Pizza: A Love Story

Pizza: A Love Story

Pizza: A Love Story

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Pizza: A Love Story

"Pizza wasn't invented in New Haven. It was perfected there."

2019

1h 26m

7.0(5 votes)

Documentary

Overview

It's the most loved food in America. And we want to tell you a story about three pizza places in the town of New Haven, Connecticut that you may or may not have heard of. They're named: Sally's Apizza, Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana, and Modern Apizza, and they are generally considered to be three of the finest pizza restaurants on the planet.

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