Here to visit George R.R. Martin's stomping grounds? You know, the author of Game of Thrones? George never had pizza this good, especially when he lived in the projects here in Bayonne.
Hands down, the best Pizza in Bayonne/Jersey City. I've tried them all, Naples, Big Apple Pizza, a decade ago, Mona Lisa, Starting Point, Joe's, Pizza Masters, Denapoli's, San Vito's, Pompei, 3 Bros, Mama Rosa's, ALL of them, not to mention all of the surrounding areas. This pizza belongs on Broadway.
My son and I took a drive down 1st street after taking the kids to the park behind the Little League field. We noticed that a new pizzeria, again, changed hands in this cursed location, but since it's new and the fact we are pizza fiends, we had to try it out. The expectations were low because there has never been a good pizzeria in that location for the time I've lived in and around Bayonne for 20 years. Walked in and ordered 2 slices, on plates, unseen. After ordering, I looked at the slices in the window and immediately mentioned to my son, "These look like Staten Island slices" Got the reheated slices and stepped outside. The CRUNCH factor was immediate. It only confirmed my suspicion that this was no Jersey pizza. I love Jersey pizza, especially Trenton Tomato Pies, but this was clearly the pizza I paid $$$ every month to cross into Staten Island to taste. As soon as we finished our slices, I had to talk to the Pizzaiolo. I asked him where he baked pies before he opened up this shop and he said that he worked at a pizzeria (WELL KNOWN/REGARDED) in Staten Island. *MIND BLOWN* The mere fact that my intuition and guess became true in front of my son (as he looks in amazement at me when the pizzaiolo confirmed he learned how to make pizza in Staten Island) made me look like a pizza superhero. The place he worked at was a place I had been numerous times. His pie didn't taste like the place he worked at, but better. And just like the pizza he crafted in Bayonne, I knew it was a Staten Island style, which is better than most pies in all the boroughs of New York, especially Brooklyn, where Staten Island inherited their Italian pizza shop styles through their southward migration.
I ordered 2 slices on Monday, came back Thursday and ordered a pie. Finished it where we parked and ordered another pie 5 minutes later. It's THAT good.
The owners are the nicest people you could meet and deal with. The prices reflect NJ prices for NYC quality pizza. Bayonne, you are lucky to have this in your backyard. You don't even know how good you have it. If you don't take advantage of this, it's all MINE.
Oh, I forgot to describe the pizza. The pizza is super thin, crunchy, crispy crust like the name says. Tangy/sweet sauce, and gooey cheese. read more