TRAVEL TODAY TOOK ME TO HANOVER TOWNSHIP (JUST SOUTH OF WILKES BARRE). MY STOP TODAY WAS DAVE COLARUSSO'S PIZZA AND PASTA. THIS COLARUSSO'S IS FROM THE SAME FAMILY THAT HAS COLARUSSO'S CAFE IN AVOCA PA. THE PIZZA WAS GREAT! CRISPY BOTTOM, LIGHTLY RAISED DOUGH, SWEET AND TANGY SAUCE AND A GREAT MIX OF CHEESES THAT I COULD NOT INDENTIFY. NEXT TIME I'LL ASK ABOUT THE CHEESES.
THE COLARUSSO'S HAVE ROOTS IN OLD FORGE. I THINK MOOSIC ROAD WAS THE HOMESTEAD.
DAVE COLARUSSO IS THE OWNER OF THE HANOVER SHOP WHICH AS ABOUT A DOZEN TABLES AND DOES A BIG TAKEOUT BUSINESS.
HIS DAD AND MOM RUN THE COLARUSSO'S IN AVOCA (THEIR CATCH PHARSE ON THE MENU IS "THE PLACE WHERE OLD FORGER'S GO FOR PIZZA")
BROTHER CHUCK (OLD FORGE HIGH BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL STAR IN THE EARLY 70'S) HAS A COLARUSSO'S IN JESSUP, PA
BROTHER JOE (OF HIGH FOOTBALL '74) HAS A NICE RESTAURANT IN COLARUSSO'S CAFE OF CLARK SUMMIT PA
JOE'S SON HAS THE COLARUSSO'S EXPRESS IN WEST SCRANTON
AND I THINK THE COLARUSSO FAMILY HAS OPENED A DINING ROOM FOR LARGE PARTIES IN MOOSIC PA.
SO IF YOU ARE IN HANOVER TOWNSHIP STOP BY DAVE COLARUSSO'S LOCATED IN THE WEST END PLAZA 105 WEST END ROAD 570-822-0181
THESE RESTAURANTS SERVE GREAT OLD FORGE STYLE PIZZA. DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW OF GOOD OLD FORGE STYLE PIZZA OUTSIDE OF OLD FORGE PA?
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Excellent report, especially the Colarusso lineage, but you're going to have to start carrying your camera with you on these trips.
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