THE FOOD
----------------…read more+ MEATBALLS - Order of 3 beef meatballs were fantastic. Soft and delicious. Tomato sauce was to die for - tangy and tasty.
+ PARMIGIANA WITH SPAGHETTI - A hugeeee piece of parm that was PERFECTLY baked with the same delicious marinara as the meatballs. Side of spaghetti (+$6) was EXCELLENNNT, cooked al dente and texture was great. All of it was so good.
+ BROOKLYN ROUND (WITH ADDED PEPPERONI) - Great, great, great, greaaaat pizza. Pretty much a Margherita pizza. It came out nice and toasty. Surprisingly, it wasn't super crispy and the dough was very thin, BUT it held together very well still. A little bit of flop on end of the pizza with it being so cheesy, however, it was delicious and flavor was really on point. Our only knock was that we could have used a lot more roni cups as it was only sparsely spread on it, while every photo of pepperoni on a pie that we saw online had the entire pie covered. Not sure if it was because we initially asked for half pepperoni, but then changed it to full pepperoni?
+ BOMBOLONES - Sooooooooo gooood. These airy and light Italian doughnuts were delicious. Loved that it didn't taste like your typical doughnut (a la Krispy Kreme or Dunkin) and it had a croissant-ish texture to it. Although it looked like a doughnut, once I bit into it, it sort of reminded me of the famed Dominique Ansel cronut. Only knock was that it could have used more filling inside. At $4.50 a pop, it's tempting to buy a dozen.
+ MENU - Had so many delicious-sounding pizzas (regular pies, grandma, specialty, Detroit-style), pastas, salads, shareable appetizers, entrees and sandwiches to choose from. In addition, their pastry section looked ridiculously good too. And, don't worry about them running out of any of the pastries or Bombolones because they still had plenty in the evening on a Saturday.
THE SERVICE
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+ No actual waiter service, just busboy service where they bring you your food and clean your table. Everything is pretty much self-service - get your own plates, utensils, which made it easier for us in a way where we didn't have to ask for things.
+ Request for a table at the counter, sit down and then go back up to order at the counter.
+ Order pick ups are in the back.
+ Order anything (pizzas, pastas, pastries) online for pickup at no additional upcharge.
THE SURROUNDINGS
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+ Decent-size restaurant with tables scattered at the front and toward the side closer to the back.
- No private parking lot, just street parking, like most businesses in the business district.
+ Street parking is relatively inexpensive at about $1 per hour only.
+ LOTS of restaurants in the surrounding Morristown business district.
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
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= Was very bussssssssy on an October Saturday evening, but turnover was pretty high since it was mostly self-service.
= Arrived at 5:30 PM and waited about 20 minutes for a table for 4.
= Lots and lots of customers came in to pick up multiple pies.
= Ordering at the counter seemed a bit inefficient as there is only 1 cashier, so she was handling takeout and dine-in orders, which seemed overwhelming. Every time the cashier left her post to tend to a matter, the line built up to 4-6 deep again, which doesn't seem like a lot of people, but it moved a tad slow.
CONCLUSION
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= Definitely one of the best pizzas that we've had in Northern NJ! As hyped up as it was (due to Nino Coniglio's accolades), the pizza was every bit as good as I expected it to be, BUT it'd be an injustice to just call them a pizza restaurant. DO NOT overlook the pastries for a second because they looked and tasted, especially the Bombolones, as good as anything we ate for dinner. We will definitely be back to try some of the other pies because every table seemed to have ordered a different pie and every single one looked soooooo good. Oh, and, of course, we'll be back to grab some of their other pastries too!