Tucked onto South Street in downtown Morristown, New Jersey, Coniglio’s Old Fashioned is family-owned by Nino Coniglio and his wife, Shealyn, and it runs on serious pizza credentials. 🍕
Nino brought a ten-time World Pizza Championship résumé from Brooklyn straight into this small, retro-leaning storefront.
The result is an old-school New York pizza playbook executed out of a wood-fired deck oven, covering round pies, square pan, and Sicilian styles. 🔥
How Coniglio’s Old Fashioned won Morristown’s hearts
Coniglio’s Old Fashioned built its local following on a simple formula: bring real Brooklyn pizza credentials to a small New Jersey storefront, and let the pies speak for themselves.
Nino Coniglio holds ten World Pizza Championship titles from Salsomaggiore, Italy, and that pedigree shows in the crust, the sauce, and the char coming out of the wood-fired deck oven. 🍕
Running the shop together with his wife Shealyn, the couple built a genuinely family-owned operation rather than a franchise trading on someone else’s name.
The menu leans into classic New York-style pizza combinations executed with real precision.
The dough gets baked into round pies, thick Sicilian squares, and pan-style options, and the toppings range from a simple mozzarella-and-basil pie to loaded meatball and ricotta combinations. 🧀
Locals have singled out the bakery case too, since Coniglio’s doubles as a morning bread and pastry stop before it becomes a dinner-and-late-night pizza destination.
Diners kept ordering the same standout pies, then started bringing friends in for the late-night slice window, and eventually a small storefront on South Street turned into one of downtown Morristown’s most talked-about pizza spots. 🌟
It didn’t happen through gimmicks. It happened one wood-fired pie at a time.
Food Highlights
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Josephina’s Grandma Pie: A square pan-style pizza made in the old-school Grandma tradition, thin crust, light sauce, and a straightforward mozzarella topping.
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Upside Down Sicilian: A thick Sicilian square pie with the sauce and cheese layered upside down for a caramelized, extra-crispy crust.
- Brooklyn Round: A classic round pie built with mozzarella, tomato sauce, Parmigiano Reggiano, and fresh basil. 🍕
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Meatball Ricotta Round: House meatballs and tomato sauce topped with mozzarella and dollops of ricotta. 🍖
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Brocoli Limone Round: A lighter option topped with broccoli, breadcrumbs, and lemon. 🍋
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Vodka Stracciatella Round: A round pie topped with tomato cream sauce, mozzarella, basil, and dollops of fresh stracciatella cheese. 🧄
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Salsiccia Pepper Onion Round: Mozzarella and tomato sauce topped with sausage and peppers. 🌶️
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White Tomato Garlic: A garlic-forward white pie built without traditional red sauce.
Atmosphere
The room is small, bright, and dressed with retro touches that give it a lighthearted, old-school pizzeria feel rather than a stuffy sit-down vibe. 🍕
During the day, the counter pushes fast slices for a lunch crowd before the space shifts into a livelier dinner rush.
Weekends stay busy without ever feeling rushed or overly hectic, and the late-night slice window keeps the energy going well past most Morristown restaurants’ closing times.
It’s a room built for grabbing a great slice, not lingering over a formal meal. 🌙
Bottom Line
Visit for the world-champion-level pizza craft, the wood-fired Brooklyn-style pies, the crispy Upside Down Sicilian, the creamy Vodka Stracciatella Round, and a genuinely family-run kitchen with real New York pedigree. 🍕
Address:
11 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
📞 (973) 723-9430
🕔 Open Wed–Sun, 5 PM–11 PM, late-night slices Thurs–Sat until 2 AM (closed Mon & Tues)