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Yorkside Pizza and Restaurant

3.5 (255 reviews)
InexpensivePizza, Greek
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
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Moderate noise
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Dogs allowed
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Matthew L.

Yorkside Pizza & Restaurant is a Greek-style pizzeria that opened in New Haven, Connecticut in January 1977. It was founded by the Koutroumanis family, which includes brothers George, Tony and Greg. The family immigrated to the United States from Greece in 1958. Almost immediately after getting settled, the various members of the family began working in the restaurant business in some sort of capacity. By the late 1960s, the Koutroumanis family had opened West Haven Pizza Palace in West Haven and Broadway Pizza in New Haven. Following the success of the family's pizzerias, they opened Yorkside Pizza & Restaurant on York Street, just around the corner from Broadway Pizza. Yorkside's signature Greek-style pan pizzas quickly became popular with Yale University students as well as patrons from the neighboring performance venue Toad's Place. A number of celebrities have also visited the pizzeria over the years, including late night TV host Stephen Colbert in 2023. Aside from the signature pizzas, the menu also includes seafood dishes, pasta dishes, steakhouse entrees, classic Greek & Italian staples, sandwiches, salads, soups, and various appetizers. While the Koutroumanis' other pizzerias eventually closed, Yorkside is still going strong. Today the establishment is run by George, his wife Nota, and their family. I recently stopped at Yorkside Pizza for dinner prior to attending a show at Toad's Place. Although I have lived in the area my whole life, and I've walked by Yorkside more times than I can count, this was actually my first visit. While I am partial to New Haven-style apizza, Greek-style pizza has been growing on me recently. My server seated me at a booth and I begin to scroll through the extensive menu. I ended up ordering two smalls: a "Four Cheese Pizza" (mozzarella, feta, ricotta & provolone cheese) and a "Mediterranean" (mozzarella, crab, clams, anchovies & tuna). Yorkside's pizzas are made from scratch everyday, and you can tell. These pies had so much flavor and the crust was light, crispy and flaky. I washed everything down with a can of New England Brewing's "Sea Hag" IPA. I ended up taking half of the pies home for my family to sample. If you're planning on attending a show at Toad's Place, I highly recommend stopping at Yorkside either before or after the show!

Mitchie B.

We were there for Yale University parent weekend and decided to drop in. It looks like an old style pub from the inside. Pizza boxes were piled high, so that told us something. However, the menu had a variety of selections. My husband ordered the hamburger on the hoagie which he loved and I had the tuna salad sandwich with french fries plenty of food enough to share one plate, but both dishes very different and very good. Throughout the experience, you could smell the pizza and you could see the line of people picking up to go great customer service and a very friendly atmosphere. We may be back for graduation 2026!

Gyro Platter was delicious with crisped shaved lamb, fries, grape leaves, and coleslaw
Joe S.

Who wants Greek? If you're up for it, then this is probably the place to go. It took a while to decide but their lemon-chicken-orzo soup was pretty great and a perfect starter to my gyro platter (which was basically a Gyro with sides, not an actual "platter" you eat with a fork which is what I was expecting). The Gyro was excellent with thick, crispy meat! Their menu is quite extensive with pizza, sandwiches, seafood, greek, and other items that is sure to have something, even for the pickiest of eaters. Portions were nice as well so you get your money's worth!

Caesar salad with grilled chicken
Mary Jane R.

In touring Yale with my son I became super hungry and we knew we were far from the famous "New Haven Pizza" but we saw Yorkside out the back door of the library and decided to give it a try. Our server, Kim, was super nice, high energy and friendly. We had Caesar salad with chicken and a pizza primavera. Both were delicious. Highly recommend. Took off one star bc the leather on some of the seats was torn. Needs a refresh.

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Denise A.

We stopped in here for a cheese slice and sausage slice while walking around the area.. We really liked this Greek style pizza. The sauce and cheese ratio were perfect and the sauce had a great taste. We ordered inside and sat outside at one of the 2 tables. The inside has plenty of seating and has a retro casual atmosphere. The menu is quite extensive and prices seemed comparable to other places. We would recommend the pizza and will be back again.

Spinach and Pepparoni Pizza (Large)
Jacob P.

Criminally underrated pizza in New Haven, CT If its not the big 4 in New Haven (Pepe's, Sally's, Zupparddis, Modern) then its like nobody knows them and it's such a shame because this place is tremendous. On a Food Basis: This restaraunt makes a greek style pan pizza and it is phenominal! Cooked to perfection excellent fluffy crust with the perfect amount of char. Sauce is fairly sweet but complimented with the crushed red pepper i put on my pizza was the perfect ying and yang flavor wise. Pepperoni was charred just right. These guys know what they are doing! On a service basis: THIS PLACE was fantastic very friendly service, We were greeted immediately as we entered the restaraunt once we sat down and ordered, our food arrived quick. The sever also gave my friend's daughter (toddler) a small ice cream on the house for dessert. Very kind.

Four Cheese Pizza (Small)
Sahridaya N.

Stopped by for a quick slice that eventually turned into a small pizza between two of us, hehe! Very nice Pizza place with ample seating and lovely staff. The walls are adorned with pictures of many classes of Yale, famous people who dined there and even a statue of their family dog (?) Very cute!! Pizza was standard - nice & crunchy base that could be folded up and had. We had the 4 cheese one and thought the cheese was generous. It felt slightly on the saltier side (just as some people mentioned here) but my palette quickly adjusted to the taste. I did burn the roof of my mouth though with the first bite lol, it was HOT!! I think I'll be back again before end of my trip to try their individual slices just cause of how close it is to downtown Yale.

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Don't worry about determining a tip! They will just up in 20% for themselves on a takeout order without your knowledge!!!

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Always my go to before and after a show at toads place, even more enjoyable in the colder weather

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Four of us dined here before we went to Wolsey Hall for a concert. The pizza & Greek Salad were tremendous as usual. Always great food here!

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The wings here were a 10/10. Highly recommend this place if you're looking for a late night bite near campus.

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