Sally's Apizza

Sally's Apizza is a pizzeria in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut.

Sally's Apizza
The Sally's sign on Wooster Street
Restaurant information
EstablishedApril 1938 (1938-04)
Owner(s)Lineage Properties LLC[1]
Head chefRobert and Richard Consiglio
Food typeNew Haven-style pizza
Dress codeCasual
Street address237 Wooster Street
CityNew Haven
StateConnecticut
Postal/ZIP Code06511
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41°18′11″N 72°55′12″W
ReservationsNot taken
Other informationCredit cards are accepted.
WebsiteSallysApizzaToGo.com

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 often, patrons must 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] Since selling, the Consiglios are less involved in the making of the food.

Documentary

Sally's is one of three pizza restaurants featured in the documentary film Pizza A Love Story, directed by Gorman Bechard. The love story to New Haven's holy trinity of pizza restaurants, Pepe's, Sally's, and Modern, had its world premiere at IFFBoston in April 2019.[7] The film was released on DVD and pay-per-view on September 29, 2020.[8] In reviewing the film, Deborah Brown of The Swellesley Report called it “An important film of staggering genius that needed to be made.”[9]

See also

References
  1. O’Leary, Mary E. (11 Dec 2017). "Iconic Sally's Apizza in New Haven sold to unnamed buyer; Consiglios to stay on indefinitely". 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. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. "Pizza, A Love Story". IFFBoston. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  8. ""Pizza" Party Planned For Parking Lot | New Haven Independent". www.newhavenindependent.org. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  9. "Beyond Wellesley: the Woods Hole Film Festival on Cape Cod, Massachusetts". The Swellesley Report. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  • Reinhart, Peter (2003). American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza. ISBN 1-58008-422-2


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