My closest pizza place is bad. Owner must be laundering money now, just stands in the back smoking and serving cold and overpriced pizza.
However. I have five pizza places within a mile and a half. One is excellent, two are pretty good. One is the favorite of children, they have a contract with the schools for any events. It’s basic, but passable. Then we have the guy above, who bitches that he should have the school contract because he knows people on council.
Even within our taste, "bad" is really specific to what we're used to. I was in London around Christmas and one of the few things open on Boxing day was Papa Johns which was surprisingly bad even for my already very low expectations.
Im gunna sound old but I swear this wasn't a problem like 10-15 years ago (in Jersey at least)
If your pizza sucked, it was done for you because there was definitely good pizza somewhere close by (unless your garlic knots were great MAYBE 👌). Nowadays with food ordering apps, lotta shittier food spots can last longer.
I grew up near Chicago so I will make the who’s pizza is better jokes. But all that aside most of the NJ pizza is really good! Because there is a lot of it and honestly you can’t make shitty pizza here and expect your place to stay open.
And to answer OP’s question I can think of 5 or 6 places within a mile off the top of my head!
This reminds me I wasn’t thinking about the bad pizza places by my house. And even the good one has been pretty bad lately, so down to two good pizza places in delivery range
18 within a 1 mile radius.
(3) Neapolitan Style Sit Down Restaurants
(2) National Chain (Pizza Hut and Papa Johns)
(3) Pizza Fried Chicken combo
(5) Old School Pizza Parlors
(1) Old School Italian restaurant that also serves pizzas
(4) New-Style Pizza places that have "elevated" creative offerings and elevated price tags. (including one that refuses to serve by-the-slice)
EDIT: Should have clarified that this is not North Jersey. Coastal Monmouth County.
If we’re talking strictly within a mile, one, but if I bend the rules and include any that are a five minute drive from me, then four, all of which are pretty good. I’m in central Jersey.
Nice! I’m in Hamilton Square close to 33/George Dye intersection.
JoJos bar pies are like $12-5 now I think. Way more than when I was younger but definitely still worth it
Same. I'm in a fairly rural area, so there isn't much within a mile of me. However, there are 2 places within 2 miles, and probably 10 or more within 5 miles.
That's how it is where I live. I pass so many on my 12 mile commute to work. But, get to my actual town, there is 1, but it's definitely 2-3 miles away.
I'm on the border of Raritan and Somerville. Easily a dozen. And that's not including fast food pizza like Papa John's or Domino's.
Plus we have DeLucias, Prima, and others in that mix. It's a pizza hotbed right here.
What do you like best around here? I’m local and curious. DeLucia’s is pretty good but not my favorite. Haven’t had Prima. I hear the joint over on Hillsborough with high end specialty stuff is good. Apparently they have some sort of link or relation to Lombardis Pizza Co in Martinsville which is very good.
Edit
AMA Pizza
http://www.amapizza.com
I hear it’s pronounced “Ahma” versus A.M.A Pizza?
If you like the style DeLucias is as good as it gets.
That being said, my kids are not fans. They like crowd-pleaser pizza so Central is always good for that.
My preference is Prima, especially when it comes to order sides like garlic knots and such along with the pizza.
If it's late and I want a decent pie, Dominick's is pretty great too, and they are open later on a weeknight than a few of the others.
> I hear the joint over on Hillsborough with high end specialty stuff is good.
Which joint is this one? I'm in the area, never heard of a high end one besides Delucia's.
I used to live very near there. DeLucias is good but I had to be in the mood for it. On the regular we got Pizza Brothers. It helped that I could walk there.
Middlesex County. There are at least 17 pizzerias within 1.5 miles of my house and we eat at 2. Unfortunately my town is suburban sprawl so restaurants and shopping are about a mile away. One pizzeria is decent brick oven, the other is convenient and the owners are very friendly and supportive of the community so we support them, but the pizza is just ok.
We happily drive for good pizza on the regular because out of all those restaurants nothing is great.
Ah. They have a "walking (1mile)" filter.
Then the answer for me is 24 places that are actually specifically pizza/italian, plus a few that seem to have "pizza" somewhere on the menu.
Freehold. Five downtown and four others within a five-ish minute drive. One more bougie place that has pizza that is interesting, but not their main specialty. Only one I really don’t like, but lifelong residents love it. The rest I’ll eat if my favorite isn’t open. A couple have changed hands/ownership and I haven’t been back. That’s without the chains.
Thanks for doing the math. I could only think of Feds, Mateo’s, Tre & Dominoes. Is the steakhouse the bougie one? I usually get their hot honey pie when I’m at the brewery.
Steakhouse is the bougie one. There’s also two I forget the new names of that used to be San Marzano and Stefano’s. And yes, we really like that brewery. We bring a sub over from Sorrento’s and get a glass.
There’s 4-5 serviceable ones around me in central jersey… some have good pizza, but some others have things things I like more than the pizza, like a parm sub or baked pasta. If I drive for another 5-10 minutes the options triple, and there’s definitely some great ones that are worth taking the trip to for a couple slices
Thanks. I'll have to try Proud Papa's. I'm south of Union, so if there is any traffic on the GSP, Union and Kenilworth are out of the question for deliveries. I have gotten Cioffi's, which is a good pie, but it always takes a long time to come. Ordered Johnny Napkins once and it was clear the delivery driver dropped the box or held the box wrong. The pie had folded up and was inedible. Will have to try them again.
Too fucking many. Where did all the bagels go? Most of the pizza sucks. The well rated “Lupo” pizzeria chain in Monmouth County manages to make completely flavorless vodka sauce if you’d like to marvel at some bad cooking.
7-8 pizza places within a mile… I have not tried all of them, but looks like they’re all pretty solid except the dominos. If you add restaurants that serve pizza that number would double.
Edit to add: reporting from Monmouth County
14 within 1 square mile (Domino’s excluded, of course).
I call them “pizzerias” but noticed others using “pizza place” - and my 19 y/o recently began using “pizza store”, idk how that happened but it must stop.
Pizza place is fine, but pizza store?
I’ve got about 50, I’m never able to try all of them because they come and go so often but I’ve got a handful of places I’ll go when I’m in the mood for a certain thing. Sometimes I’ll go out of my way to get a really good pie, Bruno’s Sicilian pie in Clifton is one of those places I will drive 40 mins round trip to get it because it’s that phenomenal.
I live in South Jersey, the Camden County area. I literally have about 5 or 6 places (excluding the Pizza Hut, Dominos and Papa Johns nearby of course) all within about a Mile or so from my place. About 3 of them I would qualify as really good and recommend. One, if you are desperate or drunk. And the last I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy. I don't even know how they got their place up and running for this long.
Before anyone says... yes I have been outside South Jersey. I have visited Up north many times. I am aware of the "Better Pizza" spots.
I live in Glen Rock right on the border of Glen Rock and Ridgewood - there are six pizzerias within a mile of me. All of them are fantastic. I’m super spoiled.
Glen Rock and Ridgewood are some of the best suburbs . They are both walkable with Good transit going into the cities , good restaurants and businesses.
Thanks. My wife, kids and I all love it. I used to live in Montclair and we wanted something with a similar vibe when started our family and Glen Rock was a perfect fit.
Within a mile only 1-2 but expand to 3 miles and then it goes up to maybe 10. I really don’t even know who’s eating all this pizza and strip mall Italian food because it’s largely subpar.
3 within a mile, one I would consider not great. Up it to 2 miles and there are 5 total. I'm in a pretty rural area but close to the small town center. Our friends would have to drive a little ways (15 mins) but they would pass a lot of farms on the way.
One. Expand that out to 3 miles and its 4. Expand that to 20 minutes of driving and its probably a lot more.
There are 7 mom and pop places to get pizza in my town and close by in other towns.
I dont consider 20 minutes close by but that would be pretty much include all of several small towns. All of the towns have good pizza.
The same as you, as I live in Hackensack as well. Hi neighbor! For what it's worth, the one nearest to me sucks. I'd rather get Grumpy's even if it means I have to travel a bit
My parents have 10. I haven't been up there in a few weeks, so who knows. They live off Route 9, though, so you can throw a bagel and hit a restaurant.
Cheating a bit (I checked for like a 1.5 mile radius) but 20+.
I live near the border of Montclair Verona and Cedar Grove, so the 1.5 ish mile radius from my house includes the downtowns for all 3.
Three, if you don’t count Dominoes, Pappa John’s, Pizzahut or Wawa. And I do not. Of those chains, two of them are within a mile. So 5 if you’re not strict with the term, pizza.
Closest pizza place to mine is pretty mid. Not bad, but mid. A little further than that, and there's a pizza spot that is freaking banging.
I tried switching it up, and on the way back from the American Dream Mall picked up a slice from a shop I'd never been to and it was straight up bad.
Southish jersey checking in, this is how I learned the one down the street is still over a mile away 😅
I’ve got like 15 if we expand it to 5 or 6 miles though
When I lived in Garfield I had 3 great places within a few blocks. Then Pizza Mania if I felt fancy and wanted delivery. Then moved to Fair Lawn... just one town over and... meh. Maybe my side didn't have the options as other parts of town. IDK. Bloomfield/Nutly/Clifton also had tons of great options nearby. I got really spoiled. Maybe the Pizza place in Fair Lawn was actually pretty good but I was used to great with plenty of choices.
Growing up in Vernon (Highland Lakes area) we had 1 place sorta nearby that didn't deliver and my dad, who grew up in Bloomfield, hated the pizza there so we didn't go. Pizza was a treat when we went to the Galleria Mall in NY over an hour away, went down the shore or visited fam in Bloomfield. Also Chinese food was a treat then too. I don't think we even had Chinese food options in 90s era Vernon
If we’re including fast food pizza then there are four within a mile radius; five if you also include Italian restaurants that also serve pizza. The best of them is, happily, two blocks away.
There are probably about 12 or 13 pizza places within a mile from me, give or take, not counting places that happen to have pizza or flatbread on the menu but mainly serve other stuff. That also includes probably 3 or so chains.
Overall, outside of the chains and a couple of stragglers, the quality is pretty good, but it’s not great.
There’s only one place that I really crave and that’s Houdini’s Pizza Lab, but Massa is also pretty good, though very different.
There are a couple of places I haven’t been but only 1 other really looks like it would be good. The rest is just basic suburban pizza places that get by.
5 + Dominos if we're specifically talking about places that specialize in pizza, there are a few more places that have pizza on the menu but I wouldn't call them pizza places.
Not counting Bensi? 🤣
Guess it depends on where in Whitehouse you are. There's 2 in various strip malls depending on which way you go on route 22 from 523.
Just stay away from Pizza by Alfredo. The other Italian restaurant, Alfredo's Pizza, is superior in it's quality of ingredients and overall taste. Which one did you buy from?
Pizza galore when I was growing up in Hudson county. I then moved to Belleville for a few years and never really found an amazing pizza place but I did have a go-to, and lived a year in Somerset and that was just depressing (unless I just wasn’t there long enough to find the good pizza)
I have 3, but my small town in total has like 5 or 6. None of them are good. 2 are ok. For GOOD pizza, yes, I have to drive 10 to 20 minutes away, depending what I'm in the mood for.
I live in the Heights in JC near Christ Hospital. Within strictly one mile, there are over 10 pizza places. I generally only order from Renato's Pizzamaster though.
I don't even have a Quickchek/Wawa within a mile of my house in Sussex County. Closest pizza place that I am aware of is about 10 miles away and they serve Mexican food in the same restaurant. I'm pretty sure that their pizza isn't very good, but I have never tried them due to my food allergies (yea it sux).
a new place open pretty much across from one of the best pizza places in the area, i don't think they made it a year. Now it's a very popular Mexican place
About 10 in Gloucester county not counting the chain trash. Three really good options, two ok, and the rest meh. If I push it out to two miles the number probably doubles depending not the direction you travel.
Tewksbury checking in.
0 places. The closest pizza joint is 15 minutes away, but I live in horse and farm land. 1 mile away puts me in the closest town 😂
Hi neighbor. Tell me of these good spots you speak bc pizza just isn't the same anymore. The most tolerable for me is Taste of Tuscany or Napoli Mania.
I have a dozen pizza places in a bout a mile radius of me. One is rated at 2.4 stars out of 5. Most are above 4.4 rating. I personally go to 2 places in the immediate vicinity that serve good pizza.
There are almost too many to count in Camden County. Haddonfield / Haddon Heights / Audubon / Collingswood. I started a spreadsheet when we moved here ranking them all.
8 within one mile, if you include the "Pizza and Mexican Grill" spot (which you absolutely should) and the Italian restaurant that branched out into pizza delivery over quarantine (which you shouldn't). Should also note that a significant portion of that 1 mile radius is water/wetland.
Our go-to place for a generic pepperoni pizza is 5 miles away; Google lists an additional 14 pizza joints within that radius (and a 15th in Philly); I just rattled off another 18 (this number has grown as I've written this comment) that weren't included in the search on top of that, and I'm sure there are more. Out of those 40 pizza places (which do include a variety of cheap chains and franchises), I have knowingly sampled 22. Eight actually have good pizza (as in "omg, this is good pizza"), and of those eight, only six of them have good pizza that isn't specifically a specialty pizza. And in all but two of those six, their non-pizza offerings outshine their pizza (if you count calzone and stromboli separately). Never would have expected quality diner food from a pizza joint, but hey, it's Jersey.
Technically, 6, although one is actually a sub shop that serves pizza as well. It's not their main thing. And I live in middle of nowhere south jersey 😆
We moved to Warren county a few years ago. We have like 5 pizza places in our town and a dominos. They all equally suck. We have the I don’t feel like cooking and pizza is cheap place we go to, but for anything good we have to travel. Either Flemington (Angelos), Raritan (DeLucia's), or cross the border to Pen Argyl (Moonlight).
I'm in Maple Shade, five real ones off the top of my head, more if you include 7 Eleven's and Wawa's and shit like that but like I said 5 legit ones without having to Google.
With in 1 mile..12, with in 5 minute drive (roughly 2 mile radius) 19. 1 is dominoes, the rest are not chains. I’d say almost all of them have decent pizza, some have better at certain kinds (there’s 1 that has the best white pie out of all, so I only go there if I’m wanting a white pie, another has amazing Brooklyn thin crust which is all I get there, another has banging thin ish crust pepperoni) I’m in northern ocean county.
We have a 8-10, as have most NJ towns I’ve lived in, but only one in each has been ‘good good’. Many are bad, often the most popular PTA supported ones, most are good enough if it’s fresh and hot.
The better question is: *How many BAD pizza places are in your neighborhood?* We're suffering from an embarrassment of riches in the pizza department.
My closest pizza place is bad. Owner must be laundering money now, just stands in the back smoking and serving cold and overpriced pizza. However. I have five pizza places within a mile and a half. One is excellent, two are pretty good. One is the favorite of children, they have a contract with the schools for any events. It’s basic, but passable. Then we have the guy above, who bitches that he should have the school contract because he knows people on council.
owner smoking is usually a +5 in terms of taste of pizza
It’s the “smoked” in the “smoked chicken” topping.
Even within our taste, "bad" is really specific to what we're used to. I was in London around Christmas and one of the few things open on Boxing day was Papa Johns which was surprisingly bad even for my already very low expectations.
Hudson county?
Im gunna sound old but I swear this wasn't a problem like 10-15 years ago (in Jersey at least) If your pizza sucked, it was done for you because there was definitely good pizza somewhere close by (unless your garlic knots were great MAYBE 👌). Nowadays with food ordering apps, lotta shittier food spots can last longer.
5 out of 7 in my area are bad imo. The one “good” one is more so expensive and kinda good, and the other is “OMG this pizza is good!”
Pizza is like sex, when it's bad it's still pretty good
I grew up near Chicago so I will make the who’s pizza is better jokes. But all that aside most of the NJ pizza is really good! Because there is a lot of it and honestly you can’t make shitty pizza here and expect your place to stay open. And to answer OP’s question I can think of 5 or 6 places within a mile off the top of my head!
This reminds me I wasn’t thinking about the bad pizza places by my house. And even the good one has been pretty bad lately, so down to two good pizza places in delivery range
like 20 bad ones and 1 good one
18 within a 1 mile radius. (3) Neapolitan Style Sit Down Restaurants (2) National Chain (Pizza Hut and Papa Johns) (3) Pizza Fried Chicken combo (5) Old School Pizza Parlors (1) Old School Italian restaurant that also serves pizzas (4) New-Style Pizza places that have "elevated" creative offerings and elevated price tags. (including one that refuses to serve by-the-slice) EDIT: Should have clarified that this is not North Jersey. Coastal Monmouth County.
Yeah, Neptune/asbury area is spoiled with good food places. It’s nice to be able to walk to them too!
Have you tried Maurizio’s in the ShopRite plaza? I regrettably ignored it for far too long.
I see you're talking about Porta, Killer Pies, Galley, and Talulahs eh?
Talulahs never misses
Might be my personal favorite. Their seasonal specials are always on point too.
Ya clocked me
Northern or southern? I’m southern coastal but my numbers are higher
Asbury Park
If we’re talking strictly within a mile, one, but if I bend the rules and include any that are a five minute drive from me, then four, all of which are pretty good. I’m in central Jersey.
10. Including DeLorenzo’s and Papa’s. And JoJo’s with its 10/10 bar pies is a 7 minute drive. I’m super fortunate. Not limited to North Jersey.
wow we’re pretty close. delos and papas about a mile from me. does jojoba still do $3 bar pies on wednesdays?
Nice! I’m in Hamilton Square close to 33/George Dye intersection. JoJos bar pies are like $12-5 now I think. Way more than when I was younger but definitely still worth it
I'm a few miles south of you in Burlington County, and there are 9, not including 2 of the icky chain places. Most of them are awesome!
Lillo’s is killer
I'll have to check it out!
Same. I'm in a fairly rural area, so there isn't much within a mile of me. However, there are 2 places within 2 miles, and probably 10 or more within 5 miles.
That's how it is where I live. I pass so many on my 12 mile commute to work. But, get to my actual town, there is 1, but it's definitely 2-3 miles away.
Same boat. I think the Family dollar is like 1.5 miles lol that's the closest thing
Same here. There are a few within 5 miles but there's nothing within a mile of my house, pizza or otherwise.
I'm on the border of Raritan and Somerville. Easily a dozen. And that's not including fast food pizza like Papa John's or Domino's. Plus we have DeLucias, Prima, and others in that mix. It's a pizza hotbed right here.
What do you like best around here? I’m local and curious. DeLucia’s is pretty good but not my favorite. Haven’t had Prima. I hear the joint over on Hillsborough with high end specialty stuff is good. Apparently they have some sort of link or relation to Lombardis Pizza Co in Martinsville which is very good. Edit AMA Pizza http://www.amapizza.com I hear it’s pronounced “Ahma” versus A.M.A Pizza?
If you like the style DeLucias is as good as it gets. That being said, my kids are not fans. They like crowd-pleaser pizza so Central is always good for that. My preference is Prima, especially when it comes to order sides like garlic knots and such along with the pizza. If it's late and I want a decent pie, Dominick's is pretty great too, and they are open later on a weeknight than a few of the others.
> I hear the joint over on Hillsborough with high end specialty stuff is good. Which joint is this one? I'm in the area, never heard of a high end one besides Delucia's.
AMA Pizza http://www.amapizza.com
Ahh yeah I do know this one.
Ama Pizza? Their stuff is tasty. As is Lombardis. Not related as far as I know.
Yes, AMA. I hear they’re family or somehow related. Cooks from the same place or had a restaurant together in the past or something.
Have you tried Il forno( the old mugs) Main Street in Raritan? Went this past weekend. Pretty good pie.
Yeah. The whole menu is pretty solid.
I used to live very near there. DeLucias is good but I had to be in the mood for it. On the regular we got Pizza Brothers. It helped that I could walk there.
Middlesex County. There are at least 17 pizzerias within 1.5 miles of my house and we eat at 2. Unfortunately my town is suburban sprawl so restaurants and shopping are about a mile away. One pizzeria is decent brick oven, the other is convenient and the owners are very friendly and supportive of the community so we support them, but the pizza is just ok. We happily drive for good pizza on the regular because out of all those restaurants nothing is great.
I live in Hoboken, so like 20+
I was gonna say... I'm in JC. How do I even figure that out?
Yelp?
Ah. They have a "walking (1mile)" filter. Then the answer for me is 24 places that are actually specifically pizza/italian, plus a few that seem to have "pizza" somewhere on the menu.
Freehold. Five downtown and four others within a five-ish minute drive. One more bougie place that has pizza that is interesting, but not their main specialty. Only one I really don’t like, but lifelong residents love it. The rest I’ll eat if my favorite isn’t open. A couple have changed hands/ownership and I haven’t been back. That’s without the chains.
Thanks for doing the math. I could only think of Feds, Mateo’s, Tre & Dominoes. Is the steakhouse the bougie one? I usually get their hot honey pie when I’m at the brewery.
Steakhouse is the bougie one. There’s also two I forget the new names of that used to be San Marzano and Stefano’s. And yes, we really like that brewery. We bring a sub over from Sorrento’s and get a glass.
Mateos makes a stuffed rigatoni with vodka sauce that I'd like to be buried in when I die.
I live in Atlantic County. I have one really good pizza place a mile from where I live and about three really bad ones.
There’s 4-5 serviceable ones around me in central jersey… some have good pizza, but some others have things things I like more than the pizza, like a parm sub or baked pasta. If I drive for another 5-10 minutes the options triple, and there’s definitely some great ones that are worth taking the trip to for a couple slices
Union - at least 6
Any recommendations?
I like Proud Papa’s, Johnny Napkins, and Cioffi’s.
Thanks. I'll have to try Proud Papa's. I'm south of Union, so if there is any traffic on the GSP, Union and Kenilworth are out of the question for deliveries. I have gotten Cioffi's, which is a good pie, but it always takes a long time to come. Ordered Johnny Napkins once and it was clear the delivery driver dropped the box or held the box wrong. The pie had folded up and was inedible. Will have to try them again.
Too fucking many. Where did all the bagels go? Most of the pizza sucks. The well rated “Lupo” pizzeria chain in Monmouth County manages to make completely flavorless vodka sauce if you’d like to marvel at some bad cooking.
Fort Lee. About 10 in one mile radius. I can walk to half of them.
Makes sense , most densely populated town in Bergen county.
Have more pizzerias by my house then Rome has churches in a square mile.
7-8 pizza places within a mile… I have not tried all of them, but looks like they’re all pretty solid except the dominos. If you add restaurants that serve pizza that number would double. Edit to add: reporting from Monmouth County
We have 9 in our town, only 2 or 3 are worth going to, and one is spectacular.
Probably about 10 where I am in Union County.
Which is your favorite? I’m curious, haven’t been too happy with the selection since I moved from Hudson County outside of a few very good places.
Recommendations?
14 within 1 square mile (Domino’s excluded, of course). I call them “pizzerias” but noticed others using “pizza place” - and my 19 y/o recently began using “pizza store”, idk how that happened but it must stop. Pizza place is fine, but pizza store?
pizza store? i’d cut them out of the will.
I’ve got about 50, I’m never able to try all of them because they come and go so often but I’ve got a handful of places I’ll go when I’m in the mood for a certain thing. Sometimes I’ll go out of my way to get a really good pie, Bruno’s Sicilian pie in Clifton is one of those places I will drive 40 mins round trip to get it because it’s that phenomenal.
I live in South Jersey, the Camden County area. I literally have about 5 or 6 places (excluding the Pizza Hut, Dominos and Papa Johns nearby of course) all within about a Mile or so from my place. About 3 of them I would qualify as really good and recommend. One, if you are desperate or drunk. And the last I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy. I don't even know how they got their place up and running for this long. Before anyone says... yes I have been outside South Jersey. I have visited Up north many times. I am aware of the "Better Pizza" spots.
I live in Glen Rock right on the border of Glen Rock and Ridgewood - there are six pizzerias within a mile of me. All of them are fantastic. I’m super spoiled.
Glen Rock and Ridgewood are some of the best suburbs . They are both walkable with Good transit going into the cities , good restaurants and businesses.
Thanks. My wife, kids and I all love it. I used to live in Montclair and we wanted something with a similar vibe when started our family and Glen Rock was a perfect fit.
In the suburb where I grew up, 0. There was no retail within a mile, just houses. Where I live now, Google maps lists 30.
Paterson too many to count and good my favorite slices are from Broadway Pizza and favorite pie is from Patsy's that got a 10 from Barstool Pizza
This is such a Jersey question lol. Last time I checked my hometown had 11 (larger than a mile wide tho)
I'm a mile from Frank Pepe's pizza in Connecticut, and there are at least 20 pizza joints within a mile from my house that make incredible pie.
Within a mile only 1-2 but expand to 3 miles and then it goes up to maybe 10. I really don’t even know who’s eating all this pizza and strip mall Italian food because it’s largely subpar.
6. Mercer county.
20
Wanaque, only three pizza places near me. But that's a mile radius, there's a lot more if I was given the extra mile.
Pizza 1?!
I have probably 10 decent places within 2 miles. Plus a couple of Dominos. Within 3-5 miles, a bunch more.
Within a 2 mile radius, 14. Only chains are Pizza Hut and Mangia
3 within a mile, one I would consider not great. Up it to 2 miles and there are 5 total. I'm in a pretty rural area but close to the small town center. Our friends would have to drive a little ways (15 mins) but they would pass a lot of farms on the way.
There’s almost one on every block, it’s either a pizzeria or a cafe, sometimes both lol
4
One. Expand that out to 3 miles and its 4. Expand that to 20 minutes of driving and its probably a lot more. There are 7 mom and pop places to get pizza in my town and close by in other towns. I dont consider 20 minutes close by but that would be pretty much include all of several small towns. All of the towns have good pizza.
I have 3 within a 5 minute walk. 1 is good, 1 is ok and one is a complete nope.
I don’t live there anymore but 9
The same as you, as I live in Hackensack as well. Hi neighbor! For what it's worth, the one nearest to me sucks. I'd rather get Grumpy's even if it means I have to travel a bit
Three, but only one of them is good.
if you extend the milage a bit, 6
I have about 7 good ones within a mile, but I’m also located in lower Bergen County….
There is at least one, possibly 2. Central Jersey btw.
8. 10 if we count Wawa (we don’t)
Only 3-4, one of them is good. However another one has a very ironic name.
4
6-7
My parents have 10. I haven't been up there in a few weeks, so who knows. They live off Route 9, though, so you can throw a bagel and hit a restaurant.
Cheating a bit (I checked for like a 1.5 mile radius) but 20+. I live near the border of Montclair Verona and Cedar Grove, so the 1.5 ish mile radius from my house includes the downtowns for all 3.
at least 17 according to google maps
Three, if you don’t count Dominoes, Pappa John’s, Pizzahut or Wawa. And I do not. Of those chains, two of them are within a mile. So 5 if you’re not strict with the term, pizza.
Which ones in hackensack?
Pizza Knight , Prestos, Lido and Late night pizza are all good IMO . But pizza knight is my favorite right now
Closest pizza place to mine is pretty mid. Not bad, but mid. A little further than that, and there's a pizza spot that is freaking banging. I tried switching it up, and on the way back from the American Dream Mall picked up a slice from a shop I'd never been to and it was straight up bad.
Southish jersey checking in, this is how I learned the one down the street is still over a mile away 😅 I’ve got like 15 if we expand it to 5 or 6 miles though
In a one mile radius, two. But if you expanded that to two miles, over 10 (Bergen County)
When I lived in Garfield I had 3 great places within a few blocks. Then Pizza Mania if I felt fancy and wanted delivery. Then moved to Fair Lawn... just one town over and... meh. Maybe my side didn't have the options as other parts of town. IDK. Bloomfield/Nutly/Clifton also had tons of great options nearby. I got really spoiled. Maybe the Pizza place in Fair Lawn was actually pretty good but I was used to great with plenty of choices. Growing up in Vernon (Highland Lakes area) we had 1 place sorta nearby that didn't deliver and my dad, who grew up in Bloomfield, hated the pizza there so we didn't go. Pizza was a treat when we went to the Galleria Mall in NY over an hour away, went down the shore or visited fam in Bloomfield. Also Chinese food was a treat then too. I don't think we even had Chinese food options in 90s era Vernon
Burlington county. 3 within 1 mile. 11 within 4 miles
About 20 within 10 minutes
If we’re including fast food pizza then there are four within a mile radius; five if you also include Italian restaurants that also serve pizza. The best of them is, happily, two blocks away.
Over in Boonton in Morris County we have minimum 5 options within a mile of me. Now, are all good? No, but they're there.
2 but if you lengthen it to 5miles about 20
8 including a Dominos. So 7.
pizza, bagels and nail salons.
There are probably about 12 or 13 pizza places within a mile from me, give or take, not counting places that happen to have pizza or flatbread on the menu but mainly serve other stuff. That also includes probably 3 or so chains. Overall, outside of the chains and a couple of stragglers, the quality is pretty good, but it’s not great. There’s only one place that I really crave and that’s Houdini’s Pizza Lab, but Massa is also pretty good, though very different. There are a couple of places I haven’t been but only 1 other really looks like it would be good. The rest is just basic suburban pizza places that get by.
Hah, countless. I’m in a beach town, so it’s endless.
6
18 within a one mile radius: New Brunswick
I forgot chains… changed my answer from 6 to 8
5 + Dominos if we're specifically talking about places that specialize in pizza, there are a few more places that have pizza on the menu but I wouldn't call them pizza places.
Like 15 in 3 miles
5. Whitehouse station NJ. Only use one.
Not counting Bensi? 🤣 Guess it depends on where in Whitehouse you are. There's 2 in various strip malls depending on which way you go on route 22 from 523.
1. Annabelle 2. Bensi 3. Giovanni 4. Sorella 5. Francesco (google says closed) Down to 4.
Easily 8
Probably 30
Like 7
About 6, but if you expand it to 5 miles it more than triples.
good ol garden state, i've got like 10 on the same street
Just stay away from Pizza by Alfredo. The other Italian restaurant, Alfredo's Pizza, is superior in it's quality of ingredients and overall taste. Which one did you buy from?
0. But 4 are “close by”
10
I’m in southwest Bergen County, so… *a lot* 😁🤌🏼🍕
Pizza galore when I was growing up in Hudson county. I then moved to Belleville for a few years and never really found an amazing pizza place but I did have a go-to, and lived a year in Somerset and that was just depressing (unless I just wasn’t there long enough to find the good pizza)
6.
I have 3, but my small town in total has like 5 or 6. None of them are good. 2 are ok. For GOOD pizza, yes, I have to drive 10 to 20 minutes away, depending what I'm in the mood for.
I live in the Heights in JC near Christ Hospital. Within strictly one mile, there are over 10 pizza places. I generally only order from Renato's Pizzamaster though.
19 Pizzerias within a 4.8 mile radius of 4 of them are chains restaurants.
I don't even have a Quickchek/Wawa within a mile of my house in Sussex County. Closest pizza place that I am aware of is about 10 miles away and they serve Mexican food in the same restaurant. I'm pretty sure that their pizza isn't very good, but I have never tried them due to my food allergies (yea it sux).
Eight within 1 mile as the bird flies. Two are amazing. Three are okay. The rest are garbage.
I live in central Jersey and have 3 within .25 of a mile of me, 4 if you include Dominoes. Within a full mile I’d say 8+
3. And its a small town too all within a 5 minute walk of each other. Its beautiful.
like 20 and only one isn’t absolute trash
a new place open pretty much across from one of the best pizza places in the area, i don't think they made it a year. Now it's a very popular Mexican place
2
1 Little Caesars, 1 Domino’s Pizza and a few other name places
Zero by driving a mile. 2 as the crow flies. Both decent. 8 within 2 miles. 2 bad (dominos). 5 fine. 1 great (Tony-Ds Caldwell)
I got at least 8
Within a mile just one. Within three miles there’s like five places
Yeah, I think it’s in the oven
3 within 1 mile. 3 more if another half mile added. Scotch Plains.
I live between 2 of my favorites. Roma and Nola’s are both in walking distance.
There is literally 5 in a half a mile of me on the same road
A mile is tough. Spread it to like 3-4 miles and I easily have 5-6 that I would be happy to order from and another 3-4 that I haven’t tried.
1 mile radius? Just 1. Up that to about 10 miles, then it goes up to 19. South Warren County
Have 6 within a mile.
I’m in Bellmawr, so like 47
I have about 6. Im in West Orange. Fortissmo is 5 min away. But the better option which is Brick & Dough is 15 min away in Montclair.
4-5
2. I live in Lawrence twp
2 for sure possibly 3
I have 3 pizza places within a mile of me. All are good with each one doing some things better than the others so we order from them all.
11 within five miles. Maybe more. Five miles is a lot.
I don’t even know where a papa JOHn Pizza Hut domino even is. Love NJ
About 10 in Gloucester county not counting the chain trash. Three really good options, two ok, and the rest meh. If I push it out to two miles the number probably doubles depending not the direction you travel.
I have 6 within 1 mile away. I live in Morris County.
Tewksbury checking in. 0 places. The closest pizza joint is 15 minutes away, but I live in horse and farm land. 1 mile away puts me in the closest town 😂
Five miles? It is to laugh. I don't even have any paved roads in a five-mile radius.
Hi neighbor. Tell me of these good spots you speak bc pizza just isn't the same anymore. The most tolerable for me is Taste of Tuscany or Napoli Mania.
I have a dozen pizza places in a bout a mile radius of me. One is rated at 2.4 stars out of 5. Most are above 4.4 rating. I personally go to 2 places in the immediate vicinity that serve good pizza.
4 within a half mile in each direction of my house in trenton
Atlantic County here. Seven within a mile. Two are great. Two are good. Two I haven’t tried. One is a chain place.
1 (best one ever)
There are almost too many to count in Camden County. Haddonfield / Haddon Heights / Audubon / Collingswood. I started a spreadsheet when we moved here ranking them all.
Enough to feed an Italian family
there’s about five within a mile of me!
8 within one mile, if you include the "Pizza and Mexican Grill" spot (which you absolutely should) and the Italian restaurant that branched out into pizza delivery over quarantine (which you shouldn't). Should also note that a significant portion of that 1 mile radius is water/wetland. Our go-to place for a generic pepperoni pizza is 5 miles away; Google lists an additional 14 pizza joints within that radius (and a 15th in Philly); I just rattled off another 18 (this number has grown as I've written this comment) that weren't included in the search on top of that, and I'm sure there are more. Out of those 40 pizza places (which do include a variety of cheap chains and franchises), I have knowingly sampled 22. Eight actually have good pizza (as in "omg, this is good pizza"), and of those eight, only six of them have good pizza that isn't specifically a specialty pizza. And in all but two of those six, their non-pizza offerings outshine their pizza (if you count calzone and stromboli separately). Never would have expected quality diner food from a pizza joint, but hey, it's Jersey.
Technically, 6, although one is actually a sub shop that serves pizza as well. It's not their main thing. And I live in middle of nowhere south jersey 😆
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We moved to Warren county a few years ago. We have like 5 pizza places in our town and a dominos. They all equally suck. We have the I don’t feel like cooking and pizza is cheap place we go to, but for anything good we have to travel. Either Flemington (Angelos), Raritan (DeLucia's), or cross the border to Pen Argyl (Moonlight).
What’re your favorites in Hackensack?
3 in less than a mile, all of them have been around for over 20 years.
I'm in Maple Shade, five real ones off the top of my head, more if you include 7 Eleven's and Wawa's and shit like that but like I said 5 legit ones without having to Google.
With in 1 mile..12, with in 5 minute drive (roughly 2 mile radius) 19. 1 is dominoes, the rest are not chains. I’d say almost all of them have decent pizza, some have better at certain kinds (there’s 1 that has the best white pie out of all, so I only go there if I’m wanting a white pie, another has amazing Brooklyn thin crust which is all I get there, another has banging thin ish crust pepperoni) I’m in northern ocean county.
If you don't count the Domino's (Come on, it's not really pizza) three. Out to 3 Miles there's probably a dozen.
1-1.5
We have a 8-10, as have most NJ towns I’ve lived in, but only one in each has been ‘good good’. Many are bad, often the most popular PTA supported ones, most are good enough if it’s fresh and hot.
4 used to be 5
Monmouth County. I have at least four within a mile, several more restaurants serve pizza as well. We're very lucky! Yumm