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Midtown Manhattan Pizza Adventures—The “Not So” World Famous Little Italy Pizza
After a morning business meeting in midtown Manhattan, I became unexpectedly free for lunch. Being the lovely early summer day that it was, I thought I would wander about and continue my mission of...
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More Midtown Manhattan Pizza Adventures—Previti Pizza
Continuing on my mission to “try and save the world from bad pizza,” I followed up my trip to Little Italy Pizza with a visit to another Midtown joint I located through my IPhone. After making the dumb...
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R.I.P.—Bayonne’s Wild Wood Pizza and Penne
So here’s a post-mortem on a pizza joint in my hometown that I never visited. Advertising their wood-fired pizza with the slogan “We do it with wood” had little appeal to me in a town with more...
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Louie & Ernie’s – Pizza Perfection in the Bronx
In 2002, noted pizza authority, Ed Levine, wrote a piece in the New York Times about the six best slices of pizza in the five boroughs of New York City. Yours truly took this tome as the launch of a...
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Kesté Pizza & Vino in the Village– The Finest Neapolitan Pizza in America?
Growing up on the Jersey side in the mid-70s, my fascination with New York City was focused 100% on Greenwich Village. And since my world back then revolved 100% around music, the heart of the Village...
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Jersey City’s Renato’s Pizza Masters— As Good as Their Name Implies
Reuniting with old high school friends can be fun. Especially when they share my mutual love for music and pizza. My old friend Big Jim was absolutely ecstatic that I try a place in the Jersey City...
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Truelove’s Pizza & Grits – A Unique Menu Pairing in Columbia, TN
When I first heard about this place, I just couldn’t wait to check it out. As its name enticingly advertises, this culinary combination of Northern and Southern specialties was worthy of a road trip to...
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Prima Pizzeria in Bayonne, NJ—A Decent Slice for the Schoolkids
Here’s a little Bayonne “mapography” from the Pizza Snob to preface this review. The streets running north-south on this narrow peninsula start with Avenue A on the west and end with a short Avenue F...
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A Big, Big Slice at Vincent’s in Jersey City, NJ
Here’s a little thinking game that you can play. Let’s assume that somewhere there exists a collection of stop watches that keep track of the amount of time you spend in each city on Earth during your...
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Jersey City’s Prince of Pizza— Invades Bayonne, NJ with Its Perfect Slice
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of discovering a great “street slice” place in Jersey City called Prince of Pizza. While devouring one of their perfect slices, I was surprised to find that they...
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Vinnie’s Pizza III—Another Great Cheesy Jersey City Slice
Still living my temporary daily situation in the Greenville area of Jersey City, I tracked down another nearby pizza joint for a midweek late afternoon lunch, Vinnie’s Pizza III. Not quite sure where...
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Georgio’s Pizza—A “Slice and a Shake” in Jersey City
It was a late summer afternoon, and I was still on my pizza tour of Jersey City’s Greenville section. Looking for another new place for a quick lunch, I came across Georgio’s Pizza. Driving up West...
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Jersey City’s Four Brothers Pizza—Great Pizza with an Old Time Vibe
My Jersey City followers will have to suffer one last post about my recent local pizza explorations. This time it was on a Saturday with my brother. Together, we made a trip up West Side Avenue to a...
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Grandpa’s Kitchen in Bayonne, NJ—More Pizza Turnover on Broadway
This is getting to be an old story. A simple brick storefront downtown on Bayonne’s Broadway continues to change hands—remarkably remaining its configuration as a pizza joint. Morphing from...
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The Starting Point—A Bayonne (NJ) Bar Pie at Its Best!
Excuse me for saying again what I have said before, but after having been to 27 pizza joints in the town of my birth, Bayonne, NJ, could there really be any more that I have yet to visit? Well, I was...
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Bayview Pizzeria in Bayonne, NJ—Not-So-Special Slice by the Bay
Guess what? I found another pizza joint in Bayonne. Driving back home along First Street after picking up my amazing bar pie from The Starting Point, I spotted a storefront that I had never before...
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Plaza Pizza – Home of the “Power Slice” in Secaucus (NJ)
On an extended stay in my old hometown of Bayonne, I was on a short leash while taking care of things at the family compound. Seeking a brief respite, my good old brother graced me with a night off to...
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Fiori’s Pizzaria in Pittsburgh—Original Pizza with an Old School Charm
Look out Pittsburgh! In the days to come, the home of the Pirates, Steelers and Penguins will have to face the wrath of The Pizza Snob. Chalk this up to my son, The Philosopher, and his lovely wife who...
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UPDATE: The Venice in Bayonne N.J. Has Closed
Like the recent shuttering of Tony’s Pizza, this is another hard hometown hit for the Pizza Snob. After a recent change in ownership, word is that the new folks running the show at the Venice...
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UPDATE: Bayonne N.J. Loses Another Bar Pie – Chris’ Corner Closes After 57 Years
Yesterday’s posting about the closing of Venice Restaurant led to the Bayonne Facebook page notifying me of another tragedy—the closing of Chris’ Corner. This is a tough one for The Pizza Snob since...
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