#1
8.7Great
Just a few miles from the charming summer colony of Long Beach Island, Little Egg is a different world. One step into Naples Pizza, the air thick with oven smells and South Jersey accents denouncing unseen male…
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New Jersey Pizza Reviews
A ranked guide to New Jersey pizza entries in The Slice Index.
What defines this list
The common thread in New Jersey pizza is that it stays close to New York but is usually sturdier, a little thicker, sweeter, and more sauce-forward. Trenton tomato pie makes that clearest by putting the sauce over the cheese. Grandma and Sicilian slices carry the same approach into pan pizza, with more oil, crisp edges, and airy interiors. De Lorenzo’s, Naples, and the better Maruca’s slices show what Jersey pizza does well: strong crunch, minimal sag, good olive-oil flavor, and enough structure to hold a generous amount of sauce and cheese. The best Jersey pizza feels old-school and distinctly local.
Score keyTop Tier · 9.0+Great · 8.0–8.9Worth the Calories · 6.5–7.9All Pizza’s Good, Right? · Below 6.5
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#3
8.4Great
DeLucia’s Brick Oven Pizza (Raritan, NJ) - Peter Regas (@pizzahistorybook) will tell you the first US pizzerias began in the 1890s - starting with street vendors and moving on to brick-and-mortar shops (generally out of ba…
#4
7.9Worth the Calories
Originally founded in Trenton in 1950 by four brothers (Anthony, Joseph, Pasquale, & Dominick) Maruca’s is now the most storied pizzeria on the Seaside Heights boardwalk. They specialize in traditional “Trenton…
#5
7.7Worth the Calories
#6
7.6Worth the Calories
This pizza shop is known throughout the Tri-State area (but mostly Jersey & Brooklyn) for their particularly crisp crust, which results in a very audible crunch when cut. This quality has made Krispy a moderate…
#7
7.5Worth the Calories
#8
7.2Worth the Calories
Bay Village Pizza (Long Beach Island, New Jersey) - “The Biggest Slice in Town”. It’s not officially summer until I’ve had a fresh slice on the boardwalk of New Jersey - affectionately known by locals as “The S…
#9
6.8Worth the Calories
Brazzi is conveniently located right on New Jersey State Route 72, before the bridge to Long Beach Island (that being the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge, of course). Brazzi produces a variety pizza styles…
#10
6.4All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#11
6.3All Pizza’s Good, Right?
Flour Child Pizza (Long Beach Island, New Jersey) - Don’t get me wrong, I like damn dirty hippies as much as the next guy. But I usually consider their powers as limited to artisan tie dying, virtuosic bongo ci…