Italian Food and Restaurant Reviews in New Jersey
New Jersey’s 50 greatest Italian restaurants, ranked
Italian food is, without question, the cuisine most associated with New Jersey culture. The pizzerias, the old-school red sauce joints, the modern bistros — nearly every New Jersey town touts some terrific combination. So of course, NJ.com’s food writers have always cataloged the best of the state’s Italian food, from the beaches of Cape May to the mountains of Sussex County. On this page you’ll find all our Italian food lists, reviews, features and more going forward (mixed with some of our most popular pieces from recent years). Mangia!
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N.J.’s top chef just went Italian. We wish he hadn’t. | Review
The state's most innovative chef is a victim of his own success
Top N.J.’s chef’s flashy new restaurant is a middle finger to fine dining, love letter to mozzarella: Review
The follow-up to Pasta Ramen is ambitious in very different ways.
Connecticut put ‘The Pizza State’ on license plates. This country is broken. | Opinion
Or maybe we're just jealous we didn't think of it first
New Jersey’s 21 best plates of chicken parm, ranked
We spent months eating across N.J. to make this saucy statewide list
N.J.’s best new pizzeria serves incredible ‘New York square pies.’ We’ll allow it. | Review
The pizzeria that got its start across the river has come home to the Garden State.
New N.J. Italian restaurant is latest gem hidden in a strip mall | Review
One of the state's top restaurant families just landed another winner
The 99 foods every Italian-American should know, and where to get them in N.J.
The only guide any Italian-American in New Jersey will ever need
The 5 best things we ate at Eataly’s 1st N.J. location. Inside the popular Italian marketplace.
We visited Eataly's grand opening at the Short Hills Mall and ranked the best Italian cuisine
New N.J. Italian restaurant is a bold challenger in competitive food city | Review
This impressive spot is already drawing a serious crowd
A legendary N.J. pizza maker just announced his next pop-up. Here are the details.
After a fire burned down his shop, one of New Jersey's best pizza men has been popping up at other pizzerias.
The 13 best N.J. restaurants for spicy vodka sauce, pasta’s hottest trend, ranked
Some of the most perfect pasta dishes you'll find anywhere in New Jersey
N.J. pizza master’s pizzeria named best in the world by Italian website
A New Jersey native on a best pizzas in the world list? No surprise here!
Beloved N.J. pizzeria, still recovering from fire, will soon ship nationally
From Jersey to the world!
The secret behind New Jersey’s best homemade mozzarella
If you're in search of perfect mutz, we have a couple legends for you
All 58 boardwalk pizzerias at the Jersey Shore, ranked, for 2024 update
There is good boardwalk pizza and bad boardwalk pizza. Here are all 58 boardwalk pizzerias, ranked.
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