Sally's Apizza is a
pizzeria
A pizzeria is a restaurant focusing on pizza. As well as pizza, dishes at pizzerias can include kebab, salads and pasta.
Many pizzerias offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then take ...
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, Chapel S ...
neighborhood of
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...
. Sally's Apizza also has locations in
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...
and
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Located within the New York metropolitan area ...
.
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
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, commonly known as Frank Pepe's or simply Pepe's (), is a popular pizza restaurant in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, at 163 Wooster Street. Opened in 1925, it is one of the oldest and best ...
, 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 the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...
. In 2022, a third location was opened in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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, which specialize in the preparation and purveyance of Italian cuisine:
* Amato's
* Bella Italia
* Beppi's Restaurant
* Buca di Beppo
* Carrabba's Italian Grill
* Cibo Espresso
* Drago resta ...
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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