Voting has officially kicked off for the Pizza Capital Trail, and Connecticut isn’t missing the chance to highlight its pizza.
The State of Connecticut has secured its very own pizza-themed license plate.
Connecticut’s Pizza Guru, Colin Caplan worked with the Department of Motor Vehicles to create a pizza-themed license plate after state leaders secured Connecticut as the “pizza capital of the United States.”
"The idea is you put your license plate on your car like a normal license plate and it's got a pizza slice and it says CT Foodshare and the best thing, the pizza state on the very bottom," Caplan said.
Caplan said the intention behind putting CT Foodshare on the license plate is to create awareness after the food bank lost its federal funding earlier in the week.
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“This is a chance to support what they do,” Caplan said.
Pizza-themed license plates are only available on Taste of New Haven.
“We’re starting with 500, we’re probably going to sell out today, the first day of opening, Pi Day, and once we get that settled, and I know everything works well, we’ll restart it again but for now, we’re limiting it to 500," he said.
Cost
- Transfer existing plate: $65 registration fee plus $10 shipping & handling: Total $75
- Replace existing plate: $65 registration fee plus $10 shipping & handling: Total $75
- New vanity plate: $134 registration fee plus $10 shipping & handling: Total $144
