World's Finest Pizza
All they make is pizza, and they've been doing it for over 75 years!

There's only one pizzeria in the world that is worth waiting in line for two hours for, and that's Pepe's.

I haven't lived in the New Haven area in over 20 years, and I still go back for the pizza. (I live in NJ now)    [03 Jan 2003 14:45:28]

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Recommended Dishes: white clam pizza (no mozzarella), bacon pizza

     ­geoffrey012   geoffrey012 at hotmail dot com

Wow
I have heard about Pepe's my whole life and tried it for the first time today with my husband and two sons. It is absolutely the best pizza I have ever tasted anywhere. The clam pizza was terrific, as was the pepperoni. We are true pizza lovers and Pepe's is now our favorite. We live far away but we will visit yearly.    [05 Jan 2003 20:50:35]

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     ­Anonymous   

Perfect
I've heard so much about Pepe's and finally took my son this past weekend and we are now hooked! We will be back many times, it is truly the best pizza we have ever had.    [16 Apr 2003 09:22:59]

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     ­Anonymous   

My Favorite.....
I love Pepe's pizza. I can honestly say that I prefer it over Sally's and Modern. Dont get me wrong, New Haven should be the pizza capital of the United States because of these three places, but Pepe's is by far my favorite    [03 Jul 2003 12:24:21]

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Recommended Dishes: white pie with mozzarella and garlic

     ­SweetBianca   

I'd Consider Moving to New Haven
Pepe's. Hands down! Don't even think about the other places. They're ordinary at best. If that's all you can get into, just buy a frozen pizza from the supermarket and be happy. You obviously don't know pizza. Pepe's is the best. I've considered moving to New Haven just to cut down on the time to get there. Worth any wait. Don't be talked out of red clam pie with mozz. It's fabulous! Only drawback ... pizza and drinks. Not another item. (Maybe bring your own salad?)    [26 Dec 2003 18:32:15]

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     ­Anonymous   

Born Here, Engaged Here, and Will Die Here
Before I was born I was here in my moms belly. As a toddler I showed up. Waiting in line right smack dab in the middle of a blizzard. I got engaged outside the front door. Now I bring my wife, children, and soon to be granchildren. Without a doubt, truly the most incredable pizza in the world. In my belly will only be a Pepe's Pizza. I know because I've been all over the world. Order a "Large Special",and eat it all by yourself!    [03 Jan 2004 15:01:05]

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     ­HEF   

The Best Pizza in the World
I grew up in New Haven and have lived in MA, NY and DC, and there is no pizza like Pepe's. The white clam pizza is amazing, and I hear part of the reason is that they use coal ovens which get extremely hot. The top NYC restuarateurs check out Pepe's to see how it's done.    [23 Jan 2004 23:27:38]

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Recommended Dishes: White Clam Pizza

     ­Mike   

Yeah Yeah. Great Pizza
Yeah yeah. Great pizza. Yeah, great white clam sauce. Many think that Sally's Pizza to the left and a block away is it's equal or better. Try them both. Make up your own mind. On a summer night, both have equally long lines down the sidewalk.    [26 Sep 2004 17:35:28]

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     ­Duzer   

Pizza So Food - You Could Smack Somebody
There are only two places to truly have pizza at it's best: Brooklyn, New York and Frank Pepes! Clam, no mozzarella!    [30 Mar 2005 10:43:52]

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     ­Alex   SWEPTWING58 at EARTHLINK dot NET

A Fourth of July Memory of Wooster Street & Pepe's
My wife and I, who are of Polish/Lithuanian and Irish decent respectively, invited her longtime girl-friend and her husband to Pepe's about 20 years ago on the Fourth of July. Although they were of Italian decent and had lived in CT all their lives, I was surprised that they had never been to Pepe's. Anyway, we stood in line on Wooster Street (Which is considered Little Italy in New Haven) for the requisite 60 minutes, in the late afternoon. We periodically observed rather large bottle rockets going off over the neighborhood and noticed a larger than usual amount of people on the street, but didn't think much about it. We finally got into Pepe's and our guests were blown away by the pies, as expected.

As we left however, Wooster Street was packed with people! We didn't know what was going on and started up the street to where we had parked our car. Just up the street, before our car, there's a small park and the crowd of people were especially deep surrounding this area and a number of men were standing around smoking big cigars and standing next to boxes. Just as we got there, all hell broke loose! The cigar guys all of a sudden began to light off thousands of firecrackers, cherry bombs and possibly M-80's! The smoke, concussions and noise were unbelievable! It went on for what seemed like 15 or 20 minutes, at least! It was the most intense and impressive fireworks display I had ever seen. It seemed like it was not an "officially sanctioned" holiday event, but the New Haven Police never showed up and CT outlawed all "non-professional" fireworks, at the time. However, the Wooster Street neighborhood has it's own private security system. I haven't been back to Wooster Street on the 4th of July since, but I still fondly remember the day I was blown away by Pepe's and Wooster Street in more ways than one!    [03 Jun 2005 14:03:37]

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Recommended Dishes: clam pie, cappuccino (winter), italian ice (summer) next door at Libby's afterwards!

     ­BigMike