Where's The Very Best Pizza In America? Connecticut!

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — The Daily Meal has come out with its latest rankings of the “101 Best Pizzas In America” for 2017 — and the No. 1 pizza in the nation can be found right here in Fairfield County.

Karen Tensa

10/12/2017 5:05 a.m.

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, with locations in Danbury, Fairfield and New Haven, among others, landed at the top of the list — again. Pepe’s white clam pie is the No. 1 selection.

“This is a Northeastern pizza genre unto its own, and Pepe's is the best of all — freshly shucked, briny littleneck clams, an intense dose of garlic, olive oil, oregano, and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano atop a charcoal-colored crust,” the Daily Meal said. “The advanced move? Clam pie with bacon.”

And seven more pizza places from Connecticut joined Pepe's on the list:

No. 3: Modern Apizza in New Haven
No. 8: Sally’s Apizz, in New Haven
No. 32: Ernie’s Apizza in New Haven
No. 33: Zuppardi’s Apizza in West Haven
No. 44: BAR in New Haven
No. 63: Mike’s Apizza in West Haven
No. 85: Colony Grill, with locations in Fairfield, Milford, Norwalk and Stamford, for its unique “hot oil” pizzas.

The voting panel included a team of food writers, pizza bloggers, chefs and other aficionados.

This year's list included 23 states, with the most in New York, with 35 on the list; Illinois, with 12; California, with 10; Connecticut, with 8; New Jersey, with 6; Pennsylvania, with 4; Texas, with 4; and Massachusetts, with 3.

Click here for the full list of pizzas from The Daily Meal.

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