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Stephen Colbert Gets More Than He Bargained For After Visiting Popular CT Pizzeria Stephen Colbert Gets More Than He Bargained For After Visiting Popular CT Pizzeria
Stephen Colbert Gets More Than He Bargained For After Visiting Popular CT Pizzeria It was more like "The Late Dough."  Stephen Colbert, the popular comedian, and TV talk show host, showed off his pizza-making skills at a popular Connecticut restaurant last month.  Colbert stopped by the Yorkside Pizza & Restaurant at the Shops at Yale in New Haven late last month and was happy to get his hands dirty after mocking Connecticut in a monologue two years ago for a move to name pizza the official state food. Colbert tossed dough and added toppings to a pie during his visit in between cracking jokes and snapping photos with fans. For his work at Yorkside, th…

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by Josh Lanier
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Regional Pizza Dynasty Patriarch, Sierros, Has Died Regional Pizza Dynasty Patriarch, Sierros, Has Died
Regional Pizza Dynasty Patriarch, Sierros, Has Died The patriarch of a local pizza-making dynasty has died, his family announced Wednesday, Dec. 16. Nickolaos “Nick” Sierros died at age 81, according to an obituary written by his family and published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Sierros owned A-1 Pizza in Florence (Northampton), Massachusetts, for nearly 40 years. The popular neighborhood pizzeria became Sierros’ in 1983. Sierros, a Greek native, comes from a family of pizza-makers and A-1 wasn’t his first shop. Along with his brother Christos and sister Panagiota, Sierros opened ABC Pizza in Cromwell, Connecticut. Family members went …

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by Kristin Palpini