These NJ pizzerias are headed to all-you-can-eat One Bite Pizza Festival next month

Sarah Griesemer, Asbury Park Press
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Dave Portnoy, a big name in the world of pizza, has eaten his fair share of New Jersey pies.

The founder of the "One Bite Pizza Reviews" YouTube series, which features Portnoy rating pizza on a scale of 1 to 10, has visited more than 100 restaurants and pizzerias across the state. Next month, 10 of these will represent the Garden State in his inaugural One Bite Pizza Festival, taking place from 12:30 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Maimonides Park, 1904 Surf Ave., in Brooklyn.

The event is billed as a food and music festival featuring all-you-can-eat pizza.

Pizza will be cooked on site, and each restaurant will have its own ovens, said Peter Grippo of Brooklyn Square Pizza in Monmouth and Ocean counties. His is among the three dozen restaurants taking part in the festival, including these from New Jersey:

  • Angeloni’s Restaurant & Pizzeria in Caldwell

  • Artichoke Basille's Pizza in Hoboken, Jersey City and New Brunswick. Sister restaurant Sally Boy's is in Red Bank.

  • The Brook Tap House in West Caldwell

  • Calabria Pizzeria & Restaurant in Livingston

  • Coniglio's Old Fashioned in Morristown

  • De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies in Robbinsville Township

  • Federici's Family Restaurant in Freehold Borough

  • Nellie’s Place in Waldwick

  • Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza in Elizabeth.

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The upside down square pizza at Brooklyn Square Pizza in Jackson, Toms River and Manalapan is made with fresh mozzarella, housemade tomato sauce and Pecorino Romano cheese.
The upside down square pizza at Brooklyn Square Pizza in Jackson, Toms River and Manalapan is made with fresh mozzarella, housemade tomato sauce and Pecorino Romano cheese.

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Tickets cost $220 per person, which includes all-you-can-eat pizza; music from Teddy Swims, Pup Punk and DJ IRIE; and "an Italian Dessert Village" of sweets from The Lemon Ice King, Ferrara Bakery, Sal & Jerry’s Bakery, and Caffè Arrone, all of New York City.

Go: One Bite Pizza Festival, 12:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept 23, Maimonides Park, 1904 Surf Ave., Brooklyn; onebitepizzafest.com.

Sarah Griesemer joined the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey in 2003 and has been writing all things food since 2014. Send restaurant tips to sgriesemer@gannettnj.com.

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: NJ pizzerias taking part in Brookyn's One Bite Pizza Festival