Little City Pizza

Moved to the Hartford metro area a little over a year ago, and have begun trying lots of restaurants to try to find our favorites!

In an effort to find great pizza after trying over a half dozen pizzerias, we visited Little City at someone's suggestion. We have now been there three times and so far have not been disappointed! All three times, the place was full...a good sign!

Their pizza crust is a little more 'crispy' than a NY slice but in a good way, and the thickness is just right! Cheese and sauce - just the right amount according to my wife, although a little more sauce would have been more to my liking.

Twice we had young kids with us (5 & 3 yrs), and upon being seated were immediately provided the usual choice of booster or high chair....and crayons with paper to keep us all busy! Clearly a child friendly restaurant.

Wait staff have always been very responsive and available as needed. And food came out in a reasonable time, especially considering how busy they were.

We probably pass about a dozen pizzerias on our way to Little City. We'll not only be back but this has likely become our go-to place! Enjoy!!

Takeout review:

Read great reviews about this place, so we had to try it out. Ordering and pickup was easy; service was good and pizza was hot and ready. We decided to do a small pepperoni and fennel sausage pizza and a large BBQ chicken special pizza. The pepperoni and fennel sausage was good; I didn't really taste too much fennel but it was good, the crust was thin, chewy, and crispy in all the right areas. I liked the BBQ chicken pizza better; it had BBQ sauce, caramelized onion, smoked mozzarella, scallions, pancetta, and grilled chicken. All the ingredients complemented each other and I'm a fan. Next time, I want to try out the mashed potato special pizza; it has pancetta, mashed potatoes, cheddar cheese, scallions, and corn. That sounds so good. Overall, a great pizza place and will be back!

Wow!

This is a must try place. Quite possibly the best pizza in Central Connecticut.

Now I know, I'm saying a lot, but the top three pizza places in my opinion are: Modern, Sally's, and Pepe's in New Haven. Topping out the top five would be Zupardi in New Haven and Roseland in Derby.

Now the great question would be what are the next five?

Little City has to be #6 in Ct.

The pepperoni pizza with mushrooms was simply amazing. This was true, thin style, with an excellent char on the bottom.

If you are a pizza junkie like I am, this is a definite must try.

I know you will hear 1 million opinions from 1 million people about best pizza in Connecticut. But New City is simply the best pizza in central Connecticut.

The restaurant is clean, always friendly service, and never a parking issue. Eat the pie and then go shopping around the funky little plaza. It's a cool place.

I had a Yelp event to attend to and usually the Yelp events are forty five minutes to an hour away from my hometown, so I usually plan a day around the event since I'm driving so far. My daughter and I usually make it a culinary trip to different restaurants and to see the different parts of Connecticut. I had Little City Pizza in my bookmarks for a while and since we were going to be in town, we wanted to check it out. Little City Pizza is located in a corporate building so you have to go into the building to get to the restaurant. The restaurant has really cool art around the restaurant which was pretty cool.

My daughter, my brother, and I were getting together for my daughter's birthday and upon entering, we were greeted by the host. The restaurant just opened so we were immediately seated. We ordered a large half Pepperoni and Sausage pizza. The pizza took about twenty five minutes to come out and this was a huge pizza. The sauce was so flavorful and you could taste the hint of garlic in the sauce. The pizza was crispy and the crust was very good. Very crunchy and cooked to perfection. I would have to put up there with Sally's Pizza in New Haven. Yes!! I said it!! It's almost at the par with Sally's Pizza in New Haven, Connecticut if you didn't hear me. I highly suggest taking an hour ride to get to Little City Pizza. Dave Portnoy gave Little City Pizza a 7.9 but they were definitely a 9 or 9.5 in my opinion. It was just really good pizza.

The customer service was great and the staff were really pleasant and welcoming. I would definitely have to come back because I did see someone order some wings and they definitely smelled awesome.

Little City Pizza has been a long-time favorite for me, back to when they were across from Town Hall in Simsbury. The pizzas are well-priced and consistently well-made, the flavor combinations are interesting and tasty, and service always excels. They used to have a steak salad that was my favorite lunch for a while. But you'll never go wrong ordering the Little City pizza (or the Mashed Potato pizza, which exceeds all other pizza places' mashed potato pizzas because it includes corn, the perfect balance of flavors). Little City has a super-hero theme in their decor. Their current location has outdoor seating when the weather is nice, and lots of windows for great light. Highly recommend for thin crust pizza!

I unfortunately didn't get to eat a lot more as I flew in from Detroit and had a little bit of time. The pizza was phenomenal, well baked and thin. Really enjoyed the flavor and it wasn't overall greasy/oily like some pizza places can be.

The service was very quick and the staff was extremely helpful.

Really enjoyed the place as well. It had arcade games in the back area and reminded me of some pizza places I ate at growing up.

LCP was an awesome recommendation from some friends of ours enjoy this stop a lot. So glad we tried it. I smelled wings as soon as we got there, so I asked the waitress, Shannon, what the options were. She said we only do one and we do it right! Ok then, bring it! Oh man, she wasn't kidding! Nice and crispy with the right amount of heat. Sauce was abundant, but not excessive. Enough to dip my pizza crusts into. Wonderful!
There were kids present, so I kept my moaning to a minimum.
We got a cheese and a potato pizza. The potato was a twist with corn, cheddar and pancetta. Amazing! The cheese was great too, but don't have any adjectives left without opening the thesaurus.
But wait, there's more! There's also a decent beer menu. We enjoyed a couple Kent Falls offerings that were very tasty.

Delicious pizza in a location wheee it's hard to find a good NY-style. Family run and consistent. An institution!

9 months later I'm adding a few more stars again for better quality, friendly service, and nice portions of toppings not just contained to a small part of the pizza. Will keep on the radar and continue to slowly try new items.

Little City serves NY style thin crust crispy pizza that is the best in the Farmington Valley. On a Friday night about 6pm the place was busy with seated patrons and several waiting for take-out orders.

We were seated quickly and our server came right over for drink orders while we scanned the menu. We ordered a large (17") thick pepperoni 1/2 mushrooms and onion. We were brought a 14", which our server apologized for but said we would be given a second 14" as well to take home. Frankly the 14" was plenty for 2 people.

We received our 2nd 14" and found Little City worth the visit to Avon.