A Tri-state rivalry renewed? What state has the best pizza? CT, NY, and NJ all lay claim.
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(New York, NY) – If you live in the Tri-state area, you’ve heard the arguments. New York City makes the best slice. Some of the world’s best pizzerias are found in the Garden State. And that New Haven actually has the best pizza of them all.
But for the most part, it’s all conjecture — and opinion. That changed, at least in terms of the official Congressional Record, this year. In May, Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro entered a statement into the record, declaring New Haven the “Pizza Capital of the US.” Well known for white clam pizza, as well as its thin-crusted pies, few would dispute that Connecticut has plenty of great pizza. Yet there is a dispute over it’s status as the “pizza capital.” Just ask New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
Murphy, seemingly annoyed by Connecticut’s new highway signs claiming it as the home to America’s pizza capital, is talking trash. He started a tongue-in-cheek social media war with his fellow Democratic Governor, Ned Lamont of Connecticut. Murphy tweeted out “you’re not even the pizza capital of the tri-state area.”
Ooh! — that’s gonna burn. Like a slice that hasn’t cooled yet, with hot cheese hitting the roof of your mouth.
