Sally's Apizza

Sally's Apizza is a pizzeria in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Sally's Apizza also has locations in Stamford, Connecticut, Fairfield, Connecticut, and Woburn, Massachusetts.

Sally's Apizza
Storefront on Wooster Street in New Haven
Restaurant information
Established	April 1938; 86 years ago (1938-04)
Owner(s)	Lineage Properties LLC[1]
Food type	New Haven-style pizza
Dress code	Casual
Street address	237 Wooster Street
City	New Haven
State	Connecticut
Postal/ZIP Code	06511
Country	United States
Coordinates	41°18′11″N 72°55′12″W
Reservations	Not taken
Website	SallysApizza.com

Fare

A half-tomato/half-mozzarella pizza at Sally's Apizza

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.^[2] Sal Consiglio, a son of Filomena, ran it until his death in May 1989.^[3] His wife Flo died in September 2012.^[4] While their children Richard and Robert still operate the restaurant,^[5] they sold it to an unnamed buyer in 2017.^[6] In 2021, a second location was opened in Stamford, Connecticut.^[7] In 2022, a third location was opened in Fairfield, Connecticut.^[8] In December 2023, a fourth location was opened in Woburn, Massachusetts.^[9] 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.^[10][11]

See also

• List of Italian restaurants

References

1. O’Leary, Mary E. (11 Dec 2017). "Iconic Sally's Apizza in New Haven sold to unnamed buyer;". The New Haven Register. Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. Shelton, Jim (21 July 2002). "You say Sally's, I say Pepe's Wooster street legends deliver to die-hard crowds". New Haven Register. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
3. Ravo, Nick (12 May 1989). "Our Towns; Near Yale, Grief Over a Big Man Off Campus". New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
4. Kaempffer, William (25 September 2012). "New Haven's Sally's Apizza matriarch, 'Flo' Consiglio, dies". New Haven Register. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
5. Levine, Ed (9 March 2005). "The Sacred Art of Pizza Making, and Secrets to Perfect Pies". New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
6. Griffin, Leeanne (7 Dec 2017). "Sally's Apizza Sold In New Haven". The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
7. Del Valle, Verónica. "New Haven favorite Sally's Apizza bursts onto Stamford's food scene 'like something out of a movie'". Stamford Advocate. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
8. "Sally's Apizza celebrates grand opening in Fairfield". News 12 - New Jersey. December 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
9. Egan, Gwen (17 December 2023). "Sally's Apizza draws huge crowd at opening in Woburn". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
10. Beach, Randall (12 February 2018). "Randall Beach: An upcoming film celebrates New Haven's holy trio of pizza". The New Haven Register. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
11. Hussey, Kristin (14 January 2016). "Uncertain Future for Pizzeria That Gave New Haven a Special Flavor". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Sally's Apizza at pizzatherapy.com
• Sally's Apizza review at Slice
• Barstool Pizza Review - Sally's Apizza (New Haven, CT)