These NJ pizzerias are headed to this year's all-you-can-eat One Bite Pizza Festival
Pizza fans, save the date of Saturday, Sept. 14.
That's when the One Bite Pizza Festival, which debuted in 2023, returns for its second year. The festival, led by Dave Portnoy of YouTube's "One Bite Pizza Reviews" series, will bring together nearly three dozen of the best pizzerias from New Jersey, New York and Connecticut at Randall's Island Park in New York City.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, June 28.
These eight New Jersey pizzerias were chosen to participate:
Angeloni’s Restaurant & Pizzeria in Caldwell
Brooklyn Square Pizza in Jackson, Toms River and Manalapan
Bunny's Sports Bar in South Orange
Calabria Pizzeria & Restaurant in Livingston
De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies in Robbinsville Township
Federici's Family Restaurant in Freehold Borough
Lillo's Tomato Pies in Hainesport
Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza in Elizabeth.
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Portnoy has reviewed more than 1,000 pizzerias nationwide and abroad, awarding each a score on a scale of 1 to 10. The New Jersey pizzerias chosen for the festival received scores between 8.3 (Santillo's and Bunny's) and 9.2 (De Lorenzo's).
Tickets for the One Bite Pizza Festival cost $149.99 and include all-you-can-eat pizza, access to an Italian dessert village, and interactive activities. There will be two sessions to choose from: 12:30 to 4 p.m., and 6 to 10 p.m.
Proceeds will benefit Santillo's, which burned down in January. The fire destroyed the restaurant, and the water used trying to save it damaged its brick oven.
"I told (Santillo) when it burned down, I'd be there to make sure he has the cash to rebuild it," Portnoy shared on Instagram. "He is an institution. So you're not only supporting all the local pizzerias, but you're helping rebuild a legendary spot."
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit onebitepizzafest.com.
Sarah Griesemer joined the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey in 2003 and has been writing all things food since 2014. Send restaurant tips to [email protected], follow on Instagram at Jersey Shore Eats and subscribe to our Jersey Shore Eats newsletter.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: One Bite Pizza Festival features Jersey Shore pizzerias
