Capitol region
2 pizzerias, by town. The planning region around Hartford, West Hartford, and Southington.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
221 Buckland Hills Drive, Manchester
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2007 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Manchester branch of Pepe's, near Buckland Hills, with a coal-fired oven built like the original.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
1148 New Britain Ave, West Hartford
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2013 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
West Hartford branch of Pepe's with a coal-fired brick oven.
Naugatuck Valley
4 pizzerias, by town. The planning region around Waterbury, Shelton, and Bristol.
Zuppardi's Slice Shop
58 Beaver St, Ansonia
Apizza Known for: apizza by the slice · A branch of Zuppardi's Apizza, West Haven
Zuppardi's small Ansonia slice shop serving the West Haven pizzeria's pies by the slice.
Fuoco Coal Fired Apizza
461 West Main St, Cheshire
Apizza Known for: coal-fired thin-crust pie; Money Hots pie
Small Cheshire counter-and-banquette spot baking New Haven-style pies in a coal-fired oven.
Roseland Apizza
350 Hawthorne Ave, Derby
Apizza Known for: Roseland Special; white seafood pies; house-made sausage
Derby apizza landmark in a white house with a neon sign, baking in decades-old coal-fired ovens; family-run for five generations.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
130 Reidville Drive, Waterbury
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2017 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Waterbury branch of Pepe's with a coal-fired oven.