Dave Portnoy spent part of his latest Connecticut run making the rounds at local pizza shops, and a pair of them walked away with strong marks from his “One Bite” ratings.
The Barstool Sports founder was in the state last week for the Barstool College Football Show, which aired live at Rentschler Field for UConn’s game against UMass. Hundreds of UConn fans turned out for the show, which Portnoy headlined.
While in Connecticut, he also leaned into one of his favorite subjects. On the show, Portnoy declared, "Connecticut: they have UConn, and they have pizza.
That's quite literally what they have. It's the best pizza state, not only in the country; it's the best pizza in the entire world, bar none," Portnoy said on the show.
That pizza tour included stops in Middletown and Manchester, where Portnoy handed out an 8.2 to Mulberry Street Pizza at 981 Main St. and a 7.8 to Apizza Heaven at 218 Smith St.
In his video, Portnoy compared Mulberry Street Pizza to New Haven apizza and said he liked the char on the pie. He made a similar point when reviewing Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza, where he gave the shop a close 8.1. At Apizza Heaven, Portnoy said the pizza didn’t taste like a New Haven pie, but still called it "really good."
The CT Pizza Tour Instagram account also noted that Portnoy stopped at Luna, Sparrow and Harry's Bishop Corner in West Hartford; First & Last Tavern and Hartford Pizza Garden in Hartford; Naples in Southington; Southtown Apizza and Domenic's & Vinnie's in Southington; and Pat's Apizza in North Haven, though no ratings for those visits have been posted yet.
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