New Yorkers, brace yourselves: Connecticut is officially staking its claim as the “Pizza Capital of the U.S.” Yes, Connecticut. The Nutmeg State just unveiled its first-ever Connecticut Pizza Trail , a culinary crawl spanning 100 pizzerias that supposedly proves what locals have been saying for decades: New Haven-style apizza isn’t just good, it’s the best.

The state has numbers to back it up. According to officials, Connecticut is home to more than 1,300 pizza restaurants and nearly 80 percent are independently owned or family-run. More than 13,000 people cast votes to determine which spots made the trail. The final list is geographically spread across all eight counties, though—unsurprisingly—New Haven dominates the leaderboard. Modern Apizza, Frank Pepe’s and Sally’s Apizza snagg

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