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IMHO, this is similar to people saying, You HAVE to take a trip to xxxxxxxxxx for their incredible hot dogs.
Really?
Hot dogs?
What could there possibly be about one shop's hot dogs--which are all purchased from one wholesale producer or another--that could be different enough for me to drive more than...maybe...5 miles?
Crazy right? Yet I do it. Grew up in NJ and the rest of the family is still there. When I visit I have to go to the WindMill and by a package of the hotdogs they sell ,I just can't get them anywhere in Maryland ,same with the pizza or a Sloppy Joe sandwich from the Millburn deli. So yup crazy people do crazy things.
+1
While pizza outside of the NYC/NJ/CT area tends to be very bad in general, the absolute worst pizza that I ever ate was in the town of Holland, Michigan. It was a heavy, wet mass of undercooked dough, covered with...God only knows what type of tasteless cheese, and it was so heavy that I had a hard time staying awake after eating it. I only ate it because I was very hungry, but at least that episode taught me to avoid pizza in the central part of The US.
I know a woman who grew up in Missouri before moving to NJ, and she described Missouri pizza as being like saltines covered with ketchup and Cheese Whiz. So, in addition to the left coast, I would also advise avoiding pizza anywhere in the middle of the country.
Sorry, I do not log in often enouph to be able to carry a conversation. I am sure this has to do with Italian Immigrants. Places where we have large enouph Italian communities would have good pizza.
note to self, add a stop in little Italy for some pizza to my to do list.
note to self, add a stop in little Italy for some pizza to my to do list.
You shouldn't wait too long, because every month a bit more of Little Italy is replaced by NYC's ever-growing Chinatown.
Then, when you add in the spread of upscale housing and stores in adjacent SoHo, Little Italy is only a tiny fraction of its old size.
You shouldn't wait too long, because every month a bit more of Little Italy is replaced by NYC's ever-growing Chinatown.
Then, when you add in the spread of upscale housing and stores in adjacent SoHo, Little Italy is only a tiny fraction of its old size.
I remember accidentally wondering into ChinaTown, got chased out by a mob of strange people screaming "buy fake rolex".
Lol. It's a nice suburb from what I understand. But I'm using it as an example because someone extolled a pizza place there. Why on earth would someone make a trip to just another suburban town with which they have no connection or is not near them just because they heard there was a good pizza place?
Minus the Jack, I've done that. My son said, "I've never been to White Castle" after watching Harold and Kumar. Get in the car. Really? Yes, really.
Years ago, my nephew lived with me for about 6 months while persuing jobs in DC. I started asking him if he wanted to go to Graceland. He never answered the question. If he'd said. "Sure, I want to go" I would have told him to get in the car.
Minus the Jack, I've done that. My son said, "I've never been to White Castle" after watching Harold and Kumar. Get in the car. Really? Yes, really.
Years ago, my nephew lived with me for about 6 months while persuing jobs in DC. I started asking him if he wanted to go to Graceland. He never answered the question. If he'd said. "Sure, I want to go" I would have told him to get in the car.
Sometimes you need a change of pace, scenery.
Haha, I would do it.for certain things, but maybe not just to Nutley for pizza. I do get quite a few changes of scenery on a regular basis. In the past six weeks, I've been to North Carolina and to Vermont. I woke up today in Albany, NY, had a cup of tea with my mother in NW Bergen County on the way home, and now I'm back in Monmouth County.
And of course, I travel to Brooklyn two or three times a week where there really IS a great pizza place. Gino's, on 13th Avenue in Boro Park, an Italian pizza place in the heart of the largest Orthodox community outside Israel. He sells regular round cheese pizza or Sicilian, by the slice. That's it. No toppings, no calzones, no nothing. Cheese pizza.
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