NJ bagels and pizza are the exact same as NYC and anyone who pretends otherwise is more concerned with hometown pride than reality. The same families that brought these things to America with them to one place brought them to the other. Youâd have to pretend Manhattan isnât spitting distance from Jersey to even try and say it isnât the same shit.
I donât mean that to sound snarky if it does. Just never got it.
lol yep Jersey was always considered just suburb of NYC lol
Up north east Jersey it still is pretty much, and parts of south Jersey are just Philly suburbs that happen to technically be in NJ. The real personality of the state is between the two and weâre almost never represented. Itâs usually the northeast NJ with the NYC influence that is showcased. Sucks when you donât like them anyway only to have the rest of the country think thatâs what your whole state is!
DID work all over Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York⌠and youâre right cuz part of Jersey is like little New York, and parts of Jersey are like Little Philly lol Iâve seen just that attitude around both parts of Jersey
They might LIVE in Jersey but work in either NYC or Philly
Oh yeah I agree, I just said the city, was at IKEA in NJ had their swedish meatballs then later got slices somewhere neuarby in NJ with NYC in clear view across the river, slices superb, same. Now, Buffalo pizza is a whole different story, no slices to fold, but pepperoni cupped and charred, so good
Whatchall using bagels for breakfas sammiches. Here we use bread or a biscuit . Go to the local donut shop to get it on a big croissant when you wanna be fancy lol
I somehow slept on Buffalo pizza for the longest time, couldnât even tell you why but I just never tried it. Finally did like two months ago maybe and Iâve ordered it once a week since 
What the hell was I waiting for?!
The âold worldâ pepperoni? Thatâs the shit right there! Thereâs some places that use it exclusively around here but thereâs one that mixes it with the wider flatter kind too. Iâm getting a pie later for sure now 
I like a breakfast sandwich on a good croissant too. For âlighter fareâ lol
So Wow! You are there? Its my hometown, been gone âdownstateâ for a long, long time. Yeah plenty of good food when I go home to visit and go fishing, Beef on Weck, Wings, Pizza ah making myself hungry would love to just call in to Duffâs right now
What the hell is this?! The food channel? lol i thought this was a ganja networkâŚoh waitâŚthey do kinda go together huh? 
Between yâall talking about all that good food and the smells of this Boston Butt on the grillâŚIâm getting damn hungry enough to take a bit outta this damn keyboard!
I once smuggled a whole Taylor Ham (aka pork roll by those southerners) to Utila, Honduras so my entire dive center could enjoy a Taylor Ham, Egg and Cheese on a Fresh Roll.
They were pissed it was a one-time deal 
Thatâs not where the NW corner is located bud, That âCentralâ part is what most see and why they think of the shipping yards in Elizabeth, and not the Forests and Mountains of the NW corner 
Nope, all the personality is up here in the sticks
one usually leads to the other in my experience
Hey @JohnnyPotseed and @Oldtimerunderground , I tossed your names on this list. FYI.
I appreciate that cuz, I woulda missed it for sure lol weâre doing a BBQ
I just made a quick wash tincture thatâs pretty good.
DAMN lol this forked Down BBQ is the shit on Indian fry bread!!
Pulled pork is awesome. One of my favoriteâs for BBQ.
I meant Buffalo Chicken Pizza, not the town Sorry I misunderstood what you meant.
Yeah us dumb âsouthernersâ reading the box and all!
Maybe my eyes are going, cause I could swear it says Pork Roll in great big letters right there.
I was including your area, thatâs why I said NE was NY junior and not NW. From say Toms River up to you is the real NJ personality. Within a certain radius from Philly is Philly Jr, a certain radius from NYC is NYC junior, and of course that piece of Alabama that somehow landed in Bayville and south of it is itâs own thing 
The rest of us are Jersey. Most people would never know Pete & Pete was filmed in NJ because it doesnât fit the stereotypes people have of us.
Iâm sorry I canât like your post but you continually spell Pork Roll wrong and I just canât abide it 
Teampar | Taylor Ham or Pork Roll? - Teampar
Invented by who? Originally known as? Oh yeah, Taylor Ham. Guess Iâm the REAL OG here
LOVE the middle section (The âlearnersâ) there, but they are really just traitors to the south.
The way we do our Boston Butt BBQ is called North Carolina style, we do the KC style for ribs and suchâŚ. We love this hot shit on fry bread lol fold and eat
