
Create-your-own pizzas & birch beer draw crowds at this legendary BYOB, established in 1947.
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Address: 2350 NJ-33, Robbinsville Twp, NJ 08691
Phone: (609) 341-8480
Website: http://delorenzostomatopies.com/
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As I budged through the crowds of people waiting for their turn to put my name in line, I notice the antique and traditional feel of the restaurant. The staff are dressed in suits, presumably black for the waiters and white for the assistants/busboys. Paintings of the restaurant decades ago hanged from the walls, and a large open kitchen area showed the chefs finessing raw dough and working with the blazing hot ovens.
After being seated, I was pleasantly surprised with a minimalistic and relatively cheap menu. You could only order from a handful of salads and one pizza option with a variety of toppings. This meant that the restaurant really put its entire focus on doing one thing incredibly well, and it showed up for itself very soon.
The pizza was an absolute joy to look at. It was taken straight from the oven to our table, still steaming all its aromas and oils into the air—so much so that we could smell it on our clothes after leaving. The sauce was chunky and well-scattered, you could see the bits of whole tomato as if they had been just processed hours before. The crust and the dough were beautiful, with a clear tenderness in the inner parts and a nice subtle char at the very end for a final flavor blast. The cheese was minimal, but I think it was intentionally meant to be a complement in highlighting the other superior qualities in the pizza.
My first bite was magical. The dough was so fragrant, crunchy and soft; the sauce was tenderly sweet with an enormously savory body. I was shocked at what I presumed to be the impact of fresh and high quality tomatoes. The cheese did what I expected and rounded out the pizza without overwhelming the dough and the sauce. As I worked towards the end, the pizza got increasingly crisper, and as I got towards the crust, I relished the bits of char and the fragrance of the dough itself.
While the toppings varied in quality, I think sausage is their signature and most outstanding option. My thoughts were reaffirmed by the countless tables around me with sausage on their pizza and the fact that they had sold out of sausage on our second visit. The sausage is clearly, again, homemade where with each bite you can taste the layers and original qualities of the meat. The meat was so wonderfully fresh as you did not have any of that “preserved” sausage taste you may find with other supermarket brands or pizza places. The meat was bouncy, slightly fatty, and well spiced to complement the rest of the pizza’s elements.
As I come back home from the west coast, this is one of the places that I make sure to frequent because it really is, in my opinion, one of a kind—a long standing tradition of pizza making that spans generations of a family invested in making delicious, home-cooked, fresh oven-baked pizza for the local community to munch on while exerting their week’s stresses with loved ones all around them. This coziness was made clear by the familial feel of the restaurant, with waiters chatting up regulars, making friendly conversations with everyone, and even a lively DJ in the corner of the room mixing the music playing in the background and chatting with guests.
My family love the desserts, but personally, they’re not my favorite. No one really comes here for the dessert, though – it’s all about the pizza.
The atmosphere is casual, boisterous, and friendly. Lots of big families with all the grandparents and cousins every time we’re here. If you’re averse to noise, pick the restaurant next door. If you’re fine with noise, the tomato pies here are incredible.