Mmmmm...Villa Victoria, Chianti, oh excuse me...
OK, the good news -- we're going to Star Tavern. The bad news? The first slice kind of left me cold. We hit The Brothers Pizza in Red Bank. Despite some really cute toddlers with pizza all over their faces, and their sweet moms who assured me I was going to taste great 'za, I was a little underwhelmed. The plain slice was just tolerable. The slice with sausage and mushroom was better, because the sausage and extra cheese gave it some much-needed sass. The bottom of the pie was way too light -- cardboard in color. Looks like a nice bar, though, good mix of characters midday. We're now heading north to South Amboy, where I will definitely switch to beer.
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If the Munchmobile was going down the shore (where I grew up), they should have keep right going thru Red Bank without stopping.
Instead, the MM should have gone to either Carmen's Pizza (Pete & Elda's Tavern) in Neptune City, or Federici's in Freehold - both have excellent thin crust pie.
Up here, I think the best thin crust I've had so far is at the Lido Restaurant in Hackensack, near where I used to live before becoming a Baristavillian (or is that Baristavillan?). Michaels over on Kingsland in Nutley is pretty good too.
But I think the all-time best pizza I have ever had was at Luca's at the Monmouth Mall, where they operated out of this little 8-sided hut outside the mall that had room for maybe 8-10 people to sit at a small counter. Perhaps my memory is clouded by childhood nostalgia, but there was something about the taste and texture of their pizza that I have never found anywhere else. Maybe it was their pizza ovens? After they moved them out of the kiosk and into an outside storefront during a mall renovation, their pizza never tasted the same again.
Isn't there a "Munch video" or something like that of the weekly trips? If so, I can only hope that someone strikes a copy for walleroo, and that someone else autographs the "clamshell" box for him.
Yes to Pete & Elda's! Yes to anyplace which still refers to them as "tomato pies," in fact. (There was a time when the best pizzas were usually made by Italian bread bakeries in north Jersey, and only on Fridays and to go.)
Growing up down the shore in the 70's and 80's I remember seeing "tomato pie" or "pizza pie" on many a menu or pizza box.
Back in those days, pasta was not yet pasta. It was still all just either spaghetti or macaroni.
Damn. Now I feel hungry. And old!
Speaking of going down the shore, here's a question for the Baristafolks:
What are the best NJ beaches to take day trip to (from B-ville) with kids?
I'm getting really hungry. Why do we still love Pizza so much even when we're ancient? After 40 I don't think you're supposed to eat anything but vegetables.
You're not giving me much to go on, Liz. But it's something!
sea bright -- close and cheap
what ever happened to Scarlotto's from Willowbrook Mall before there was a food court. i heard they were in Wayne somewhere trading under a new name -does anybody know? That was great pizza!
ENZO'S is the best Pizzeria in the area bar none.