Ozzy's Apizza

Ozzy’s Apizza at East Rock Market – Respect Served by the Slice Second visit to Ozzy’s, this time rolling in with the Slice Mob, and it only confirmed what I already knew, Lou’s the real deal. No gimmicks, no shortcuts, just respect paid the New Haven way: through damn good pizza. Ozzy’s lives inside the East Rock Market, a cool, community-driven space full of local spots; coffee, food, good energy everywhere. It’s laid-back, social, and exactly where you want to be when great pizza hits the table. We started with the buffalo chicken, built on Lou’s housemade sauce, bold, tangy, perfectly balanced. Then came the half-sauce, half-mozz pie: simple, honest, and flawlessly executed. Bright tomato, creamy mozz, and that two-day fermented crust with the perfect chew and char. This round, we also went big with The Swanson, a carnivore lover’s dream stacked with flavor, and The Gene Parmigian, a chicken cutlet lover’s fantasy, crispy, cheesy, and pure comfort. Lou doesn’t need to talk up his food, it speaks for him. Each pie is proud, passionate, and crafted with heart. At Ozzy’s, you don’t leave the table hungry. You leave the gun, take the pizza.

We came here because the wait at Sally’s was over an hour. The pizza is great! We ordered 4 pies and the toppings were all fresh and delicious, no canned mushrooms like some other places. Loved the thin crust and sauce too! Next time I will ask for a light bake, but if you like the New Haven charred crust they do it really well. Staff were super friendly and helpful too!

If you’re hunting for the best pizza in New Haven, don’t sleep on Ozzy Apizza. This place is the real deal. The pizza comes out with that classic thin-crust apizza style, charred just right, with a tangy red sauce that actually tastes fresh and a cheese pull that doesn’t quit. Every bite has that smoky New Haven edge that separates the legends from the imitators. The crust? Strong enough to hold up without folding into a soggy mess. The sauce-to-cheese ratio? Dead on. It’s got that perfect blistered bite on the rim, the kind of detail that tells you someone in the back actually cares about doing it right. I’ve hit 70+ pizza spots all over, and Ozzy’s stands tall with the big names. This isn’t tourist fluff—it’s authentic New Haven pizza through and through. Bottom line: I’ll be back, no doubt about it. If you’re serious about pizza, Ozzy Apizza deserves a spot on your must-try list.

I’ve lived in New Haven for over a decade, and Ozzy’s made me fall in love with New Haven pizza all over again. By the time you’re a bite in, you’ll be checking the box just to remind yourself what you ordered because the pizza is that good. I love that all their specialty pies are fun and themed. every one I’ve tried has been a 10/10. It’s also super cute that they write your name and the pizza you ordered right on the side of the box. And the mascot? Adorable. I kind of want one for myself 🎀🥹 Ozzy’s proves that even in the pizza capital of the world, you can still be surprised and find a new favorite. 🍕🍕 FYI The Mikey Rabbit doesn’t mess around with garlic 🧄❤️ caveat emptor. Don’t change a thing. 🤤❤️💯

Just tried Ozzy’s for the first time after not wanting to wait in line for Modern or Sally’s. Pizza was extremely good. The buffalo chicken pizza was the best buffalo chicken pizza i’ve ever had. The staff was also super nice. Could recommend this place more! Will definitely be back.

This is my new favorite pizza spot. Great prices and even better pizza. The cheese pizza is probably the most flavorful cheese pizza around (thanks to their killer sauce) and the pepperoni, bacon and garlic was just phenomenal. They only do 14” pies (think medium sized) and it’s only $15 for a cheese or a 10” personal pies Monday through Friday during lunch hours. Great service, great ingredients and cooked to perfection. Can’t say enough good things about it and they have a ton of specials I’m looking forward to trying like the Gene Parmesan. I only wish they were closer to where I live so I could get them more often.

Located right inside East Rock Market. This is my first time going to Ozzy’s and it definitely won’t be my last. Pizza and service is great. Pizza was made in an orderly and fast fashion. Great atmosphere and people!

If you love thin crust brick oven pizza without it being excessively charred definitely go here. Sauce is good and so is the cheese! We added Mike’s Hot Honey it was a bit overwhelming for us but we should have specified just a drizzle! But we will definitely come back. Staff was nice, they could have been a little more friendly but everyone doesn’t have an explosive personality.

We were in New Haven doing some shopping and stuff around town and decided we wanted apizza for lunch. We took a swing by Modern Apizza, one of our favs. The line as LONG, so we bailed on that idea. Looking here on Yelp I saw the reviews for Ozzy's and we decided to give it a try. It was not a mistake. Ozzy's is a counter stand inside the East Rock Market. What I liked at first about it is that the selection of types of apizzas is broader than the standard menu at Modern, Frank Pepes and Sallys which all basically have the exact same menu. Ozzy's has some really interesting selections and of course you can do a custom if that is what you want. There are seats in the markets common area. But you can also go next door to East Rock Brewery, grab a beer, and eat your pizza. A plus. The staff is really quite friendly and nice and the owner was behind the counter when we were there. The pizza was quite good. The sauce was tasty, the toppings were in a good ratio. The pizza dough is quite good. It is cooked to a nice char on the edges, but could have used another minute or so to firm up the center, but that was not a major downfall. Both myself and my girlfriend love pizza and were impressed with Ozzy's. Ozzys is definitely worth the visit. We will be back.

Went to ozzy's for pizza when we were at the brewery right next door. They have one size of pizza in addition to numerous difference toppings choice and other things. For 7 people we opted to get 3 pizzas and one breadsticks. We got one of the clam pizzas, one of the veggie pizzas, and the meat pizza. It was nice that they have buzzers that have range to the brewery and they let me know it would take about 25 minutes. The cafe area around it is nice though, spacious and airy, and there are several places to eat in that area. Pizza itself was good! My favorite was the clam! Good amount of salt, generous amounts of toppings, and well cooked. We were left with a bit less than a half a pizza at the end of it. Great place if you're in the area!

Ozzy's is the perfect example of New Haven apizza. The pizza is absolutely delicious. Its thin, crispy, and full of flavor. Its one of the best pizza places in the state, which makes it one of the best pizza places in the US :-) Its located inside of the East Rock market, which is a modern food hall type of environment. The people who work there are super nice. Definitely check it out!

A group of us were in New Haven and got hungry, so obviously we decided to go for pizza. Being a weekend night we knew to steer clear of Wooster and choose Ozzy's based on other reviews. So glad we did!! This spot is inside a "hall" type venue, with other spots in the same area. There was seating and a bar and dessert place 15 feet away. The guys at Ozzy's were great, friendly, chatty and after discussing we ordered a basic cheese and their specialty chicken pies. Decided to take them to the brewery next door to be enjoyed with a couple of local brews. Well worth checking out!

Pizza was delicious. The staff was friendly. The location was great as there was a lot of seating and the kids could run around without causing a problem. They also had some toys and coloring supplies for the kids. Ozzy's shares space with other restaurants as well so this is a great place to go if your group wants various types of food.

Ozzy's Apizza is a fantastic new addition to East rock market. Their flagship restaurant is in California and I know it caused even me an initial concern that somebody would be claiming apizza. We tried three different pies; The Mikey rabbit. Buffalo chicken, and pepperoni. The Mikey rabbit and the white rabbit are their fundraising pies currently to support the LA wildfire relief. All the pies were amazing. They focus on quality like creating their own cheese and making their own buffalo sauce and ricotta cream sauce. Lou has been making pizzas in New Haven for many years and it definitely transferred to a great pie at Ozzy's!

Ozzy's pizza was kind of ok. The crust had a nice char, but the undercarriage was floppy. However, the sauce was nicely seasoned, but with sweet notes. At first I thought the pizza tasted a little funny, but it turned out to be the sausage. Ozzy's uses a chorizo sausage blend, which completely changes the flavor dynamic of the pie, so, I experienced a spicy after taste that punched my palate. Unfortunately, Ozzy's isn't generous enough with the cheese, so that was disappointing. Overall, my assessment is this, it's not a bad pie, but the competition in New Haven CT is fierce. When going up against the big 6... Modern, Bar, Pepe's, Sally's, Zuppardi's and Dayton Street, a pizza place needs to bring their A-game, and I can't say that about Ozzy's. Lastly, they need to cut down on the salt a bit. It was just a little too much. That's a review

This may be one of the weirder reasons ever for ordering a pizza. I was on my way from Hartford County to an event in East Haven, and I needed to break a $50. LOL. That's not exactly the whole story. I like to try all the New Haven Ahbeetz spots and Ozzy's, located in East Rock Market, is probably the newest in the game. There's seating if you want to stay in the Market, You can also take your pizza next door to East Rock Beer. Or you can just take it out. I ordered a Zack Attack. Extra Sausage (ground Spicy Italian). Classic pizza Mozzarella. Red sauce. I had two slices as soon as the pizza cooled a bit. The crust was very thin, but held up pretty well on the crust fold flop test. There was some char in the crispy outer crust ring. The rest of the crust was relatively char-free, and a mix of crispy with a good slight chewiness. The cheese was melted well and married with the red sauce. The sauce got a bit lost among the other ingredients, but when I was able to isolate it, I could tell it was well executed. The crumbled sausage was tasty. The pizza was very good on Night 1. And I have to make a weird claim. At least this Ozzy's pizza, yielded some of the best leftover cold slices I can remember eating this year. The crust held up really well to refrigeration. The flavors stayed and relaxed. This makes Ozzy's a great grab and stash pizza in the colder months as you're doing things around New Haven. 4.5 Stars

This pizza is A-mazing! There's a brewery next door to get beer while you wait (or eat there), and the ambiance at both are great. The service was good - we learned about some other locations out in our AO (LA). HIGHLY recommend - we found it staying at an AirBnB and so glad we did!!

Ozzy's was great! The service was incredibly friendly, the pizza was delicious (as was the Caesar salad), and it's located in a complex with a few other shops and a beer garden. We were able to take our food to the beer garden to eat, but you're also able to eat at the restaurant. Very cute and clean. We'll definitely come back if we're in the area!

The best pizza we've had in a while! The pizza is not greasy, the dough is so yummy. I enjoyed the salad as well. We will def be back. My husband loved it as well.

Home delivery only for me so far. The pizza quality is very good. I've ordered a few times and the pizza tastes almost like Modern. The pizza at Ozzy's is well done in Modern language just FYI and that's how I usually like it. Home delivery option is a real plus and I don't have to remember to place my order hours in advance to pick up. My favorite pie is the Zack Attack with sausage.

Opening an apizza place in New Haven takes guts. Ozzy's is in a food hall called East Rock Market (park on Nicoll St.- we had trouble finding it from GPS directions). There is outdoor seating on a parklet outside but we sat inside at tables that are shared with a coffee shop and a sushi restaurant (and a bar that might not be open yet). The person at the counter told us we had the option to eat there or take buzzers and go next door to the brewery. The best part of this apizza is the New Haven thin crust. It's made in a brick oven and has the authentic burned edges. It's best when it's fresh out of the oven-- that first bite when the cheese has just stopped bubbling is fantastic. Another reviewer mentioned the sauce was too in-your-face: the sauce on the pizza I ate was applied sparingly which gave it the right amount of tomato acid, not too much. The only thing I would change is the mozzarella: I wanted it to taste fresher. With our pizza, we had locally made soda (birch beer-yum) and locallly baked cookies from Cookie39 which is also in New Haven. Overall, it was in a great location, good thin-crust New Haven apizza, with nice extras. Also it's named after a dog.

The pizza was great! Had the White Rabbit which was outstanding. Hard location to find as it is in the East Rock Market.

Superb pizza...thin crispy crust...love it! It's located in a converted warehouse with other food vendors. Very relaxing, neighborhood place!

I really want to like Ozzy's, but I just didn't think it was very good. The crust is pretty decent, but the sauce is overwhelming with oregano. It tastes like Elio's frozen pizza. It's hard to comment on anything about the pizza because the sauce was just so overwhelming, I couldn't taste much else. The staff were friendly, but the East Rock Market space continues to feel very empty. There was no one at the bar and the sushi counter is now vacant. I hoped Ozzy's would be the spot to liven it all up, but I don't think their pizza is going to attract much attention with so many heavy hitters in the area (e.g., Atticus, Modern, Next Door, all within walking distance).

We were fortunate enough to stumble into the grand opening weekend of Ozzy's Apizza Sunday night. We'd traveled from Vermont earlier in the day and were weighing our New Haven dining options--friends and family had weighed in with their favorite apizza joints in the area, but Ozzy's caught our eye mainly since we, like owner Chris Wallace, have a pup by the same name (yes, we laughed, we also call him "Ozzy Pawsborn" in homage to Black Sabbath... but I digress). Admittedly, this was our first New Haven apizza experience, so we ordered both a cheese and a Mikey Rabbit to compare and contrast two different pies. The crew at the counter were so genial and friendly and guided us toward the second pie (which had been the one I was eyeing anyway), saying they'd all eaten it earlier for dinner themselves. We headed over to the East Rock Brewery with our dinner and were blown away with both pies, but especially the Mikey Rabbit--the ricotta cream provided a rich, buttery base, the sausage was perfection, and the spinach was to die for. Chris came over and checked on us; he *may* have referred to the pie as their "secret weapon" and I completely agree. We joked that our dog Ozzy always loves to get our pizza crusts, but there was no way we would have shared these with him--it was too damn good. It was a memorable evening out, and I wish we didn't live so far away! So glad fate led us to Ozzy's Apizza--through a harrowing thunder storm, I might add--and we wish them much success in their new venture.

Best pizza I've had in a long time. It was thin, crispy and delicious. Cannot wait to order again. And they're on door dash, so convenient.

Pizza was delicious. Service was great. Owner was there and was very personable and you can tell he has a passion for his food. The pizza was top notch!

Great new spot for authentic New Haven pies. Sauce was not too overpowering, crust was crispy but not burnt to a rock. Beautiful undercarriage. Delicious to the last bite. The place is small but has a lot to offer. Among other things, inside you can find a brewery where you can wait for your apizza, or you can hang with the delightful staff. Overall a great stop for anyone close to East rock market. Check it out if you have the chance.

Just ordered on DoorDash yesterday it was soo good pizza still hot, crust was thin and cooked to perfection the pizza was amazingly good all the flavors totally connected. I ordered the Swanson and my daughter and son loved the Philly cheese steak egg rolls everything were great. Only thing that can be even more amazing is if y'all had more soda or juice options but everything else was on point thank you !

To open a new pizza place in New Haven is gutsy. But these New Haven natives have pulled it off. Their spinach ricotta pie was so well spiced and baked. Also tried the meat special pie and I'm impressed. Their crust was thin and crispy, just like apizza should be. The sauce was super tasty. A very welcome addition to the New Haven scene - and perfectly located next to East Rock Brewery.

Absolutely incredible pie and experience! When you walk up to place your order, you're treated with the kindness and respect you'll only get from New Haven's finest- Craig and Lou, thank you for the best meal I could have on one of my worst days. I felt the love in every bite of the delicious pie. As an Elm City gal, I know my apizza and this spot hits it! A billion thanks!

My friends LOVED the pizza! Nice thin crust! Great atmosphere and had delicious tacos and guacamole next door at the other restaurant in the place.

Great apizza! Easily on par (maybe even better) with its New Haven apizza peers. Perfect flop on the crust, great sauce and high quality mozz. I really like how it's conveniently located in the East Rock Market. Very convenient getting to order pizza while drinking at East Rock brewing. Much better than waiting outside in-line at Sally's or Pepe's. I also love how they're on InKind!

The sauce had a strong taste of something! I think it might of been oregano. way way too much... don't add

Nothing but great things to say about Ozzys Apizza. Staff always amazing. Location was great plenty of parking. Cool little hall with many options other than pizza. Of course had to get the plain cheese to truly she just how good this pizza was. AMAZING! And got the Mikey rabbit also because who dosent love some fresh garlic! The vibe was awesome and the wrestling themed logos on the shirts were great! Only negative is that Chris guy wasn't there for me to say hi too. He was off opening his 3rd location. Will definitely make the hour drive again.

i would say this is probably the best pizza place in new haven after pepe's, and i really appreciate that they basically just make pizza. a lot of my local pizza places have gotten into those sprawling menus with 200 items, and as a result their pizza is just okay. this is /excellent/ pizza, you just have to buy pizza. definitely gonna take my cousin from LA here, and ask him to try the cali location to see if it's as good.

I had the Mikey rabbit this afternoon, what could I say this pie was awesome. I ordered the Mega powers pie to take home for dinner. I can't wait to sample this pie. I sure I'll be very satisfied. I will be returning with family and friends to show off Ozzy's.

Great pizza! Service was top notch! Probably one of the best cheese pizza I've had in along time. Sauce was amazing. Can't wait to swing through again. This gonna be my new spot for pizza when I come back to visit CT!

Delicious pizza, friendly staff, and a great location. We ordered pizza and walked it next door to the brewery and enjoyed it with some beer. The White Rabbit pizza was outstanding. Highly recommend!

Greasy pizza that is not on par for New Haven. Maybe this passes as good pizza in LA, and maybe it satisfies the drunk munchies after you have been at East Rock Brewery for a few hours, but this is not pizza to write home about. Walk down the street a block to 163 for significantly better pies, or drive a few blocks to Modern for the top of the top.

I love Chris and what he has done is incredible! This is the best pizza LITERALLY in the United States. Ambiance is priceless and the staff is as kind as your grandmother. This is your new REGULAR spot.

Posted on Google as well: Move over New Haven icons....Tried this thru DD delivery this week and it was excellent in every way.

The kind of "New Haven"'style pizza you'r expect to find anywhere but New Haven/Connecticut.

Quality pizza! The sauce is delicious and it complimented the crust very well. The hint of oregano was perfect.