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Rana’s Pizzeria—Bayonne High Schoolers’ Favorite Slice?
Please forgive me for saying it again, but can there really be more pizza places for The Pizza Snob to discover in his hometown? Well, last trip home to Bayonne I found another. On a targeted trek to...
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Mike’s Pizzeria in Bayonne, NJ – A Great Name and a Great Slice
Yes, I found another great pizza place in my hometown between the bays! This one even has a name that I could relate to: Mike’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant. I was back home on a Sunday afternoon,...
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Bayonne’s Mario’s Location is Now Lorenzo’s Pizza & Pasta
It had been several months since the Mario’s Pizza location on Broadway went dark. Word was that a new joint called Old Fashion Brooklyn Pizza would take its place. Well on my last trip home, a walk by...
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UPDATE: Bayonne NJ’s Naples Pizza—It Was Time to Retire
Original Review: 07/14/14 PIZZA SNOB RATING ****1/2 Nearer Perfection If you called Naples Pizza last week to order a pie, here is the recorded message you may have heard from a familiar female voice:...
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UPDATE: More Bayonne Pizzeria Moves: Lorenzo’s Goes Back Downtown, Pizza...
Original Review: 06/14/15 First Update: 08/27/15 PIZZA SNOB RATING R.I.P. A little late on this news, but I waited to let the dust settle. Well, at least I tried. Lorenzo’s Pizza and Pasta moved back...
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Fontana Pizzeria—Another Great Slice in Bayonne, NJ
Yes, there are still more pizza places to visit in my hometown of Bayonne, NJ. On the recommendation of my younger brother, last time home, I set my sights on Fontana Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant....
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UPDATE: Bayonne’s Tony’s Pizza Closed Once Again—Is This the End?
Original Review: 09/22/12 PIZZA SNOB RATING ****1/2 Nearer Perfection Last Update: 09/21/14 PIZZA SNOB RATING ****1/2 Nearer Perfection In September 2014, one of Bayonne’s best and most-loved pizza...
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UPDATE: Bayonne’s Pizza Masters Gets a Makeover & a Snob Upgrade
Original Review: 09/22/12 PIZZA SNOB RATING **** Near Perfection OK-if you live in Bayonne, this is old news to you. But, in the fall of 2014, popular local joint Pizza Masters underwent a massive...
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Pizza at Bayonne, NJ’s Three Brothers from Italy—Dirty Looks Can Be Deceiving
Recently back home in Bayonne, I stood on a Boulevard street corner talking with a gentleman from the neighborhood. I asked him what he thought of Three Brothers from Italy, the pizza place looming in...
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R.I.P.—Bayonne’s Wild Wood Pizza and Penne
So here’s a post-mortem on a pizza joint in my hometown that I never visited. Advertising their wood-fired pizza with the slogan “We do it with wood” had little appeal to me in a town with more...
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Prima Pizzeria in Bayonne, NJ—A Decent Slice for the Schoolkids
Here’s a little Bayonne “mapography” from the Pizza Snob to preface this review. The streets running north-south on this narrow peninsula start with Avenue A on the west and end with a short Avenue F...
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Jersey City’s Prince of Pizza— Invades Bayonne, NJ with Its Perfect Slice
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of discovering a great “street slice” place in Jersey City called Prince of Pizza. While devouring one of their perfect slices, I was surprised to find that they...
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Grandpa’s Kitchen in Bayonne, NJ—More Pizza Turnover on Broadway
This is getting to be an old story. A simple brick storefront downtown on Bayonne’s Broadway continues to change hands—remarkably remaining its configuration as a pizza joint. Morphing from...
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The Starting Point—A Bayonne (NJ) Bar Pie at Its Best!
Excuse me for saying again what I have said before, but after having been to 27 pizza joints in the town of my birth, Bayonne, NJ, could there really be any more that I have yet to visit? Well, I was...
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Bayview Pizzeria in Bayonne, NJ—Not-So-Special Slice by the Bay
Guess what? I found another pizza joint in Bayonne. Driving back home along First Street after picking up my amazing bar pie from The Starting Point, I spotted a storefront that I had never before...
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UPDATE: The Venice in Bayonne N.J. Has Closed
Like the recent shuttering of Tony’s Pizza, this is another hard hometown hit for the Pizza Snob. After a recent change in ownership, word is that the new folks running the show at the Venice...
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UPDATE: Bayonne N.J. Loses Another Bar Pie – Chris’ Corner Closes After 57 Years
Yesterday’s posting about the closing of Venice Restaurant led to the Bayonne Facebook page notifying me of another tragedy—the closing of Chris’ Corner. This is a tough one for The Pizza Snob since...
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UPDATE: More from Bayonne N.J. – Big Apple Closing but Thin-Crust Pizza to...
The pizza news from my ever-changing hometown seems to be never-ending. Following the recent closing doors of Venice and Chris’ Corner came talk that the Big Apple was next. This news was confirmed...
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UPDATE: The Venice in Bayonne N.J. Says it Will Reopen!
After a failed change in ownership that resulted in closing of the Venice Restaurant, there was quite a bit of chatter about a possible reopening. Back in Bayonne for the weekend, my walk down the...
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Kuhl’s Tavern—Another Fabulous Bayonne (NJ) Bar Pie!
Yes, another place in Bayonne. And better yet, it’s a place that serves a classic ultra-thin Bayonne bar pie! I first got word of Kuhl’s Tavern from a reply on the Bayonne Facebook page to my write-up...
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