To be fair, I did not order a regular slice here. I had a Sicilian. Perhaps I did that because the regular slices didn’t look too good. Anyway, the place is an attractive restaurant. They even have a full bar.
The Sicilian I ordered had a crust that was as heavy as lead. That is wrong. Sicilian slices I believe should have a very light and yeasty crust. The sauce and cheese were OK. I probably won’t go back here to order a regular slice unless there is a public outcry. Sorry. It’s in your hands.
La Vera Cucina
200 rt. 59
Suffern, NY
368-1700
You know I love pizza places that are not in strip malls. Reminds me of my youth in Manhattan. I have been wanting to eat in here for a long time. It’s right down the street from the amazing Lafayette movie theater, which is another thing that reminds me of my youth. I’ve taken my kids here and they think it’s cool. When I was a kid my dad used to take me to Lowe’s paradise in the Bronx, which reminded him of HIS youth. Unfortunately the pizza here doesn’t remind me of anything particularly good.
This is certainly a non-descript looking place on the busiest area of west Rt. 59. The name of the place isn’t even on the outside of the building. I certainly hate driving around here. I wasn’t even sure I got to all the places in the area. I couldn’t stop at a couple of the strip malls because of all the aggressive traffic.
Frank’s is right across the street from the International Food mart which is an incredible and incredibly cheap supermarket. The reason I don’t shop there more often is that the traffic on rt 59 right around here is horrendous. This strip mall in particular is almost impossible to find a place to park in. Everyone doubles up, which means that some people get stuck.
My Frank’s slice had a good flavor, but not compared to Nonna’s.
Let me start off by saying that this place is almost right across the street from Nonna’s which I have rated 4 stars. However, this place actually faces Rt. 59 so there is a much bigger crowd in here. I suppose their rent must also be higher.
This seems to be a fairly new place. Everything is spiffy. I almost passed it because, while it is on Rt. 59, you can’t see it from the street. You have to drive around to the back of this strip mall. It’s near a sushi place I used to go to called U-Me sushi.
Nonna’s Brick Oven Pizzeria and Restaurant.
Enough said. If you dare me to actually enter this senseless establishment, I’ll have to think of an equally scary dare back to you.
I’ve been fascinated by this place for years. The joke is that I could take my Sushi loving wife here with the no-sushi loving kids and they would be satiated too without complaining of having to eat sushi. Being that there were a bunch of kids in here, and yes, a couple of professional Japanese sushi chefs, I guess the concept has value. Somehow I never got around to going in though. But since I am a now a professional pizza blogger, I figured I had to.
Well, I went in here at lunchtime and the huge sports bar (in the back) was thankfully closed. There was a pool table though. It might be a good idea to keep that open during the daytime. There was an avid pizza loving lunchtime crowd though. It was much more crowded than the superior Peppe’s right across the street. Maybe I can be wrong from time to time about pizza. (Not likely because it was also more crowded than the inferior Mark’s)
Here is an interesting hapenstance: Check out the two menus from these two places across the street from each other. They use the same graphic. I wonder if they realize that their copy shop is not too creative. 
I felt really sad when I walked in here. Even before. As you can see in the picture, the front door is hidden by the strange architecture. Inside the lighting is dismal. The place hasn’t been painted in decades. The tables are rickety.