Madison resident here.... A lot of people tend to like Red Tomato but I wasn't a huge fan. The pizza place inside Bradley and Wall has actually been my go to lately and it is surprisingly excellent.
Grande Apizza in Clinton from the Nuzzo family is number 1 and can't wait for the new location in Downtown Madison to open up in August where the old Village Pizza was (Village was a disgrace to pizza)
Heard great things about Bufalina but haven't made the trip yet.
Totally agree with Bill. I like Carpanzano's in Guilford best. If I had to pick a Madison place, I would go with the one next to Robert's Grocery store on route 80. I also don't know whywhy everyone loves the Red Tomato.
I live in Guilford, work in Madison.
Agree with both you; I don't get the Red Tomato love, which is why I didn't include it. Decent, but only if you eat it there. They use insulated boxes and their pizza does not travel well.
I forgot about Bradley & Wall and agree that it is very good, especially the sauce, which is made with plum tomatoes so it has a nice sweetness to it.
The place next to Robert's is Portofino and it was our go-to local joint for about ten years until Dan sold it so he could focus on Da Legna, his New Haven joint. Portofino has had a noticeable drop in quality since.
The new place, New Haven Apizza on 79 at the driving range is actually pretty decent now that they have become more consistent. I would place it above Portofino at this point.
Village Pizza should not have even been allowed to call their product "pizza." It was closest to that cr@p "party pizza" that they sell in Rhode Island.