[jerseyman]

Despite my Freeper name, I no longer live in New Jersey.
I am a refugee from the high cost of living and high taxes.
What do I miss most from New Jersey? The Italian restaurants.
It’s just not the same in the South.

[Betty Jane]

I miss real Italian bread with the crunchy crust.

[Ransomed]

All the bread stuff seems to just be better up there. Pizza crust and hard rolls.

Freegards

[wardaddy]

That is true.....you might find the rare gem but it’s the exception

Some places are better hunting.....south Florida

Or New Orleans

Places Italians settled down here

Closest real Italian to the western south is The Hill in St Louis....not too shabby...you’d be happy

[Clemenza]

Worst Italian food I have had is in Salt Lake City. I’ve been to their three “best” Italian restaurants and they are/were horrible.

When it comes to anything Italian, I prefer cooking at home, but the Italian restos I go back to again and again here in the US are as follows:

Robertos (Bronx, NY), Piccolo Venezia (Astoria, NY), Al di La (Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY), Arturo’s (Boca Raton, FL aka Long Island South).

I live in NJ now, and most places I have been to were overpriced and overrated. In other words, I cook at home and go out only for Portuguese/Greek/Middle Eastern/Cuban/Indian/Chinese/Seafood/“American.”