Barstool Sports Reviews Popular Derby Pizzeria

DERBY, CT — After declaring New Haven the "Pizza Capital of the World," Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy returned to Connecticut several times for his popular "One Bite" pizza review and to see what the other popular pizzerias in the area have to offer. This time, he went out of New Haven County and made the trip into the Valley to sample Roseland Apizza, located at 350 Hawthorne Ave. in Derby.

Portnoy visited New Haven's iconic pizzerias this past December and ultimately declared New Haven the "Pizza Capital of the World." He said Sally's was the best he's ever had. Portnoy gave Sally's a 9.2, Modern Apizza on State Street an 8.8, Pepe's an 8.5 and Bar on Crown Street a 7.4. He said Modern and Pepe's were very close in quality and noted that Bar was more of a nightlife pizza, but was still good.

While he was in New Haven, everyone told him that he had to go to Zuppardi's Apizza in West Haven, which he visited last month. In his "One bite, everyone knows the rules" reviews, Portnoy samples a bite of cheese pizza and grades off his first impression (and then eats the rest of the slice). He gave Zuppardi's an 8.2 and then gave a bonus review of Zuppardi's famous sausage pie. He only samples cheese pizzas for the reviews, so it didn't count for the review but he said it was "excellent" and gave it an 8.6. Last week, he went to John & Maria's Pizzeria in East Haven and gave them an 8.5.

This week, Portnoy went to Roseland Apizza in Derby. After taking his “one bite,” Portnoy said, “Good tang. Good sauce. Good crisp,” and “Real deal stuff.”

After taking several more bites, Portnoy gave Roseland Apizza an 8.6.

“Glad we came all the way out here for it,” he said.

See the full Barstool "One Bite" review at its website here. (Warning: there are some expletives and strong language in the review).