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Renato’s Pizza, 36 S Maple Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 652-3554
the Staff of the RIdgewood blog
The Ridgewood blog Pizza tasters descended on Renato’s Pizza today for a slice . As many of you know Renato’s has been Ridgewood institution since 1962. Its gone through several ownership changes but has remained a mainstay of Pizza Aficionados.
We kept our identity a secret until after we ate to make sure we didn’t get any unusual treatment. The service was excellent and the plan pie came out fresh made and pipping hot. We followed one of our tasters Williams advice ,letting the pizza cool just a bit before we dug in .Unlike like the thin crusted pizza’s we so often encounter theses days Renatos sticks to the tried and true chewy crust that was more common back in the day . Unlike many pizza places the coffee was no after thought ,it was served in style in a real cup and would certainly put Renatos in the running for “best coffee’
The flavorful sauce came through ,not too sweet with a perfect balance of cheese and tomatoes. At Joe the owners urging we also tried what he calls ,”grandmas’ pizza” . It was simply to die for .More in the line of a Sicilian style the tasty mix of sun dried tomatoes and sauce with a thick crust was a home run.
The Ridgewood blog Best Pizza 2011 Poll is coming to a close this week so please cast your final votes . The secret tasters are all most done . On closing the poll results will be tallied and the poll will be immediately removed from the blog with the results of both the poll and the tasters announced that evening.
Please feel free to sample as many of the participants Pizza as possible because an informed voter is the best voter . You can post your comments and reviews of various tastings under this post . Feel free to submit comments and tips to the Ridgewood blog :onlyonesmallvoice@gmail.com
