Thank you for stopping by John and Maria's! I've been dying to see this video uploaded because I was that dish boy near the back door (I'm surprised I made the cut LOL!)
Pres has been to like 5 CT pizza places and he summed them up faster than I ever did and I've lived in CT my entire life. If the place has Foxon Park you know it's legit pizza
What the name of the really famous in in CT? Not sure where exaclty. is it pepes is that the one? May be spelled incorrectly. Was in CT for 4 years and never tried it gotta go back. Is it pepes? Something like that
Being from CT I can vouch for the sodas. Foxon Park, Hosmer Mountain and Avery’s are all legendary around here and their sodas are sold in only the best local restaurants.
it's amazing how one small area in CT just crushes pizza. I've been to many of these places, every one is so damn good. My favorite is sally's but the dark horse in the New Haven area is Olde World in Hamden.
You're right about Olde World, that place is sick! A guy that used to work at Modern opened up Olde World, I used to go there every once in a while but it was a 30 minute drive. They can legit go toe to toe with with Pepe's and Modern. It's strange how under the radar Olde World is, that place is Wooster St. quality, they don't get the buzz they deserve.
This was the first Barstool review I ever saw, had never heard of them before that. The review got some buzz in the local paper so I checked it out. John & Maria's used to be one of my "go to" places back in the day. Don't get me wrong, it's a quality pizza, but Pres. scored this 8.5, which is what he gave Pepe's. Sorry, but that's just wrong. I don't think I've ever heard any local say John & Maria's is as good as Pepe's. After watching him review pies for five years now(this was the first review I ever saw him do), I'm shocked he gave it such a high score. Not because it's not an excellent pie, it is, but it was so soupy and "molten", which he usually hates. For whatever reason, the taste of this pie just hit him the right way.
Back when I was a kid, a soupy center was typical for most central CT pizzerias. Some of the best tasting pizza I ever had had a somewhat soupy center. Old folks remember the now defunct Baccos in Waterbury (1930s through the late 80s or so).
There are so many good pizza places in CT that I honestly cannot keep track of them all. As a kid, we used to eat at a restaurant called Little Rendezvous (Okish) in Meriden CT and Amore Apizza (pretty good) in Wallingford. The good pizza places stops once you get closer to Hartford (and when I say good I mean New Haven charred). Yes, it is true that if you see Foxon Park cola sold at a pizza restaurant it tends to be good pizza. I'm not a soda drinker, but it also happens to be one of my favorite sodas. (Hate the birth beer).
I imagine the drink company getting excited about a boost from this video, until he says "its goo.. its not good it just means you have good pizza" amazing
@@lethrneck4 Abate's admittedly catches some overflow when Sally's and Modern are packed, but I've been there several times and wouldn't go if it wasn't worth it. Pizza is excellent although not quite at Modern (1) and Sally's (2). It's also a full restaurant as well. I'd also be interested in Pres' review of Abate's.
Foxon Park is an East Haven soda. They're only like 5 minutes from John and Maria's. Their cream soda is great, but I love their kola too. Never tried the diet one you had though.
8.5 - champions league score. Hope John & Maria know they need to deliver that every slice now on, they've been given the biggest spotlight in the game.
I grew up in Staven and when I was visiting people from Naugatuck, they said “Let’s get a pizza.” We all chipped in, gave our money to Andy, and he came back with my first non New Haven style pizza. At my young age, I never had any other pizza. It was from Dominos and fucking cardboard doughy garbage. We were lucky to have such great pizza for sure in New Haven area.
Aye it's Abitz in New Haven, moutz, and Rigott Modern is my favorite, Unfortunately I retired to the south, I miss my New Haven Abitz, In my faily we had 3 votes for Modern, 1 for Sally's and 1 for Pepe'sWe love our Foxon Park Soda
I visited Connecticut for 8 years straight every weekend from nyc and we went all over that state … the entire time I had zero clue there was ANY good pizza out there… crazy
CT food in general is the best anywhere in the country. Idk what it is, but it’s not just me. A bunch of local new haven restaurants including Pepe’s moved into Boston and are absolutely demolishing the locals restaurant as
i'd contend that the plethora of farm to table restaurants in vermont that source all their food from within 5 miles have connecticut beat by a long shot. but you guys got the pizza.
@@purplism4857 grew up in the new haven area lived there most of my life.. ,the 3 years i lived in MAssachusetts was some of the most atrocious restaurant going ive ever encountered..we are dam spoiled in the new haven area, esp for pizza and italian food
You should try Illianos pizza in East Lyme, Connecticut! Very very similar to John and Marias except not as messy and the slices are bigger! Definitely a 8.1-8.4
Has Dave ever done international reviews? Haven’t found any, if he has someone hit me with a link. I think that would be cool to see what he thinks of some pizzerias across the pond.
Foxon Park is the best thing with Apizza in New Haven. My Dad likes the orange, I like the root beer, but when it comes down to the clam pie, white or red, Birch Beer for the win. Actual beer is for after, of course.
Bro thats literally down the street from my house and i had no idea he went there! They are good but used to be alot better pre-renovation and switching of the ovens.
I live in East Haven. The high school in right across the street. This is the part of town called Foxon. It’s not my favorite but I Aniello’s in the center of town is one of the best. He was right about Sally’s though. Sally’s is the best I ever had.
Only discovered this channel about a month ago so I am late to the party to give my two cents. NY has Boylan soda. The black cherry, creme and orange are so damn good.
Thank you for stopping by John and Maria's! I've been dying to see this video uploaded because I was that dish boy near the back door (I'm surprised I made the cut LOL!)
Sweet
One dishwasher everybody knows the rules
How about you come over and wash my Utensil?
Black socks, black shoes, black shorts. Everybody knows the style rules!
Vincenzo D'Aria name checks out
Pres got offered a beer but Frankie got offered a soda.
Because Frankie is 15
Tudorinc because frankies a beta
LOL
No respect.
@@ravagingx8172 beta recognize beta
Pres has been to like 5 CT pizza places and he summed them up faster than I ever did and I've lived in CT my entire life. If the place has Foxon Park you know it's legit pizza
Or boylans soda
Which is why he needs to do Lorenzo's in West Haven soon
What the name of the really famous in in CT? Not sure where exaclty. is it pepes is that the one? May be spelled incorrectly.
Was in CT for 4 years and never tried it gotta go back. Is it pepes? Something like that
Pepes and Sally's. Modern too
donald paluga I grew up half a dozen houses down from zupp’s 👍check em out prez
I've lived in CT my whole life. There's 3 things we do REALLY well... High taxes, Traffic and Apizza!
our hot Lobster rolls too, fuck that cold salad shit
thank god for your high taxes
And heroin lmao
I'm a New Yorker with a business in CT. You're right. Best pizza in the world!
Connecticut is an asshole state.
Being from CT I can vouch for the sodas. Foxon Park, Hosmer Mountain and Avery’s are all legendary around here and their sodas are sold in only the best local restaurants.
Foxon Park cream soda is god tier
Man this guy always makes me wanna eat pizza !
Martin Bear yeah ?
I’ve been going there since I was a kid. Great memories and amazing pizza
One round of butchered lyrics, everybody knows the rules.
Everybody knows the words
It’s getting hut in here
it's amazing how one small area in CT just crushes pizza. I've been to many of these places, every one is so damn good. My favorite is sally's but the dark horse in the New Haven area is Olde World in Hamden.
Olde world is down the street from me. Its so goo
You're right about Olde World, that place is sick! A guy that used to work at Modern opened up Olde World, I used to go there every once in a while but it was a 30 minute drive.
They can legit go toe to toe with with Pepe's and Modern. It's strange how under the radar Olde World is, that place is Wooster St. quality, they don't get the buzz
they deserve.
One good score you know he got a hell of a good coke deal in the store
8.5 that's an awesome score.
What's his highest ?
@@Ryan-vi2qy I thought it was 8.4, but it might actually be 8.6
Life-Row-Toll he gave a 9.3-9.4 before
@@greggraff7519 Wow. I must have been mistaken. I need to watch the vids for sure!
I think it's 9.4 at Di Fara
Pizza, one of the few things that makes me actually proud to be from CT.
Same. The rest is a pretty big shithole
What are your thoughts on Mystic pizza
@@noxcure thats a tourist joint
CT is a beautiful state!
Haha not from CT but lived in Waterbury for 4 years that's very funny. I did live in a shithole but overall I liked CT.
He drinks from a bottle like my 4 year old.
How do you drink from? With flesh and hair? Oooooh!😲
And the palate of one too.
go pres go you fucking bitch
im fucking dead hahaa!!!
How you drink it? From the ass?
These daily videos are what keep me from ending it all.
Let's all hope he goes on hiatus, eh rite.
Lmfao. Yoy guys are going ta hell
@@haryguby5326 haha heartless bastards
@@haryguby5326 Same here,I wish I was lying...
@@Lowlife44 lol we got this
I like how he set the box down and then just decided to walk away after drinking soda like he'd never drank out of a glass bottle before.
Awesome. So awkward. Pres is an alien. More proof he is the male Mark Zuckerberg.
Man, as a Pizza lover I may have to make a trip to New Haven just to hit these places up. High ass scores all around.
I don't know where you live but I can promise you, you won't be disappointed.
This was the first Barstool review I ever saw, had never heard of them before that. The review got some buzz in the local paper so I checked it out.
John & Maria's used to be one of my "go to" places back in the day. Don't get me wrong, it's a quality pizza, but Pres. scored this 8.5, which
is what he gave Pepe's. Sorry, but that's just wrong. I don't think I've ever heard any local say John & Maria's is as good as Pepe's. After watching him review
pies for five years now(this was the first review I ever saw him do), I'm shocked he gave it such a high score. Not because it's not an excellent pie, it is, but it was
so soupy and "molten", which he usually hates. For whatever reason, the taste of this pie just hit him the right way.
Nailed it. Definitely a worthy spot. Miss John and Maria's
Back when I was a kid, a soupy center was typical for most central CT pizzerias. Some of the best tasting pizza I ever had had a somewhat soupy center. Old folks remember the now defunct Baccos in Waterbury (1930s through the late 80s or so).
true, best pizza has that. Its really only soupy when its piping hot though, as it cools it all gels together.
New Haven, Connecticut, “pizza capital of the world!” I love it. So true
Ah ha! Prez finally seen doing coke!
True!
Did anyone else see how he puts his whole mouth over that bottle?
Nope, only you!
Coming from you.🤫
Everyone in CT already knows we mastered the pizza pie welcome to pizza land Dave and Frankie
I was thinking the crust was gonna be soggy AF with all that sauce, but it sounded crispy enough, so that's an 8.5 in and of itself!
There are so many good pizza places in CT that I honestly cannot keep track of them all. As a kid, we used to eat at a restaurant called Little Rendezvous (Okish) in Meriden CT and Amore Apizza (pretty good) in Wallingford. The good pizza places stops once you get closer to Hartford (and when I say good I mean New Haven charred).
Yes, it is true that if you see Foxon Park cola sold at a pizza restaurant it tends to be good pizza. I'm not a soda drinker, but it also happens to be one of my favorite sodas. (Hate the birth beer).
I imagine the drink company getting excited about a boost from this video, until he says "its goo.. its not good it just means you have good pizza" amazing
You are in Foxon. Thats the part of East Haven John and Maria's is in. Foxon Park is made right down the Street in good old Staven!
It’s so funny when they add the music whenever he sings 😂
“It’s good. It’s just not good. It just means you have good pizza” - El Pres 2019
Nice to see the pizza guy admit he put a little to much sauce on it, honest guy.
2 plums. Everyone knows they get emptied on some dudes back.
More like Your Tongue.
Judging from your name, you must be a wide receiver, Pearly Cheeks.
2 plums tingling , Everyone knows its the coke
One "they get a bump" everbody knows they're not the only ones! 😉
Foxon Park beverages are made 2 minutes up the rd. From John and Maria's
You should do Abate's. Not because I've heard it's good, but because I'm curious ever since that Sally's review.
Abate's is excellent, just behind Sally's a bit but both down a bit from Modern. Bar out of the running.
yeah with Sallys and Pepes on the same street, its a tough draw to Abates
@@lethrneck4 Abate's admittedly catches some overflow when Sally's and Modern are packed, but I've been there several times and wouldn't go if it wasn't worth it. Pizza is excellent although not quite at Modern (1) and Sally's (2). It's also a full restaurant as well. I'd also be interested in Pres' review of Abate's.
Dream job going around the states and eating pizza!
As soon as the box opened...that's a solid pie!
Mikes Apizza in West Haven for that crunch!
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Zupps
Prez doing a CT pizza review is an INSTANT click and thumbs up.
Foxon Park is an East Haven soda. They're only like 5 minutes from John and Maria's. Their cream soda is great, but I love their kola too. Never tried the diet one you had though.
Absolutely. If you see Foxon Park in the place, the pie will be legit.
One Gassosa, everyone knows the rules
That sounds like a cross gender gay club, I'll pass that fruit stand.
Gassosa or Creme Soda, everyone knows you don't go Birch!
So true about the Foxon Park. They have it that means the pizza will be bomb.
One everybody knows the rules, everybody knows the rules
Haaaaaaaaaa
Opening music is always 🔥
Next time you travel through CT you have to try Franco's in Milford, CT
Papas and Jimmy's best in milford
Milford!!
Jimmy's and papas Franco's too
It’s getting “hut” in here
Gotta hit Roseland apizza in Derby CT or My Place Pizza in Newtown CT
Roseland expensive but awesome
8.5 - champions league score. Hope John & Maria know they need to deliver that every slice now on, they've been given the biggest spotlight in the game.
Make sure to try Bobby's Apizza in North Branford, Marco's in Branford and Pompeo's in Branford
The intro song makes me think of Paulie from Soprano’s.
I grew up in Staven and when I was visiting people from Naugatuck, they said “Let’s get a pizza.” We all chipped in, gave our money to Andy, and he came back with my first non New Haven style pizza. At my young age, I never had any other pizza. It was from Dominos and fucking cardboard doughy garbage. We were lucky to have such great pizza for sure in New Haven area.
i live right down the street, best pizza in east haven it’s like crack.
Now that is a fantastic looking pizza!
One of my favorite places when I lived in New Haven. The only negative is that they didn't take credit cards.
Foxon Park Soda is located in East Haven really good local soda company try the orange soda next time thats their best one
Come to Waterbury ct please and try Domanic and Vinny’s it’s up there with modern and Sally’s
Any pizza they give you in a paper bag is guaranteed to be top notch.
You’re right. We don’t fuck around with our pizza in these parts. I❤️NEW HAVEN
Aye it's Abitz in New Haven, moutz, and Rigott Modern is my favorite, Unfortunately I retired to the south, I miss my New Haven Abitz, In my faily we had 3 votes for Modern, 1 for Sally's and 1 for Pepe'sWe love our Foxon Park Soda
I hate watching people eat, but I can't stopwatching you.. Charlie Mike brother!!!!
I visited Connecticut for 8 years straight every weekend from nyc and we went all over that state … the entire time I had zero clue there was ANY good pizza out there… crazy
So true, if the place has Foxon Park, you know the food is good. The owner is probably a foodie. Give Papa's in Milford, CT a try.
CT food in general is the best anywhere in the country. Idk what it is, but it’s not just me. A bunch of local new haven restaurants including Pepe’s moved into Boston and are absolutely demolishing the locals restaurant as
i'd contend that the plethora of farm to table restaurants in vermont that source all their food from within 5 miles have connecticut beat by a long shot. but you guys got the pizza.
@@purplism4857 grew up in the new haven area lived there most of my life.. ,the 3 years i lived in MAssachusetts was some of the most atrocious restaurant going ive ever encountered..we are dam spoiled in the new haven area, esp for pizza and italian food
@@lethrneck4 I grew up for part of my childhood in West Warwick, R.I. and it was the same. Horrible pizza and Italian food.
Would love to see you go to Roma Pizzeria in North Bergen, NJ! They’ve been around since 1980.
You should try Illianos pizza in East Lyme, Connecticut! Very very similar to John and Marias except not as messy and the slices are bigger! Definitely a 8.1-8.4
Try “The Spot” on Wooster St New Haven Prez. It’s Pepe’s original oven and the apizza is just a touch better. Worth the try while you’re in town.
Been here a bunch of times- hit or miss but still good
The owner looked like Elio and got the same 8.5 score as Elio's restuarant "Tony's place". Consistency is the name of the game!
One “it’s getting hot in here” reference, everyone knows the rules.
Spot on with the drinks
One unpallllellaled pizza expert, everybody knows its coke dave
Has Dave ever done international reviews? Haven’t found any, if he has someone hit me with a link. I think that would be cool to see what he thinks of some pizzerias across the pond.
You gotta come to West Haven, Ct
Foxon Park is the best thing with Apizza in New Haven. My Dad likes the orange, I like the root beer, but when it comes down to the clam pie, white or red, Birch Beer for the win. Actual beer is for after, of course.
go to Roseland in Derby CT
So expensive but so good lol
I wish palm beach was still open on Grand. That was one of my favs
amen...remember that place well as a kid in the 80s,, it had one of those sitdown pacman arcade machines too!
Bro thats literally down the street from my house and i had no idea he went there! They are good but used to be alot better pre-renovation and switching of the ovens.
Capotorto's Apizza right down the street is one of the best around
John and Maria's is def better than capotortos although they're pretty good. Marco pizza in branford is another local favorite
One of the nicest looking pizza shops
I love when he tries to sing, lol
So does Helen Keller
I’m from CT and Any pizza place with foxon park soda you know is great pizza
Any man that can admit his fuck up straight to your face is a man that loves his craft...
I haven’t seen a single review of a pizza that actually has toppings on it.Dough , sauce, cheese. And that’s it.
NICE!! But damn, you were right down the street from Capotorto's!!!! Missed that one!!
Pizza House in New Haven is my favorite pizza in the country, next time you hit up New Haven you gotta check it
Can’t even see the space he took the slice from. The lava cheese sauce just melded right in to look like a whole pie again
8.5 is a high score well done!
Those guys were awesome. I wanna start a pizza and beer crawl in new haven ct.
I think ct.maybe the best pizza shown.looks sooo good my kind of slice
Pizza review on fleek
Hey Dave you should go back to your highest score places and see if they still hold up to there score
That pizza looked damn good!
You got to get to Boston again soon
neah, it didn't, but probably tasty, nevertheless.
Gotta try Naples in Farmington and little city in simsbury
I love watching these... and I don't even eat Pizza haha
If you are in CT, try out Luigi's and Antonios in North Haven. Also Bar (north haven not new haven)
I like lots of sauce. Most pies don't have enough. I make my own pizza sometimes...Grandma style.
I live in East Haven. The high school in right across the street. This is the part of town called Foxon. It’s not my favorite but I Aniello’s in the center of town is one of the best. He was right about Sally’s though. Sally’s is the best I ever had.
Aniellos makes a great pizza, as does Tollis and Depalmas
Only discovered this channel about a month ago so I am late to the party to give my two cents. NY has Boylan soda. The black cherry, creme and orange are so damn good.
Damn I’m surprised Davey doesn’t like the White Birch, that’s our number one pick for Foxon around here. Fucking LOVE John and Maria’s. CT love 🤘🏻
One dish boy near the back door, everybody knows his name is Vincenzo D'Aria and he shouldn't have made the cut!
lmao
Do you think he'd ever go to the Pizza House on Howe Street in New Haven?
After a couple of years of these reviews, the camera-person finally zoomed in closeup of the pizza.
Sobison after a couple of years you don’t know his name lol
Will Rogers it’s not always Frankie with the camera. Most of the time, but not all.
1:44 Everybody knows he changed the lyric for Debbie