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Bertucci's, North Brunswick, NJ

Date: 08/13/2016
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Pizza Ordered: "The Bertucci" Personal Pepperoni Pie
Website: www.bertuccis.com/



Bertucci's is an Italian restaurant chain that spans the northeast coast of the United States from Virginia to Massachusetts. The restaurant doesn't solely focus on pizza, though there are several pizza options. One of the things I appreciate most about the Bertucci's Restaurant Chain is their use of multi-grain dough. Not many pizzerias offer this healthy option, and if it is offered, many pizzerias multi-grain dough tastes awful. Not Bertucci's. This pizzeria has phenomenal multi-grain pizzas and if you are into a healthier pizza, check it out!

The location my girlfriend and I visited was located along a major highway (Route 1). There was ample parking and there is a large movie theater within 200 yards of the restaurant, making this a good spot to go out to eat after a movie. The interior was warm and comfortable. Staff was polite, helpful, and friendly, though our waitress did have to call a manager over to verify our ID's to purchase drinks -I guess we look too young. There's ample seating in the restaurant as well as bar seating. The kitchen is open so you can see the ovens and the chefs at work.

The food was delicious. We started with garlic knots and mozzarella sticks as appetizers and both were good, but the garlic knots really stood out. They were a nice bite-size and very flavorful. The pizza I ordered, "The Bertucci," is basically a pepperoni pizza. I ordered it on the multi-grain dough because I'm obviously trying to watch my figure. The pizza was really good. The sauce was flavorful and a tad spicy and the cheese was fresh. The crust was a little dry, mostly because of the multigrain dough, but it wasn't as bad as other multigrain pizzas I've eaten. Bertucci's does have a bad habit of putting too much cornmeal on the bottom of the pizza when it cooks, but this time it wasn't so bad. This pizza, even with multi-grain dough, has more flavor than other pizzeria's I've tried and overall, it was very good.



















Other items my girlfriend and I enjoyed off the menu were the Blackberry Margarita and the Brick Oven Baked Chocolate Chip Cookie. The Blackberry Margarita was fantastic. It was deliciously sweet and definitely a good ratio of alcohol to mixer. Would happily drink again. The cookie is our favorite dessert. It comes out piping-hot and the ice cream has already started melting by the time the dessert reaches the table. Getting a spoonful of ice cream and cookie is perhaps the most satisfying part of the dessert. The cookie is rich, chocolatey goodness and the ice cream is cool, vanilla creaminess. It's hard to put into words how delicious this dessert is. 

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