I guess this has been a long time coming...

I have been a big fan and supporter of Sabatino's since day one. Early on I genuinely thought the pizza was legit—meaning that someone (Sab) knew what they were doing, making good dough, good sauce, properly cooked pies, etc. I even argued with friends that I believed it was the best "by the slice" place around—I mean, it was no Santillo's or Joe & Pat's but for a local pizza spot it was reliable and a good quality slice or pie.

Over the last few years I started to notice a decline with consistently undercooked pies, fluctuation in quality, a ton of flour all over the crust, ever changing in proportions, etc. but I chalked it up to post-Covid challenges.

Today I stopped in to get a couple plain slices and they were basically unrecognizable and inedible. The "crust" was super floppy—like, not really a crust—and the cheese?... there was literally a quarter pound of cheese combined over two slices. A quarter pound! And the cheese didn't move—it was somehow congealed and hot at the same time!?!

You might be asking yourself how I knew how much cheese there was and it is a fair question. And the answer is because when I got home I peeled it all off (I said it was inedible) and weighed it on my digital scale—just for fun.

It really does make me sad to write this as I have been holding out hope that Sab's would right the ship but at this point I don't think it's going to. The high school kids aren't going to care and your average customer probably won't notice... but I can say with certainty that the pizza at Sabatino's is not good. It is pretty much on par with Maplewood Pizzeria and Roman Gourmet—neither of which I'd get even if they were the only game in town. Sigh.