Pizza Review
Great crispy crust... chicken and hot peppers!šŸ˜‹
Pizza Review
The original Deninoā€™s Tavern opened in 1937 on Staten Island. In 1951, Carlo Denino took over for his father John after he passed away and began serving pizza at the tavern. Carloā€™s son Michael opened this Aberdeen, NJ location in 2007 and Deninoā€™s has been franchising ever since, expanding into Manhattan and several central & south Jersey locations. I found the Manahawkin, NJ location to be better than the original Deninoā€™s and I can say the same for this joint. The Deninoā€™s on Staten Island was very good, but the pizza was too dry, with sauce scantly spread. This pie is loaded with sauce, almost a bit too much. Exceptionally sweet-sauced and overflowing, I usually prefer more sauce than not enough; but this is a lot. Luckily, the cheese is unbelievably good; flavorful, melty, oozy, delectably delicious with terrific taste & texture. Normally I donā€™t value the cheese as much as the sauce & dough but the quality of this mozzarella blend salvages the over-abundance of heavy sauce. The dough is thin, fairly crispy, tremendously tasty with a dry & firmish undercarriage, providing and excellent base for the other ingredients to go along with an exquisitely crispy & crunchy crust. The sauce might be too plentiful and sweet for some; maybe a little Parmesan or oregano would help neutralize the sweetness but I donā€™t mind it at all. Overall, this is a fantastic alternative if you canā€™t get to the original Deninoā€™s on Staten Island; in fact, you might even find that this location has the better pizza. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø
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