Category New Jersey
Chris’ Corner in Bayonne, NJ—A Return to Where the Snob First Discovered Pizza
The Snob grew up on the same block as Chris’ Corner, and their pizza was the first he ever tasted. In the early 60’s, Mom would call in the order, and I would walk down the street to bring home a tasty, classic, large pie for $1.25 or a small one for $1.00. Like many […]
Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza—Could This Be New Jersey’s Best?
Heading out for the evening in Jersey with enough time for a pizza stop, I took counsel from the 2010 article in New Jersey Monthly on the state’s “25 Perfect Pizzas.” Unfamiliar to me, I picked Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza in Elizabeth—they’d been in business since 1918. I easily found the joint next to a […]
Bayonne NJ’s Venice Restaurant—Tasty Thin Pizza Tradition Thrives On
In revisiting the pizza of his home town, The Pizza Snob was uncertain about the current status of the Venice Restaurant. I grew up down the street from The Venice, so you could say The Snob’s standards were set by this place. Quite often, my Dad and I would shoot a game of pool in […]
Newark’s Dickie Dee’s Pizza—I Shoulda Had a Hot Dog Instead
Some non-pizza business brought me back to Jersey, so I got the notion to see what kind of pizza I could find in Newark. Who better for me to ask than my Twitter friend, Mayor Cory Booker? Well, I never heard back from him. I guess my tweet got lost among the 76,058 tweeters he […]
No Lie–Great Pie at Northern NJ’s Geppetto’s Pizza
Music City Mike, the other side of my blogging brain, was back in the Garden State again where he was lucky enough to catch another great house concert at Live @ Drew’s in Ringwood, NJ. Bringing food to share is always a big part of the experience, and Drew always has a new suggestion for […]
Broadway Pizza Walk (Bayonne, NJ) Part Four: Late Night at Joe’s Pizzeria
Continuing to explore pizza in the city of my birth, my challenge this time was to see where I could get a slice on Broadway after 11 p.m. on a Friday night. Coming off the New Jersey Turnpike, I headed downtown on a rainy spring evening. Noticing some lights and activity on the northeast corner […]
Pizza Land—Soprano’s Joint in North Arlington, NJ Delivers
My friend, Doug the IT Guy, asked me if I had ever been to the pizza place that shows up in the opening credits to The Sopranos (watch here at 1:16). Pizza Land located on the Belleville Turnpike in North Arlington was the featured joint. Not only did I not remember seeing it on the show—which […]
Freehold NJ’s Federici’s—Springsteen’s Favorite Pizza Still One of Jersey’s Best
My brother, Dodger Fan, is now used to the fact that spending a day with me often requires more than one pizza experience. True to form, I ended our recent day trip to the Jersey Shore with a visit to a place I can’t believe I overlooked during my days living in the Garden State: […]
Greetings from Asbury Park NJ’s Porta Pizzeria
My brother and I spent a nice spring day down the Jersey Shore. I steered us first to Asbury Park, a place where I enjoyed the beach and boardwalk as a child then later followed its music scene. My last visit there was several years ago when I was shocked to see the overall decay […]
Broadway Pizza Walk (Bayonne, NJ) Part Three: Mona Lisa Pizzeria and Mario’s Pizza
On my recent trip home, I had time for one last pizza adventure and decided to further explore the pizza in my hometown of Bayonne, NJ (see Part One and Part Two). I started out early on a Monday morning with Mona Lisa Pizzeria, a full service Italian restaurant located in the Bergen Point area. […]
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