Pizza: A Love Story

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Want to learn why New Haven, CT is home to 3 of the best pizza restaurants in the world? This movie will make you salivate over something as simple as pizza. Is it simple? Is it the water? Is it the oven?

Get the family together and make your own pizza and sit down while it's hot and watch the movie. It is so fun to learn the history, see the colorful characters and you will be transported to New Haven with every bite.

APIZZA yum! I was introduced to it in 2000 and make a pilgrimage to New Haven several times a year. Pepes, Sally's or Modern everyone has a favorite. Mine... Pepes

I think it is time to go back and do the taste test!

Enjoy...

"Pizza, A Love Story" is a documentary not only of delicious pizza in New Haven, CT, it's a also the history about Italian immigration and how the pizza we love got its origin. You'll see famous people talk about their favorite spots of "the big three". You'll learn how pizza originally was a "poor man's food", and how it became the popular delicacy it is all over the world. The director does an outstanding job mixing in history and humor, all the while paying his homage to our favorite Italian treat.

Whether you live in CT, NY, NJ (we know there's great pizza in those states too) or anywhere in the US, do yourself a favor and see "Pizza, A Love Story". You may want to grab some pizza before or after the movie. I can't imagine you'd want anything else to eat.

This documentary reviews where the best pizza in America, (and possibly the world), has had a long history in New Haven, Connecticut. Three old school pizzerias-Pepe's, Sally's and Modern each have strong rival fan bases and immense popularity in a city that was rooted with Italian immigrants and experienced devastating effects of urban renewal. Food critics, celebrities and fanatics discuss how they travel far to have this pizza. The rich history of each pizzeria are all connected to the Italian community of New Haven. The film will have you craving pizza and eager to try the pizzas to judge for yourself.

I was expecting exclusively a documentary about the three pizzerias themselves, but this film has a bunch of extra toppings included. The film also explores the immigration experience of many Italian and other immigrants who took factory jobs and how pizza was one of the foods they could reasonably afford (a tradition that remains for many college students). The film continues with the gentrification of slum neighborhoods through eminent domain and how pizza continued to unite the people displaced from their homes.

It is a must see.

I grew up in the New Haven area. I am not of Italian decent. I was a fan of Frank Pepe's. Never went to Sally's or the Modern until my 20's. This movie conveys the passion of people for New Haven style A'Pizza. I had learned some of the histories of the three parlors over the years, but this brought it to life. Now living in New Orleans, we have a very good pizza bakery around the corner, however watching this made me so crave real pizza. I even crave Foxon Park soda. It truly is "A Love Story"