Conn. gets salty over pizza list snub while Americas best slice goes to a classic

There’s mushroom for improvement.Connecticut’s desperate attempts to make people think they are the pizza capital of the nation — which included a laughable taxpayer-funded ad blitz — have dried up like a gas-station slice, as a new poll has named New York the real US pizza champion.The Nutmeg State made a floppy landing at No.16 in the nation, leaving reps fuming after the Google Reviews-based survey by Maine Lobster Now placed them behind non-pizza-focused regions like Texas, Oregon and Missouri.“Eat our words? Not a chance.

We’ll be eating another slice of Connecticut pizza,” Morgan Nyerick, Director of Connecticut Statewide Marketing & Tourism, told The Post in response to the survey snub.“We have tremendous respect for Maine Lobster Now when it comes to lobster, but we’ll keep the pizza title right here in Connecticut.After all, we did put ‘Welcome to Connecticut, Home of the Pizza Capital of the US’ on our highway signs.

So, we’re pretty committed at this point,” she continued.“New York can celebrate its ranking, and we’ll happily keep celebrating our pizza.And if anyone at Maine Lobster Now wants to come down and enjoy a slice, we’d be delighted to show them around.”Unfortunately for Connecticut, the proof is in the dough.The Empire State came out on top, with 43.05% of its statewide Google reviews coming in positive.New Jersey came in second with 39%, and Rhode Island in third with 36.26%, the numbers, curated by Maine Lobster Now, show.Even Missouri landed on the top 10 list — and Wisconsin and Utah ranked higher than Connecticut.The state, home of New Haven’s beloved apizza, managed a measly 29.20% customer satisfaction rate — despite launching a rivalry battle in 2024 claiming to have better slices than New York.A series of billboards popped up in Manhattan and Brooklyn with rage-inducing messages like, “Connecticut Pizza Wins.

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