Modern Apizza at 874 State St New Haven, CT

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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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
Eggplant pizza is to die for!

Sara | 2013-07-31 20:23:16