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Modern Apizza

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874 State St
New Haven, CT 06511
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(203) 776-5306
modernapizza.com
Tuesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Wednesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Thursday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Friday
11:00am - 12:00am
Saturday
11:00am - 12:00am
Sunday
3:00pm - 10:00pm

Established in 1934 as State Street Pizza, Modern is known for its coal-fired brick oven that still puts out pizza in the same thin-crust style. You'll likely hear it described as the place "locals go instead of Pepe and Sally's." Perhaps. The atmosphere is great — wood paneling, friendly servers, a clean feeling — but it doesn't play third-string because it's not on Wooster. Modern's pies are slightly topping-heavy with weak structural integrity. Given the topping focus, the Italian Bomb is the pie to try: it’s topped with bacon, sausage, pepperoni, garlic, mushroom, onion, and pepper.

— Arthur Bovino, 101 Best Pizzas in America 2015, 8/6/2015

 

 

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  • Go to Modern Apizza and
    Anne | 2009-12-06 18:03:48
  • "Modern Apizza is one of my favorite graduate school haunts!" --Adam Richman, Man v Food Nation
    Travel Channel | 2011-08-03 19:07:22
  • Best New Haven style pizza in New Haven!
    Steve | 2010-12-17 15:38:25
  • Great pizza
    Howard | 2011-01-30 11:21:39
  • Modern is probably the best pizza in New Haven. Try the veggie bomb!
    Adi | 2012-05-05 23:48:22
  • Best pizza anywhere on the planet! Bacon, garlic on me! I'll take a large white clam with garlic too! Both amazing! Birch beer as well!
    Chris | 2011-01-14 22:51:48
  • the modern white clam pizza is the best in new haven; drizzle some lemon on it and it'll taste even better... also try the tomato basil pizza
    Shazan | 2011-08-30 15:02:40
  • Pick up was not good today...outer crust burnt black, center of pie not cooked.
    Ryan | 2010-02-21 19:13:25
  • Eggplant and mushroom pizza makes the world go round
    Michelangelo | 2013-03-05 11:30:28
  • pepes and sallys are both for tourists! go modern or go home
    Scott | 2012-08-16 15:19:12
  • Try the American Cheese Pie! Add tomatoes and bacon too!!
    Paul | 2012-04-25 23:46:28
  • Modern is the BEST for pizza! No one compares!!
    Jennifer | 2012-01-22 07:36:53
  • Pepe's and Sally's get all the hype, but Modern is just a stones throw from these restaurants and I prefer their pizza any day.
    Vinny | 2011-10-13 16:15:37
  • Give birth here and name the baby after your waitress.
    Kate | 2011-07-13 00:19:08
  • Great alternative to Pepe's, and just as epic.
    Robert | 2011-02-05 13:07:46
  • Best pizza anywhere, hands down
    Brooke | 2010-08-24 17:18:37
  • The pizza is incredible, but don't overlook the calzones.
    Brett | 2010-01-10 10:25:53
  • Came here solo and got half Clan Casino, half Italian Bomb. Very generous portions of meat, amazingly crispy and crunchy pizza.
    Brandon | 2014-12-04 15:52:47
  • Really good traditional New Haven pizza. Delicious
    Megan | 2013-11-01 20:09:21
  • Pie with cherry peppers hits the spot
    Whitney | 2012-04-21 20:47:11

Nearby places

Libby's Italian Pastry
139 Wooster St
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
157 Wooster St (at Brown St.)
Christopher Martins Restaurant & Pub
860 State St (at Clark St)