Apizza

[FrankZappa]

if this is def a go, i\'m in. peck get in touch someway to confirm before I drive all the way down there.

[davepeck]

it\'s a go! we\'ve met the minimum requirements and then some!

[FrankZappa]

hey pitch, bring the pj tonight if you get this beofore you leave!

[davepeck]

Last night\'s results:

Olde World def. The Spot
Sally\'s def. Modern

[antbach]

Olde World \'eh? where\'s that it?

Should be no shocker Sally\'s over Modern, although the Advocate would like to think so. . .

[ChrisPitch]

Well, believe it or not, the 2003-04 SuperHaven Apizza Tournament continues Sunday, March 7 at Dave Pec\'s house at 5 p.m. We will be doing two quarterfinal matches, after which we will hold the Final Four at a later date.

On Sunday, Grand will face Abate in a matchup of New Haven establishments. The winner faces Sally\'s in the semis.

Also, Wooster Street\'s own, Pepe\'s, will take on 2002-03 Staven Apizza champion Guiseppe\'s. The winner of that match faces North Haven power Olde World Brick Oven in the semifinals. It should be noted that Guiseppe\'s actually lost to fellow Staven heavyweight Paul\'s in the first round, but that match was wiped from the books when Paul\'s went out of business between rounds. So Guiseppe\'s got another crack at the first round and beat Main Street Apizza, another Staven place, to advance.

So that\'s it: Grand vs. Abate\'s and Pepe\'s vs. Guiseppe\'s with the winners to the Final Four. Sunday. At Dave\'s. Around 5. Hope to see as many people there as possible. Our goal is to finish pre-Sopranos at 9. I expect that we will. Results to follow.

Chris Pitch

[Wolfman]

WTF!  3 hours\' notice??  This sucks!  I want to go!

[ChrisPitch]

Actually the tournament has been reskeded for Thursday, March 11 at Dave Pec\'s. I\'d say the time would be around 6:30 or 7, but Dave will confirm that.

Again:

2003-04 SUPERHAVEN APIZZA TOURNAMENT

QUARTERFINALS

GRAND vs. ABATE\'S
PEPE\'S vs. GUISEPPE\'S

SEMIFINALS

Sally\'s vs. Grand/Abate winner
Olde World vs. Pepe/Guiseppe winner

Should be great.

Pitch

[Wolfman]

All I have to say is FUCK SALLY\'S.  These fucking pizans charged me $36 for a large mooz and onion and a medium plain last night.  A medium plain is $7...so the large is $26?  I\'m equally mad at myself for not realizing it until later, but they did it and they did it on purpose because they know that I am not a freakin guinny.  Meanwhile, Frankenstein the waiter just HAD to shoulder check me and Mike 3 times apiece.  I\'m still sore from picking up the Super Bowl pies...6 checks that day, I got hit more than Tom Brady.  Oh yeah, and they randomly took the phone off the hook, so we had to go down there just to make a take-out order which took them 2 hours and 15 minutes to make.  There is no other pizza place on earth that a) takes 2.25 hours to do a take-out order b) takes the phone off the hook for no reason c) has a waiter who forcibly commits perverted and rough homosexual contact upon all customers and d) charges you double for being a Jew.  The quality of the pizza does not atone for all of these sins, especially with so many other fantastic apizza establishments on the same street.  Go to hell Sally\'s!

[Marcial]

Personally, I always like Modern the best... Sally\'s was always good, but not good enough to make up for the hassles....

[Todd]

My vote for a while has gone with Pepe\'s

[davepeck]

it\'s on tonight, folks - FINALLY. after a no-excuse 3-month hiatus, we\'re ready to rock tonight. for those of you involved, we\'re looking to kick things off around 6:30, with a possible simultaneous poker game... could get interesting..

unfortunately after tonight, we\'re looking at another 6 weeks before the final four kicks off, since the band will be away. during that time, i\'ll be taking a pizza hiatus of my own, as i\'m in need of a break (especially from sally\'s, who, as wolfman stated above, has been less than stellar as of late).

[oldnewbie]

pepe\'s has always been my choice...went there on saturday

[ChrisPitch]

What a night.

Wooster Street powerhouse Pepe\'s dodges a scare from Staven Champion Guiseppe\'s and wins 4 to 3. Guiseppe\'s wins the seperate dough category 4-3 while Pepe\'s takes both sauce and cheese 5-2. For Guiseppe\'s, a great pie and a worthy effort. For Pepe\'s, actually an off night, which says a lot considering they still won. They received all four of my votes.

Then, in a nightcap battle of New Haven middleweights, Grand beats Wooster Street\'s Abate\'s 5-2, sweeping all three side categories 5-2. I thought both were average I voted for Abate down the line. I\'ve now gone against Grand both times they\'ve won, the first being an upset over Staven runner-up John & Maria\'s in the first round.

THE FINAL FOUR

Sally\'s vs. Grand
Pepe\'s vs. Olde World

Three New Haven\'s, including two Wooster\'s, plus one Cinderella North Haven pizzeria. Possible Sally\'s vs. Pepe\'s final? Should be interesting.

Thanks to Lisa, Lisa, Dave, Tim, Mike and Jay for judging with myself, thanks to Ron and Adrian for serving, and special thanks to Ron and Lisa for hosting, marking the first time the venue was switched from Dave and Lisa\'s Staven abode on the south side a Foxon. Clearly, with the matchup being held in New Haven, Pepe\'s had home-table advantage over Guiseppe\'s. It\'s all politics.

Pitch

[Wolfman]

What about the box category?

BTW a proposition for the Final Four:  The Final Four should be conducted ON-PREMISE and service should be an included and counted category.  Even if you eat the pizzas 1 hour apart, it\'s easy to know which is better.