DeLucia's Pizzeria

DeLucia's did not start business as a pizzeria; it started as a bakery. Costantino DeLucia opened DeLucia's in Raritan, New Jersey in 1917. 13 years later the Italian immigrant begain selling pizzas from his shop. By the year 1950, Costantino's pizza business was doing so well that he converted his bakery into a fulltime pizzeria.

Unlike Grimaldi's, which uses a coal fired oven, DeLucia's has a 93 year old brick oven which makes their pizzas lighter in color than Grimaldi's. The crust has a distinct crunch and texture which I would compare to pasta done "al dente". DeLucia's uses a light, tomato sauce with minimal herbs and spices. The predominant flavor of their pies is of tomato. They use a processed mozzarella cheese which, in my opinion, is inferior to fresh but, compliments the pizzas well.

One of my favorite features of DeLucia's is the ability to buy their pizzas frozen and packaged. DeLucia's even ships their pies to local Quick Chek stores where you can buy them at $5 a piece.


DeLucia's Pizzeria is located at the corner of 1st Ave & W Somerset St in Raritan, NJ