I find it kinda funny that this BBS has a "pizza joints" thread for NJ, meanwhile we all know that there is no bad pizza in Jersey. The only "bad" pizza you can get in New Jersey is if you get it from a chain (dominos, little caesars, Papa John's, etc). Chain pizza pales in comparison to real authentic New Jersey/New York pizza. The New York/New Jersey area has arguably the best pizza in the world, with the exception of going to Italy yourself. It's the second best pizza you can get in the world. If you want good pizza, Jersey has plenty. One of my recent favorites has been "Anthony Francos" in Little Falls. Another really good one is "Prontos Pizzeria & Restaurant" in Hackettstown, they make fantastic margherita pies since they put fresh garlic on top.

The big chains all use the same crap ingredients, literally. Look up Sysco and you will see the same food they give you in resutrants for sale on their site. They all get their cheese from Leprino Foods. It isn't difficult to be a step up from them these days. These companies just sell you the same crap only with a different company logo.

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Yup, I've had a lot of big chain pizza in my life and they all taste very similar to one another. The only reason chain pizzas are good is because they are the most affordable. For example, you can get two medium pizzas from dominos for $15. But similarly to Mcdonalds, you sacrifice quality for price. Of course I'd much rather have a good juicy diner burger than Mcdonalds, but Mcdonalds burgers aren't $15 for a single one. It's insane how expensive everything is nowadays. There's no mama pop burger joints near me that charge less than $15 for a cheeseburger. And pizza is no different, most pies are rather expensive. Prices for everything have went way up. Big chains know this and thus they are doubling down on the affordability aspect. Unfortunately this has killed many of the smaller pizza joints in the New Jersey/New York area. For a section of the USA renown for their pizza, big chains have taken over and are killing the culture here. It's rather sad. That's why my family tries our best to get real authentic pizza, but even we succumb to the big chains sometimes...