Villa Pizza (Middletown) Still searching for pizzeria food that is better than just average, we landed on Villa in Middletown. This being different from the copious amounts of Villas in the area. Last year they celebrated their 30th anniversary. The inside bears some remnants of the times. The menu board is vintage. There is an…
Tag: Pizza
Photo of the Day: December 19, 2018
One of the best pizzas I’ve ever made: grilled chicken, red onion, barbecue sauce, and Monterrey Jack cheese.
Photo of the Day: November 20, 2018
Homemade pizza. I gave up on this a while ago, because my pizzas always came out looking like footballs and having the consistency of a cardboard box. Maybe it was the different treatment of the dough tonight, but the pizza actually came out like pizza. One with half mushroom, half meatball, and the other a…
Takeout Joints Vol. 7: Pizza/Italian Part 4
Salerno’s Pizza (Hazlet) Nothing outstanding here, but in a sea of mediocrity they do stand out a cut above. Their buffalo chicken pan pizza was absolutely perfect. Too much chicken for its own good, but did not fall apart. The crust off their pan pizza is good enough to eat on its own as breadsticks….
Photo of the Day: August 21, 2018
A Buffalo Chicken pan pizza from Salerno’s in Hazlet. That thing is just glorious.
Photo of the Day: July 30, 2018
That’s a masterpiece right there.
Photo of the Day: June 25, 2018
I’ve yet to review Gianni’s Italian Specialty Foods in Atlantic Highlands, but they make an excellent baked ziti slice.
Restaurant Review: Chilangos (Highlands, NJ)
For years I had heard from people, “Chilangos is the best Mexican food in Highlands”. Well, they are right, but with a caveat: they are the only Mexican restaurant in Highlands. Actually, in the entire surrounding area. You would have to venture into Red Bank or Keyport for true Mexican food above the “fish tacos”…
Photo of the Day: June 7, 2018
And speaking of Brothers’ Pizza, here are two personal pies. Mine was a white with onion and garlic (no ricotta). Meanwhile my friend got the works on his. This place probably has the largest and most cheese-packed personal pizzas around. Appetizer or not, have never been able to finish in one sitting.
Photo of the Day: May 8, 2018
Artichoke Francaise. Gotta hand it to Brothers’ Pizza for yet another outstanding appetizer. Remember those stuffed mushrooms?
Photo of the Day: April 17, 2018
When you can never get your homemade pizza to come out round, so you make them rectangle and call them flatbread to spare the hit to your ego.
Restaurant Review: MJ’s Restaurant (Middletown)
What we ordered could not have been anymore American: a pizza, a burger, wings, and beer. Somehow, MJ’s has eluded me in the 23 years or so that I have lived in this area. I was riding around with my friend Jason. We were originally going to head into Red Bank, but were pressed for…
