New Haven's Sally's Apizza matriarch, 'Flo' Consiglio, dies
Sally's exterior, Wooster Street, New Haven.  NEW HAVEN -- New
Haven and the pizza world lost a piece of its bedrock Monday
with the death of Flora "Flo" Consiglio, the matriarch of world-
famous Sally's Apizza.  The family-owned Wooster Street pizza
paradise she ran with her late husband, Salvatore "Sally"
Consiglio, opened in 1938.  For a day, the question of who
dishes up the best pizza in New Haven -- or in the country for
that matter -- is set aside.  That's because when Sally's
reopens from what had been its annual vacation, Flo won't be
sitting in the booth -- the one right opposite the cash register
-- that has been her spot seemingly forever.  To say Flora
Consiglio owned a New Haven pizza joint is dramatically
understating the situation, given the legend and legacy that has
grown up with the Wooster Street institution that she and Sally
owned and presided over for generations, according to its loyal
followers.  She owned the corner of Woost