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American Flatbread Opens Connecticut Location

A couple months ago, Slice began hearing talk of American Flatbread frozen pizzas. Word was that they're actually worth eating. While I still haven't tried one (I can't stand the crowds at Whole Foods, where it seems I'd have to go to get one), I have been noticing the company's name popping up more and more. From what I gather, American Flatbread makes frozen pizza at two Vermont locations during the week, then turns the bakeries into informal restaurants on Fridays and Saturdays and turns out some amazing pies. In addition, there are "licensed restaurant" affiliates in a handful of...

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A Slice of Heaven: American Pizza Timeline

Here's the American Pizzeria Timeline, which includes only two non–Pizza Belt entries, Tommaso's and Uno's: 1905: Lombardi's, on Spring Street in New York City, is granted the nation's first license to sell pizza. 1910: Joe's Tomato Pies opens in the Trenton, New Jersey, Chambersburg neighborhood. 1912: Papa's Tomato Pies in Trenton opened by Papa, who learned his trade at Joe's. 1924: Anthony (Totonno) Pero leaves Lombardi's and opens Totonno's in Coney Island, New York. 1925: Frank Pepe opens on Wooster Street in New Haven, Connecticut....

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A Slice of Heaven: The Pizza Belt

You've heard of the corn belt and the rust belt. But what about the Pizza Belt, the part of America that gave birth to what Jeffrey Steingarten calls Neapolitan-American pizza. The Pizza Belt starts in Philadelphia and runs through Trenton and the rest of New Jersey. It extends throughout New York, Long Island, and New Haven and ends in Boston. Think of it as the Interstate 95 belt, with a few detours along the way. It was in New York that Neapolitan immigrant and grocery store owner Gennaro Lombardi was granted the nation's first Ilcense to sell pizza in 1905....

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Book Report: 'Everybody Loves Pizza'

With a cover reminiscent of a retro pizza box and contents almost as tasty as the real thing, Everybody Loves Pizza, by Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby, has earned a place on the Slice Bookshelf. Full disclosure: I know one of the authors. Mr. Ruby and I were in the same journalism program at university. Still, that didn't stop me from turning a critical eye on this book. In fact, my initial reaction when hearing about it was, "Oy! Another pizza book!? What more can be said?" Fortunately, Penny and Jeff find plenty new to say, particularly with some interesting...

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Dear Slice: A Hankerin' for New Haven

Q: I love your site and use it often for finding a new pie to try... I read your review for Sally's awhile back and really liked it as I've had the chance to sample their pies on more than one occasion. As far as there being reservations, there's a secret phone number that longtime customers are given after a long patronage. You can also pick up pies this way. My girlfriend's family are big Sally's devotees so I've had the pleasure of jumping the line a couple times. Anyways, the reason I'm writing is I'm wondering what pie, in...

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New Haven Pizza, Part Two: Sally's Apizza

dynamic duo Sally's Apizza and Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana were the two stops Slice made during the Pizza Club road trip to New Haven, Conn., on Saturday. Plenty of pizza was ordered from both venerable establishments. Above left is a large mozzarella pie from Sally's; above right, a large mozzarella pie (background) and a large white-clam pie (foreground) from Pepe's. Both pizzerias are so popular that lines form down the block, as can be seen below (Sally's left, Pepe's right). words by Adam K. :: photographs by Adam K. and Amanda G. | When last we left you, we...

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New Haven Pizza, Part One: Frank Pepe's

Dynamic Duo: Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza were the two stops Slice made during the Pizza Club road trip to New Haven, Conn., on Saturday. Plenty of pizza was ordered from both venerable establishments. Above left is a large mozzarella pie (background) and a large white-clam pie (foreground) from Pepe's; above right is a large mozzarella pie from Sally's. Both pizzerias are so popular that lines form down the block, as can be seen below (Pepe's left, Sally's right). Three cars. Seventy-nine point nine miles. Ten people. Two pizzerias. Nine pies. One hundred and twenty-some dollars. That's...

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New Haven Pizza Fest

A HAVEN FOR PIZZA LOVERS Frank Pepe (left) of Frank Pepe's and the crew at Sally's Apizza (right). These New Haven, Connecticut, pizzerias are said to rival (some even say surpass) New York City's legacy pizzerias. Newsflash!: Today marks the start of the weeklong New Haven [Connecticut] Pizza Fest. We have yet to try Frank Pepe's or Sally's Appiza, but have heard nothing but good. For those in or near New Haven, or anyone curious about that city's pizza, maybe now is the time to go....

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All He Wants For Christmas

The latest issue of Time Out New York (No. 429, the one with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick on the cover) has a feature this week in which local luminaries tell us what they want for Christmas.Among Janeane Garofalo and her wish for "the truth," and Moby with his hope that Americans will wake up to the nastiness of the Bush administration (or some such) is a man who truly has his priorities straight.Danny Meyer—he of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park, and Tabla fame—can think of nothing he'd like more than "a mushroom-and-sausage pizza from Sally's in...

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