Saturday afternoon, Woodbridge citizens lined up at Blue Check Deli at the corner of Amity and Center Road to celebrate the grand opening of Blue Check’s pizza and sample some of the first pies out of the oven. Blue Check Deli has been a family owned business in Woodbridge serving sandwiches since 1976. It has been a long process to get the ovens installed ,working just right, and to refine the recipe.

The town of Woodbridge borders New Haven, a city famed for its pizza. Many people in the Greater New Haven area have stronger opinions about pizza than they do about politics or religion. I have not seen research indicating the apizza preferences of Woodbridge residents, but people waiting for second slices at Blue Check compared their first slices favorably to Sally’s in New Haven with the added advantage of it being just around the corner.

Besides more common pizzas like cheese or pepperoni, Blue Check offered broccoli rabe pizzas, bacon pizzas, and steak, pepper, and cheese pizzas. An exact menu and pricing was not available, but the folks at Blue Check said that the pizzas would be priced competitively.

The initial hours in October will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 2:30 until 8:30. Extended pizza hours will be announced later, although there are not currently any plans start delivery any time soon.

(Cross posted at the Woodbridge Citizen.)