The Best Pizza Joint in the Capital Region Is Closing in 3 Weeks

For most people, when the leaves on the trees start to change and the air has that crisp feeling in the morning you know fall is here and winter is right around the corner. For the people in Averill Park, West Sand Lake, and everyone on Burden Lake the sign that fall is here is the announcement of the date that Kay's Famous Pizza is closing for the season. This year, October 8th will be their last day making their amazing pizza for 2021.

It's ironic that the Times Union just announced that for the sixth or seventh time (who's counting) that Kay's Famous Pizza has been named the number one single location pizza joint in the Capital Region. By the way, the rest of the list has some fantastic pizza places too.

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My family almost always gets pizza on Friday night. It's a tradition that has been going on for a long, long time. We mentioned that to our realtor, Margret, when we moved to Averill Park and she immediately said, "You have to try Kay's Pizza, it's famous." Ever since Kay's has been in our pizza rotation as well as AJ's Pizza on RT 43, Bella Mae's...all great spots on the east side of the Hudson River for unique, and delicious pizzas.

Now, let me let you in on a little secret about Kay's. They sell pizza kits. We buy several of them and put them in the freezer. Then during the "off-season" when we're craving Kay's we make our own.

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