A typical New Jersey day

For team lunch to conclude wrap of a project (I wasn't on the project, but the lead guy has left), we set off for the much-acclaimed DeLorenzo's Tomato Pies in Trenton. We went to the one in Hamilton, actually, because it has a bathroom, unlike the original and staunchly anti-plumbing joint in the heart of the Chambersburg section.

After picking up the tallest of us in downtown Princeton, we headed off down the Princeton Pike. Quakerbridge Road, which we woulda taken, is shut down. Flooding? Last rains two days ago. Whatever. A bunch of women in SUVs who really should have taken that turn are shunted south to Province Line Road. Traffic where we least need it.

5 minutes later, US1 Express is shut down because of some wreck. We divert onto US 1 business. This is getting old. Finally, we pick our way through some of Trenton's less scenic parts (that takes some doing) to DeLorenzo's. This one is also pretty old, and though it has a bathroom, it's through the kitchen and clearly intended for staff initially. This family was never pro customers really, "You like the pizza, you eat it. You don't like the pizza, get out!" would seem to be there motto.

The pizza, in the end, is quite good, but not in the same league as Pepe's and Sally's in New Haven or John's in the city. Even though it won the coveted "Golden Pie Award" from the National Association of Pizza Operators in 1986.