We're going to New Haven for the holiday weekend, home of the first hamburger in America, the Boy, and a world-class pizza face-off. In corner #1: Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana. Corner #2: Sally's Apizza. Down-the-street rivals that have both been in business for over 70 years (1925 and 1938 respectively).
Like Donny, I know I'm out of my element. So I'm trusting a local and we're going to Pepe's (expect a review next week). But I would be remiss in my attempt at pseudo-journalism if I did not mention that for the June issue of GQ, Alan Richman rated the top 25 pizzas in the US-- and Sally's came in 6 while Pepe's came in 12. Pretty impressive for a town of that size (San Francisco and Manhattan got 3 apiece). I've had Totonno's in Brooklyn, and seen Pizzeria Bianco on the Food Network, but never heard of the rest.
In his blog post ranking the top 10 pizza cities (New Haven is 7th) Richman also called out Bar, a stop on our itinerary, for serving mashed potato pizza, which is clearly an abomination.
Maybe we'll have the Great New Haven Pizza-Off this weekend and see if Richman's rankings stand.
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