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Pizza Pizza: The Galley in Asbury wins the 2024 Pizza Playoff
Kris Black, owner of The Galley Pizza & Eatery in Asbury Park, makes a classic on his menu: the Station 83 Pie (chili oil, cheese blend and spicy salami).
After visiting Zachary’s Restaurant in West Long Branch, pizza critic Dave Portnoy gave his thin-crust pizza a score of 8.1 out of 10.
“I love bar pies. This looks like a nice, thin… kind of like a bigger bar pie,” he said in a review posted on the One Bite Pizza Reviews YouTube page. “It’s so light, I love that. This is right up my alley.”
“This is my kind of bar pie,” Portnoy said during his late July trip to the coast, stopping at more than half a dozen restaurants. “It’s so light and flaky.”
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In addition to Zachary’s, other pizza places visited include The Sauce in Oceanport, which also received an 8.1; Alternate Ending Beer Co. in Aberdeen, whose Detroit-style pizza received a 7.2; Salerno’s Pizzeria & Restaurant in Hazlet, whose regular pizza received a 7.3; Gigi’s New York Style Pizza in Sea Bright, which received a 7.4; and Surf City Pizza on Long Beach Island. The latter rating has not yet been published.
His highest ratings on the Shore so far have been for Brooklyn Square in Jackson, which received an 8.9 in 2020, Federici’s Family Restaurant in Freehold Borough, which received an 8.8 in 2020, and Nunzio’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant in Long Branch (now under new management), which received an 8.6 in 2021.
Sarah Griesemer joined the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey in 2003 and has been writing about all things food since 2014. Send restaurant tips to [email protected], Follow us on Instagram at Jersey Shore Eats and subscribe to our Jersey Shore Eats newsletter.
