Modern Apizza, located on State Street, was founded in 1934 and has been in the same spot ever since. Modern serves New Haven-style thin-crust apizza and uses an oil-fueled brick oven.
Douglas Coffin, founder of Big Green Truck Pizza, saw an opportunity in the old Humphrey's location to bring back some of that neighborly feeling, drawing on his own diverse New Haven experiences. Thus, Next Door was born!