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Modern Apizza is a pizza restaurant in New
Haven, Connecticut.
History
Originally called State Street Apizza[1],
Modern Apizza was founded in 1934 and has been in the same spot
ever since. Unlike Frank Pepe Pizzeria
Napoletana and Sally's Apizza, the other well-known New
Haven pizzerias, Modern Apizza is not located on New Haven's famous
Wooster Street
but rather on nearby State Street in the East Rock neighborhood.
Specialties
Like the Wooster Street pizzerias, Modern serves New Haven-style
thin-crust apizza (closely related to Neapolitan-style Italian pizza)
which is baked in an coal-fired brick oven. The
restaurant also sells Foxon Park soft drinks, made in East Haven, Connecticut, which
many locals argue are the perfect beverages to accompany New
Haven-style pizza. Modern's specialties include the Clams
Casino (Clams, Bacon & Peppers) the Italian Bomb (Sausage,
Bacon, Pepperoni, Mushroom, Onion, Pepper & Garlic) and a
classic Italian variation: Pizza Margherita, made with fresh mozzarella from Liuzzi
Cheese in North Haven, Connecticut.[1]
Modern Apizza also uses fresh littleneck clams
for their white clam pies; the only difference between Modern and
Pepe's is that Modern uses pre-shucked clams while Pepe's shuck
their clams on location. Yet another coastal favorite is a white
tuna pie.
In a blind
taste test conducted by two Yale University undergraduates in 2008,
Modern Apizza finished in first place ahead of five other New Haven
pizzerias.[2] It has
also won the New Haven
Advocate’s Best of Reader’s Poll for “Best Pizza” nine
years in a row.
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Coordinates: 41°18′50″N 72°54′46″W / 41.313756°N
72.912732°W / 41.313756;
-72.912732
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