15 best white clam pizza spots in Connecticut

15 best white clam pizza spots in Connecticut

According to patch.com, Food Network lists the white clam pizza (a type of New Haven-style pizza), invented by Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut, as the iconic food of Connecticut. Look through this list if you're craving this particular pizza, which is typically topped with clams, bacon, Pecorino Romano cheese, garlic, and other ingredients.

15) Mulberry Street Pizza - Manchester

Mulberry Street has interesting names for items available on its menu, for instance, The New York-style pizza comes under the category "Blockbusters" and the white clam pizza is called Jaws, a white pie with clams, romano, and garlic along with an option to choose mozzarella and/or bacon. The price of all blockbuster pizzas is usually priced at $18.50 (Small) and $27.50 (Large).

14) Mango's Wood-Fired Pizza Co. - Mystic

Mango's Wood-Fired Pizza was established in 2009, and owing to the success that establishment expanded further in 2016. Mango's offers their customers pizza from dough made from scratch and baked in a wood-burning oven. Their New Haven White Calm Pizza is available seasonally and is made with "Fresh hand-shucked clams, garlic, oregano, grated Romano cheese". The price of the white clam pizzas are priced at $22.50 and $30.95, depending on the size.

13) Queen Pizza - East Hartford

Queen Pizza is a family-owned business and has been serving the East Hartford community for more than twenty years. They offer a variety of dishes from Grinders to seafood baskets. Queen Pizza's White Clam Pizza is available in three sizes and is topped with Mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, fresh garlic, clams, etc. The price of Queen Pizza's White Clam: is $14.25. (SML-10”) $18.80 ( MED 14”) $24.75 (XL18”)

12) Joey Garlic's - Newington

Joey's Garlic in Newington is a family-friendly spot, opened in 2011, that primarily serves brick-oven thin-crust pizzas. Though their New England Clam Pizza does not have people raving about it, it is still considered a decent pizza to get. Joey's New England Clam Pizza is a "white pie with garlic, oregano, basil, Romano, EVOO, clams, and mozzarella." The New England Clam Pizza price is $16.99 for the small size and the large is $27.99.

11) Stella's Pizza & Italian Restaurant - Wethersfield

This restaurant is famous for selling New York Style Pizza in the area, but they are not limited to just NY-style pizza. Stella's is on Yelp's top places to get white clam pizza in Connecticut. Their white Calms Casino pizza comes with baby clams and bacon with mozzarella. The base price of Stella's White Clam Casino Pizza is $14.95

10) Naples Pizza - Farmington

Naples Pizza initially began as a take-out store, but now they are a family-friendly restaurant with a dine-in option that specializes in Neopolitan-style pizza. Their New Haven-style pizza is often praised as being able to rival classic New Haven Pizza joints. Their clam pizza is served with Fresh Clam, garlic, oregano, olive oil & crushed red pepper, and without Mozzarella.

9) Turnpike Pizza - Newington

According to Yelp, this is one of the Top 10 places to get a white clam pizza in Connecticut. Turnpike offers its customers New Haven Style White Clam Pizza which is pizza topped with "fresh whole belly clams, fresh garlic, extra virgin olive oil, top grana padano, and oregano." Price of the New Haven Style White Clam Pizza from Turn Pike: $20.80

8) Harry's Bishops Corner Pizza Napoletana - West Hartford

Harry's Bishops Corner Pizza was established in 1988. The white clam pizza is the restaurant's specialty and one of the most loved pizzas by customers. The pie is priced at $19.95 for a small and the large is priced at $30.95.

7) Next Door - New Haven

The restaurant was named next door to give a feeling of "closeness & familiarity". The place was founded by the same person who ran Big Green Truck Pizza (est. 2003) for many years, Douglas Coffin. Coming to the white clam pizza, topped with fresh and moist clams served in a perfectly baked crust, they are mostly a hit among customers. The White Clam is priced at $19 and $26 depending on the size.

6) Locali - New Canaan

Locali is a Pizza bar & Kitchen that primarily serves Italian cuisines and drinks including wine and cocktails to their customers. Coming to Locali's white clam pizza, unlike most white clam pizzas where the topping is just clam meat, Locali's serves them with the shell and is also topped with fior di latte, pecorino, garlic, parsley, and lemon. Locali Clam Pizza is priced at $24.

5) Roseland Apizza - Derby

Roseland Apizza comes into this list from a Reddit thread specifically asking for recommendations to get Fresh White Clam Pizza in Connecticut, despite being a pretty popular answer in Reddit, the Google or Yelp reviews mention nothing much about Roselands Apizza's white calm pizza. However, as the pizza has received positive feedback by customers, it is worth a try.

4) Sally's Apizza - New Haven

Patience is a virtue if you want to have pizza from Sally's Apizza (opened in 1938) because the wait time can extend to an hour. Though their clam pizza, New Haven Original Clam Pie, is considered phenomenal with the classic New Haven flavor, some find that there wasn't enough clam flavor in the pizza. The location is temporarily closed for maintenance. However, taste is subjective and the restaurant has been around for a long time and warrants a visit. The price is $21.50 and $29.75, depending on the size.

3) Modern Apizza - New Haven

Modern Apizza is often praised for its pizza that stayed consistent in quality despite being a long-standing business. According to the NH Register quoting Daily Meal, the iconic meal from Modern Apizza is their Italian Bomb, but based on Google reviews, their white calm pizza is equally popular among customers. Their calm pizza is priced at $19.00 for a small pizza, $24.00 for a medium, and $29.25 for a large.

2) Zuppardi’s Apizza - West Haven

Emerging as the second most recommended place to get white clam pizza, Zuppardi's Apizza (Established in 1934)is a go-to for many. Zuppardi's Fresh Clam is an innovative take on New Haven-style pizza. This white pizza is prepared with "littleneck clams baked on the fresh dough with a mixture of garlic and spices". The price of the pizza is determined by the market price of the clams.

1) Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletena - New Haven

It would be a crime to not have the OG of White Clam Pizza sold based on its size starting at $18.75 and features on the top of this list. The white clam pizza was invented by Frank Pepe in 1966, and though a few hold the opinion that their quality has gone down, a large group disagrees on this and says that there is no other place that sells authentic white clam pizza when compared to Frank Pepe's.