Pizza Review: La Familia

Date: 2/10/2017
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Pizza Ordered: Plain and Buffalo Chicken
Website: http://www.lafamilianj.com/index.html

​As part of my quest to review all of the New Brunswick pizzeria's that service the Rutgers off-campus student population, I decided to stop in a La Familia for lunch. The first thing I appreciated was the "lunch special" where you buy two slices and get a free water or can of soda. Since two slices are my usual, this deal is much appreciated. The staff was friendly and polite and the atmosphere is very casual. Parking isn't very plentiful here, but also not very necessary when the targetted demographic is primarily off-campus college students in walking distance. 

I went with the standard plain slice and the buffalo chicken slice as there weren't many options available. A little surprising, considering it was lunch time, but it didn't bother me. The plain slice was just that, pretty plain in taste and didn't stand out especially. It did have a pleasantly crunchy base, however, which I did appreciate if only the flavor was there too. The buffalo chicken slice, though it looked as if it had been reheated from the night before, was actually quite good compared to others I've sampled in the New Brunswick area. The chicken was flavorful and the buffalo sauce was a pleasant mix of spicy and tangy. While I'm not a die-hard buffalo chicken fan like many of the college students are, I would happily have another slice from this establishment.