So, I headed down Amherst Street tying to decide where to lunch. I found myself heading into a new Pizza Restaurant called "Crush." It had a striking awning in the front that was sort of a burnt orange with red letters, I believe. It said Crush Pizza with some description below that did sound enticing, but I cannot recall the exact wording. But from what I had heard it was supposed to be super freshly made pizza with freshly crushed tomatoes for ingredients.
To begin with, I had a small caesar salad. It was made with the restaurant's own homemade dressing. By the way it tasted, I would venture to guess that they had made the caesar dressing from scratch just for my salad. I had never tried a caesar salad like that except for the way it was served tableside at Nashua Country Club. I could taste the fresh olive oil, the lemon, the egg, the anchovies, the garlic and the fresh parmesan cheese. If I was single, I would have married the chef that made it. It was that good. Before I tried it, I made the comment out load that it did not have croutons in it. I said this after the waitress had already walked away. But later, another waitress came over and brought me these crispy toasted bread slices with garlic and rosemary and cheese on them, yum! She told me they were for me because my salad did not have croutons.
The pizza places in the top 2 of the best pizzas I ever had in my life. The only other pizza I had that was probably a close tie was at this little brick walled restaurant I once visited in Greenwich Village, New York. So this "Crush" Pizza had dough that was fresh and so it baked soft on the inside, the tomatoes, cheese and toppings reminded me of eating in the North End years ago before it was so commercialized. Every ingredient was really fresh and flavorful. The waitress, Lori, told me that the reason that my lunch was so good was because it was made of all fresh-that-day ingredients. She pointed out the owner to me. She told me that the owner's name is Tony and he owns two jewelry stores in New Hampshire, I believe. She told me he was the owner of Naser Jewelers. He looked very unpretentious with a wood pizza board in his hand that he used to push the pizza into the Italian brick oven.
So today I viewed the website and I learned that Pizza originated in Naples Italy. According to the Crush website, "Neopolitan pizza in its purist form has been made the same way in Naples since the 17th century." This is what they serve at Crush.
The restaurant is simple, clean, with a nice interior and a little bar with a flat screen where business men sat and had a beer and their wine. Surprisingly, it is sited at a strip mall. But after I tasted the pizza, I did not care. Besides, I would imagine that opening a restaurant is expensive enough. But I was also happy to know that they did not skimp when it came to quality ingredients. Typically, you have to order from local talents such as Michael Buckley or John Wyman to be guaranteed that level of culinary discretion in the selection of ingredients.
If you're looking for a great pizza, Crush Pizza is at 449 Amherst Street in Nashua. For more information on this Pizza Restaurant go to http://www.Crushpizza.com.
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