OT: Delucia's Brick Oven Pizza in Raritan
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American cheese! That’s probably the biggest pizza travesty I’ve ever heard. Should have their pizza license or whatever revoked for that!
I found out the hard way that you need the dough a little thicker when making pizza at how so it comes off the pizza peel in one piece when getting it in the oven. Finally got it right.
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I always love how a guy in Utah tells people living in NJ what is going on in NJ. You would be shocked if you saw what my son (and his friends) and neighbors order. My neighbors wife always complains when the husband doesn't get Papa John's. A lot of these families have smaller kids so they go for value as well. It's not all about millennials taking pictures of their food.
I’m a few years older than them(
) but love my Chipotle.If you want to talk anecdotally, I know of no one who orders domino's, papa John's, etc., except when it's late at night and other places are closed.
The Domino's in Hillsborough is packed liked sardines on the weekend. We have like 8 other real pizzarias in town but folks like that cardboard taste. When i was at ASU in the early 80's it was Dominos. I didn't understand it.
That's just poor. My wife and I pick up Conte's, Nomad, or Tino's in Kingston. They are all very busy, esp on weekends.
Never had Conti's . I did some doordash deliveries from there. Seems quite expensive. I would guess it has same texture as DeLucias.
There are a TON of amazing Mexican restaurants in NJ that would be on the same level as anything you see in CA or TX. You have to know where to go.
Yeah, that's why cities like New Brunswick, Hoboken, JC, Asbury and Morristown are full of Wawa and McDonalds and not 75% of the top rated restaurants in the state, right?
Yeah. It's all the boomers, most of them stayed in Hoboken and Jersey City and totally didn't flee for the suburbs, not only in NJ but nationally and leave local businesses for dead. And they're totally the ones spending money now...
The "me" generation really doesn't even begin to tell the story, does it?
Well one of the founders of Playa Bowls is a RU alum so no argument there, but when you're a teenager you're usually spending money from a part time job or your parents, so not like you're going for nicer places. If they're doing that 10 years from now that's another story.
When I was at Rutgers I used to go the student center and "splurge" on Wendy's. The Chinese fast food place there used to fill up a styrofoam box for $5 if you came right before they closed. The youngest millennial now was born in 1995 or so, putting them at 26-27. You think they're doing that? Unless they're in grad school or have noi choice, I doubt it.
My next three stops to try are:
Santillos in Elizabeth
Razza in JC
Star Tavern in Orange
Santillos in Elizabeth
Razza in JC
Star Tavern in Orange
I agree with almost all your points in this thread. But on this one, It was our parents who fled the cities and raised us boomers in the suburbs. Some Boomers moved back, or never left, and helped to spearhead the revitalizations . But much if came too late for those of us already raising children to move to the cities.
Both of my adult offspring and their spouses. Love(d) living in Hoboken.
And I always love when someone uses weak anecdotes that don't even support the original point they think they're making. The fact they're going for "value" actually argues against bac's dopey stereotype as much as anything I've said. So thanks.
BTW, we weren't talking only about NJ ...or your neighborhood, ftm.
I was talking about NJ and the northeast....yes there are people of all ages eating ****** pizza and sandwiches in the south and middle america and going to subway and dominos where those places are the norm. I will contend though, these other places might have other venues for food specialities that we dont have here. They certainly do not do pizza or subs well but they may do barbeque or mexican or southern food way better than here.
same thing to me, actually my specific words were not northeast by nj.nyc/philly.....and we have a high pop of subways and dominoes in NJ...that is just ridiculous
Actually, your specific words didn't say anything about geography, "what said is that the younger generation embraces food at wawa, subway, dominos, papa johns as being real examples of sandwiches and pizza."
You qualified that later ...but still overshot.
You qualified that later ...but still overshot.
Well, you're also not supporting it at all, in a thread that's very existence argues against it, so it remains but a limp overreach.
Honestly, though, we've been largely disappointed in the pizza offerings in Hillsborough. I know there have been outright wars over pizza places on the township FB group, but we've found most places in town are average at best.
Once the hub bub dies down, we'll give DeLucia's a try - only 15 min away. We had tried De Lorenzo's couple years back after his glowing review and weren't that impressed.
What I find funny about Portnoy is that he's a dude from Massachusetts who went to college in Michigan then worked in Boston until 2016, who somehow made himself out like some expert on NY/NJ pizza.
I liked Angelo's the best in Hillsborough. Tastes like your normal town slice should taste. Ama neapolitan is solid but nothing amazing but I do like it there. The calzone was better.
Genteels in Montgomery.
We've worked through a few places in H'boro, and our most recent resting place has been Victor's.
Will try Genteel's, though it's about 20-25 min from our side of town.
Yes..of all the places I find Victors to be the best
The worst is the one at the Shop Rite mall..worst customer service and inedible pizza
I remember them being related someway. I went to Manville Pizza not too long ago and it's still pretty good. I don't know how they fared in the storm though.
If they were true friends and it was the Ramsey/Mahwah area then they would have taken you to Kinchley's.
I feel like something about Manville pizza was "better" in the old strip mall...i don't like it as much now. Perhaps in my head the nostalgic places, memories going with family in easier times, makes me think the pizza was better lol. Also remember the jukebox there and my pop always playing Jack and Diane.
I do think nostalgia plays a part in this sometimes. I went to both locations and thought the pizza was pretty good, but I can see the new location being less personal. It's a standard storefront.
If you didn't like De Lorenzo's, you will probably not like DeLucia's, but I could be wrong. Definitely try it. I don't think Portnoy thinks he is an expert on NY/NJ pizza. It's just that working in NYC he has access to the best NY/NJ/CT pizza within a 1.5 hour drive. So those drive his scale since he knows those are the best.
If you listen to his reviews, he likes the bar pie style he grew up on in MA. That is why he likes the thinner / crispy pizza's. He has a different scale for those as he does for basic "football" pizza (his definition is pizza you eat every day - doughier version). That is the type of pizza we mostly see here in NY/NJ. You can pretty much rate his review before he even takes a bite.
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