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.
How many pizzerias do you think have opened and closed in the U.S. over the last 100 years? A million? It feels like a million. Pizzaiolos have retired. Rents have been raised. COVID-19 certainly took its toll on the industry, as well.