Most of the peeps that follow me on here know by now how obsessed I am with pizza ESPECIALLY good pizza! We should all only be obsessed with good pizza! Papa Johns and Domino's...NOT good pizza!
Always look for mom and pop places or ya know...places that ARE NOT NATIONAL CHAINS! Domino's literally tastes like ass. They haven't been good since 1992 lol. I'm that old. Papa Johns was good years and years ago when AND ONLY WHEN 1) you were broke and starving or 2) you were in a rush to get something for you and your low rent friends hahaha!
Johnny Bronx! (My dad was born and raised in the Bronx. The real NYC lol) I saw a story about this mook (lol) on the news after all the pandemic nonsense started. I have been DYING to try this place! Being from New York, i am forever on a quest for AMAZING pizza in BOISE. IDAHO.
I've come across a few good places.
First great place was the NY Giant Pizza (but their slices only! Regular pizzas have a totally different vibe to them)
Second place, Guidos on the Boise/Meridian border. Amazing pizza, but like I said in my review for them, there was something about that pizza that couldn't be mentioned in a review haha! Trust me on that.
And now! Third! Johnny Bronx!!!
Johnny's easily gets bumped to number 1! NY giant is second and Guidos is third.
To be honest too, I am not sure Johnny's will be bumped from the top spot.
The news thing I saw about them almost a year ago stated that the owner recently had moved here from NYC. That right there had my eyes open up wide haha!
Peeps from the city KNOW good pizza and KNOW how to make it! They also know how fn sacred pizza is to some of us! This guy also knew "Im moving to Idaho! I KNOW there ain't no good pizzas out there!" (That's literally what every NYer thinks when coming here lol
Actually, any NYer who leaves NY just knows they'll never have another pizza as great as ACTUAL NY pizza lol. They try places like Idaho Pizza or whatever that's called or Pie Hole and then they.....leave crying and cry harder when Idahoans ate like PIE HOLE IS THE BEST EVER!!! Get tf outta here with that nonsense hahahaha!
I'd almost say dominos is better but ugh I can't say that. Just can't.
Anyway, when I heard he moved here from the city I was so fn stoked to try this shit. Then I looked it up ... 25 mins from my house. A single tear rolled down my cheek knowing it would be awhile before I get to try it.
MONTHS LATER that tear dried up! Why? Because on rare occasion I was in that area. I rarely go to Meridian. Boise has everything I need EXCEPT JOHNNY BRONX!!! Dude, people live in Boise. In fact, the population in Boise is indeed greater than that of Meridians population! I get it, the rent is probably cheaper there. Lemme tell you tho, opening one in Boise would be genius! You'd make a killing! Why? Because you're pizza is FN AMAZING!!!!
So I was over in Meridian to pick up a Mr. Potato Head lol True story. Thanks cancel culture folks lol
So roommate was like...want a pizza? I'm like HELL YEAH! Lemme look at Yelp first Yelp one to pop up...Johnny Bronx.
I was BEYOND EXCITED TO FINALLY be getting this pizza I've waited almost a year to get. Sure I could have driven over before now, but I'm being 10000% honest here when I say this, I HATE HATE HATE the traffic in this city. Like it legit gives me a panic attack. I don't like to drive outside my bubble unless I have to.
Yes, NYC traffic is horrific, but this is Boise! It's not supposed to be bad.
Ok, before I run out of room. I rambled extra extra today lol.
The drive is absolutely worth it. This pizza is GREAT and then some! It says it's authentic NY pizza and even tho they don't use NY water (yeah apparently that's a biggie lol) it's still HANDS DOWN the BEST pizza Boise/Meridian has to offer us. If you've been, you know. However if you've never had NY pizza, then you just know Johnny's is great and trust me when I say this, it's the closest you'll ever get to NYC pizza especially for y'all who live in a bubble and refuse to travel lol
The pizza, cheese was $16 plus tax. Little higher than I thought but it's worth it.
The staff is SUPER friendly. All Idahoans lol. You can tell. I would have loved to meet the actual owner, but nah didn't happen. Maybe in the future because I'll definitely return but again ... BOISE NEEDS A JOHNNY BRONX!
Seriously you will NOT be disappointed! Cheese is amazing, sauce .. perfect and of course the one thing most care about ..: how's the crust? I sent a pic to my brother in NY of the pizza and right away "the crust looks good af!" Haha! And it is! So damn good!
Go to Johnny Bronx! Let's make sure they get the service the deserve and then some! We need them to always be here and hopefully one in Boise one day!
Thanks Yelpereeetites! I'm sure I'm out of room! Thanks for reading and ENJOY TF out of Johnny Bronx! I know you will! Thanks for bringing great pizza to the Treasure Valley!
Cheers!!!
I did run out of room and had to cut out a lot lol read more