Sally's Apizza is a
pizzeria
A pizzeria is a restaurant focusing on pizza.
A pizzeria may offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then takes the prepared food with them in a pizza box. A pizzeria may deliver food to ...
in the
Wooster Square
Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to the east of downtown. The name refers to a park square (named for the American Revolutionary War hero, David Wooster) located between Greene Street, Wooster Place, Chape ...
neighborhood of
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List ...
. Sally's Apizza also has locations in
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Weste ...
,
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull, Easton, Connecticut, Easton, Weston, Connecticut, W ...
, and Woburn, Massachusetts.
Fare
Sally's serves
New Haven-style thin-crust apizza, which is baked in
coal-fired brick pizza ovens. By default, a New Haven pizza is a "plain" pizza topped with only tomato sauce and Parmesan. Sally's is a small restaurant, and patrons must often wait in line, sometimes for hours.
History
The restaurant was purchased for $500 in 1938 by Filomena Consiglio, sister of Frank Pepe, who was the owner of
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, another Wooster Street pizza restaurant. Sal Consiglio, a son of Filomena, ran it until his death in May 1989. His wife Flo died in September 2012. While their children Richard and Robert still operate the restaurant, they sold it to an unnamed buyer in 2017. In 2021, a second location was opened in
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Weste ...
. In 2022, a third location was opened in Fairfield, Connecticut. In December 2023, a fourth location was opened in
Woburn, Massachusetts
Woburn ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,876 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Woburn is located north of Boston. Woburn uses Massachusetts' ...
. Additional locations are planned in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Sally's was featured in the 2019 documentary film about New Haven-style apizza, ''
Pizza A Love Story''.
See also
*
List of Italian restaurants
This is a list of notable Italian restaurants that specialize in the preparation and purveyance of Italian cuisine:
* Amato's
* Armani Ristorante
* ASK Italian
* Bella Italia
* Beppi's Restaurant
* Buca di Beppo
* Carrabba's Italian ...
References
External links
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Sally's Apizza at pizzatherapy.comSally's Apizza review at SliceBarstool Pizza Review - Sally's Apizza (New Haven, CT)
Italian-American culture in Connecticut
Pizzerias in the United States
Tourist attractions in New Haven, Connecticut
Restaurants in Connecticut
Buildings and structures in New Haven, Connecticut
Economy of New Haven, Connecticut
Restaurants established in 1938
1938 establishments in Connecticut
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