A pizza my mind

Exactly one year ago in July of 2009, a group of students from the University of Michigan decided to conduct a pizza tour. They were graduates of Westhill High School in Stamford.


Their goal: To find the best slice of pizza in Stamford.

They started the Stamford Pizza Tour. What they came up with proved to the residents of Stamford that they knew nothing about the unique flavors of pizza found around Stamford.

The tour came to a conclusion that Amore Restaurant on Hope Street was the best slice in Stamford. Angry yells and screams erupted from every neighborhood as soon as the results were published in the Stamford Advocate.

The majority of the population quickly rejected their findings. "It should've started and ended with their Burrito Tour in Ann Arbor," said one anonymous resident.

While I won't go into their specific conclusions that can be found on their site, I decided to go on my own tour. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and taste buds. However, the cliff notes of what I found matched perfectly with my friends and family who have eaten pizza around Stamford for 40 years:

Amore Restaurant - Burnt crust and overpriced. Same as an average slice in any other state.

Remo's Pizza - Without going into too much detail, the taste is similar to biting into a slice of cardboard.

Colony Pizza - Best slice in Stamford. The Colony Grill has been around since the end of World War II and has a special thin crust that differs from any slice of pizza in the United States. An online poll conducted on the Stamford Pizza Tour site named Colony the clear winner.

As you can see, Stamford takes its pizza so seriously, the battle ought to be on Food Wars.

Shortly after the tour was conducted, Coalhouse Pizza opened up on High Ridge Road. I sampled some of their unique combinations of toppings. The pie is cooked in coal-fired ovens that gives the dough a soft and sweet hint of sweet flavor I have never tasted before.

Result: Colony has some competition.