-Now Closed- Sal's Gourmet Pizzeria & Restaurant, Hillsborough, NJ

Date: 4/22/2017
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
Pizza Ordered: Plain & Margherita
Website: [Expired Domain]
Phone: (908) 369-6944

Sal's Pizza is located in the CVS mall near Auten Road Intermediate School along Triangle Road. This pizzeria has ample parking and a very nice setting to sit for a lunch or dinner with a group or a date. The staff is generally friendly and the owner goes out of his way to make the customer enjoy their experience. He once hooked me up with an extra Sicilian slice to take back to the college dorm with me.

The pizza is decent with a good sauce to cheese ratio and a thin, fairly crispy base. The crust had good flavor and was more of the fluffy variety. Nothing offensive about the plain slice, it was a good, middle of the road pick as far as Hillsborough is concerned. The Margherita slice really stood out as quality. The sauce seemed to have even better flavor than the plain slice and the cheese was especially fresh and delicious. The crust was of the thin, crispy variety and reminded me of similar Brooklyn thin crust slices I've enjoyed in the past. It was definitely a hit. Bonus points for stocking Stewarts sodas, which I find pair very nicely with a good slice of pizza.

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