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NJ.com Pizza Trail, stop 3: The star of Jersey’s thin-crust obsession

Star Tavern, the third stop on the NJ.com Pizza Trail

The exterior of Star Tavern in Orange on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.Tatiana Lopez | For NJ Advance M

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Welcome to the NJ.com Pizza Trail. All summer long, NJ.com food writer and self-purported pizza expert Jeremy Schneider is taking you along the statewide trail, highlighting 12 of the best pizzerias across the state — from the northern tip of Bergen County all the way down. Check back each Wednesday to see the latest stop on New Jersey’s ultimate pizza road trip.

Gary Vayianos doesn’t know if Star Tavern invented the bar pie. He also doesn’t claim his pizzeria makes the best thin-crust pie in New Jersey.

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