My boyfriend was told by several of his co-workers to go to Arturo's. Â We were really skeptical this place would live up to the hype. Â So when we finally made the trip out there, we were almost deterred by the long wait. Â But trust me, Arturo's is worth the wait!!
We split a Margharita pizza and the special Farmhouse salad. Â Absolutely delicious, we were both in heaven. Â The salad was so fresh and delicious, made with locally sourced vegetables too. Â I loved the pizza dough, and it was cooked just right. Â I'm usually not one to rave about Italian food or pizza. Â But I'm giving Arturo's 5 stars - which should say something! Â
They seem to be always busy, so prepare yourself. Â This place is BYOB too which is awesome. Â There are a couple liquor stores in the area where someone in your party can grab the hooch while you wait.
The food is amazing here. Â They make a big deal about using fresh, local ingredients, and you can really taste the difference. Â They are known for their pizza, which is delicious, but the appetizers and other dishes are great as well. Â The one drawback is that seating is limited and they don't take reservations, so you may end up waiting a while to get seated on busy nights.
Review Source:Consistently outtanding -- terrific brick oven pizzas, amazing mushroom ravioli, and the pasta with boar ragu is also great. Â Owner/Chef Dan uses local ingredients and changes up the menu with seasonal specials --- he really knows how to work with veggies and the salad specials are always on target. Â Also great for lunch -- their home-baked breads are out of this world - you can take them to go, but they are pricey.... Â I almost hate to give it a review since its already pretty hard to get a table most nights...
Review Source:This is a great solid 3 star pizzeria. Â I have to admit I'm a bit dumbfounded by all the 5 star reviews. Â This is good pizzia, good service, an OK atmosphere and that's it. Â There is equally good food and pizzia all over Jersey and NYC so I'm trying to see what I'm missing. Â I've been here a dozen times with friends and we all feel the same. Great place to grab a bite before catching a movie or a quick dinner with the family on week-night, but nothing special. A bit pricey for what it is, but you won't feel dissapointed.
Review Source:Love this place. The food is amazing. The service is great. There's really not much else to say. Order anything and it's delicious. Well - I've never had the pasta, but the salads, pizza, the daily greens - always wonderful.
PS - BYOB. And there's a great wine store just up the road. Put your name on the list, go pick up some vino, and your seat will be ready a little after you get back.
Love this place, nice thin base crust with ultra fresh toppings. Â Split the Magnata with a coworker, comes out with piles of fresh green dandelions, looks like a salad. Almost makes pizza seem healthy. Â The small can feed 2 people easily, we opted for the large so my guest was able to take 2 slices home and enjoy again for dinner. Â Definitely a must if you're nearby.
Review Source:Arturos is our go to spot!  Best pizza in area and love they use fresh ingredients that are locally sourced.  Try the ceci & crostini. Speciality pies always rock!  Love going here for lunch and getting the fresh  mozzarella sandwich. Come early as you can be waiting awhile for this popular local spot.
Review Source:I do not give out 5 star ratings as a general rule. Â However this pizza is out of this world. Â In my opinion, it's as good as it gets. Â Seriously, I could eat here 5 nights a week. Â The ricotta crostini is one of the simplest most amazing things I have ever eaten. Â The pasta dishes are phenomenal, the salads (although I am not a salad guy) are beautiful! Â The homemade bread is lights out. Â I really could go on and on. Â But my favorite thing here is the margherita, it IS perfection.
Review Source:Note, we only had take out, so can only comment on that!
Some of the best pizza I've had in the New York New Jersey area. Especially have the Margharita! The fresh cheese is soooo worth it! They recommended the mushroom, sausage, truffle oil one as well, and it was good, though not as good.
The prices seemed expensive at first, but a large pizza is easily enough for two people, and the place is local and eco friendly, so the price is worth it.
From the little interaction I had with the workers, they were so friendly, and the place looked nice from just briefly walking in.
In conclusion, SUCH. GOOD. PIZZA.
Since my last review, Arturo's has introduced a further refinement of their product--a captured Italian "wild" yeast. The result is that their crust, as well as their bread, has become more intensely flavored than ever, blending a sweet, acidity with golden carmel overtones. Ok, maybe that sounded a bit like a pretentious wine review, but I think it is right.
Look, it is really, really, really good. Â I don't think you can make a bad choice, but my recommendation (traditional crust) remains, simply because it gives you more opportunities to eat bread.
This place is wonderful! Farm to Table freshness, great service, and a casual but fun atmosphere. You'll have to wait for a table, but they'll bring you out a wine glass and you can enjoy some of your bottle (it's BYO) as you do.
 I highly suggest their white pizza (all the pizzas have a chewy, flavorful crust) and my husband always orders the wild mushroom ravioli with rosemary sauce and truffle oil. Seems quite Family friendly, though larger groups may have a longer wait.
 Ordered a pizza and salad to go once- the pick up time was 50 minutes, so don't wait too long to place your order!
I absolutely love Arturo's. Â Best pizza I have had this side of the Hudson (or at least west of Hoboken). Â The ingredients are fresh and from what I am told, from local farms. Â You must be prepared to wait, but its well worth it. Â It's BYOB as well, so you can save some coins and enjoy a bottle form your own collection.
Review Source:My fianceé and I came here the night before Sandy's arrival. We figured that we should eat out one last time before we batten down the hatches and shut ourselves in for the hurricane.
It's been over two weeks and I still remember how good the food was.
Everything was good. Pizza crust had a touch of smokiness from wood fired oven. I've had plenty of good pizza since I moved here but this was truly a cut above.
What I remember the most, and what I still obsess over, is the salumi plate. The prosciutto was some of the best prosciutto I have ever had. What makes this the best was the amount of fat marbled in. It was like a good piece of prosciutto melded with a good piece of lardo. That stuff melted in my mouth like butter. The best I have ever had.
Can't wait till I return and try more items from their menu.
Arturo's serves up THE BEST pizza in Maplewood. Can you say a sausage pie with truffle oil? For those NYC transplants (of which there are many in Maplewood and surroundings), Arturo's offers up Lombardi's/Grimaldi's style pizzas with that charred crust we crave. All ingredients are high quality and fresh, from the mozzarella to the fresh basil to their house made sausage.
It's rather small inside, but most of their business is takeout. Fantastic place to get your pizza on.
In a sea of bad pizza throughout new jersey I have been in search of a thin rustic crisp pizza with taste and unique character. Too much to ask for? I'm beginning to wonder. This place had all the markings of a great pizza, but it fell flat and i ended up being disappointed. The crust was uneven and in some spots raw. Unacceptable considering you could drop 50 bucks here in a blink of a eye.
Review Source:If I could give Arturo's 6 stars I would. Â Hands down the BEST pizza I have ever had anywhere. Â The saddest thing about moving out of Maplewood was that we could no longer have Arturo's whenever we wanted. Â However, my husband and I STILL commute here from Queens on special occasions just to have our fix. Â The ingredients are so fresh and you can tell that they care about the quality and art of the food there. Â We always order the Ricotta crostini, Margarita pizza, and Ziti al Telefono. Â The sauce and cheeses are unsurpassed (coming from someone who grew up with an Italian Nonna-that is saying something!!!) Â Every time we eat pizza somewhere else, we sadly always end up saying the same thing: Â "Yeah, it's really good....but it's not Arturo's..."
Review Source:I had heard great things about Arturo's and we went tonite. I will say it was some of the best pizza I have ever had on par with anywhere. Try the Farm pie, mozzarella, mushrooms, parmigiana really good, just when u think it's bland you get a shot of sea salt underneath that really makes it. Brick oven and thin crust is superb. The entrees looked good and will try on the next visit. One small note to management, our waitress gave us good service but she was so gushy in her friendliness it was as she was auditioning for a Broadway show. She announced her name 3 times was acting as if she was in California and it was just way over the top. It was eventually very annoying because she was TOO MUCH....Please tell her to turn it down a few notches or stop smoking weed on her breaks.
Review Source:Hands down the best pizza around. This place is all about freshness and it shows. We are regulars at Arturo's and have never had a bad meal. They always have great appetizers made using local farm produce including; fire roasted asparagus, carrots and snap peas. Just had their latest heirloom tomato appetizer which was awesome. Try their meatballs as a side dish and thank me later! BYOB; another plus!!!
Review Source:Its some of the best pizza in the NY/NJ area. If Fred or Dan are there, sometimes they'll do custom things like a Cinghale pie. The food here has some of the best ingredients and is local. Â Chicken is rare to get here, but when they get it, its excellent. Â I recommend coming for lunch and getting a meatball sandwich. Its fair priced, uses their own bread(same dough for pizza) and some of the tastiest meatballs Ive ever had. If you can find better food than this place, expect to pay much more. I wish there was more selection of great Italian food in the area, as their menu doesnt cover everything. Thats the only negative I can give them. And no lemons for drinks :(
Review Source:pizza is DANK. had their sausage and mushroom pizza as well as the pesto and tomato one (forget the exact names) and they were both amazing. I'm a big crust guy and this was some of the best crust I've ever had, big, chewy and soft. wish there was some dipping sauce or oil for the crust.
went on a wednesday afternoon for lunch and there was no wait, service was great. highly recommend checking it out. not cheap for a pizza place, but not overpriced for how fresh and organic the food is.
Great neighborhood bistro/pizza place. Â The food is fresh and flavorful. Â Unique dishes that truly hit the spot when you are hungry! Â Staff is very friendly & accommodating. Â The seating tends to be limited during dinner hour but if you are willing to sit "family style" with other patrons at one of the larger tables, then they try and seat you ASAP.
Review Source:Ate here two days in a row for a family visit -- and yes, it was *that* Â good. Â Having lived in New York for four years where it's all about the slice I knew I had to get some pizza while I was out on the East Coast. Â Especially because in LA where I'm from, great pizzas are sorely lacking. Â The pizza here is delicious! Â Had the parma and tartufi. Â Both were excellent. Â The toppings are fresh, generous and the cheese is high quality mozz that stretches from pan to plate. Â The crust is perfectly charred and chewy. Â Also tried their pear and gorgonzola salad which was light and tasty. Â If only Arturo's would open up in my neck of the woods.
Review Source:Wow, this little place blows me away. Â Tasty food, simple but perfectly prepared. Â Their ravioli dish is so delicious and their salads are just beautiful. Â The good thing about this place is, it is also a family friendly restaurant. Â Their pizzas are great and will certainly satisfy the little hands. Â We will certainly come back.
Review Source:We've ordered take out pizzas from Arturo's a few times and they have been some of the best pizzas I have ever eaten, and that includes Lombardi's, John's, Fornino, etc, etc. Â The crust is really perfect -- yeasty, chewy, flavorful and delicious.
We finally got the chance to eat in last night and had a great meal of superb, truffle-redolent mushroom ravioli, penne with tomato and pancetta, and ceasar salad. Â The service was very friendly and competent and the food is truly special and delicious. Â In comparison to any restaurant in Manhattan or Brooklyn Arturo's completely holds its own, with the added benefits of being extremely well-priced and friendly. Â
One added bonus we really appreciated was the small-child friendly bathroom. Â We can't wait to come back!
Had lunch on a weekday. Many restaurants in town were not busy, but Arturo's was full of happy people - it's a small to medium sized place with an open kitchen. Tasteful dark decor with music playing in the background - and a spotless and nice looking bathroom.
You have to appreciate how few places get it right to understand how good Arturo's is. I had a simple Margharita pizza with a side of sauteed arugula. The crust on the pizza was phenomenal - it TASTED yeasty and bready, but was thin without getting cracker-like. I can't over-compliment the "bite" of the pie - perfect. The sauce was delicious and the cheese was obviously top quality. It was cooked to perfection and served piping hot - everything was still moist and it smelled heavenly. The arugula came in it's own little cast iron pan - perfectly cooked and seasoned. Â
The guys serving the food are young and eager - and observant. Service was excellent without getting unctuous. The staff saw I was enjoying my meal --- and appreciated it. This is a place full of humble and kind people - it shows in everything they do.
One of the owners, Fred, introduced himself. He was clearly proud of his restaurant and he should be.
As far as people complaining about 4 and 5 star reviews, I think the system works and giving this place three stars tells me that you may want to work on your illusions self-importance so you can stop tromping on other people's hard work (BTW, ever notice the correlation between overly fussy facial hair and asshattiness? Yep, that's how you're similar to Armond White).
As far as a derscription goes...it is a simple BYOB pizza spot in Maplewood village. Â I have been looking for decent, local, wood-fired brick oven pizza in the area and am happy to say that I found it at Arturo's, twice.. in this week alone.
The menu is short and simple, just like the ingredients for their dishes. Â They use locally sourced ingredients to ensure that their food is as fresh as possible. Â There are only a few tables and it fills up quick, so I would suggest take out. Â Enjoy.
While trying hard not to sound like Armond White against all these 4 and 5 stars, the place was decent (as in I would return), but hardly worth the accolades being thrown at it.
The bread they give you is honestly a work of art. Â The perfect combination of a crunchy outside with an almost oily center that made it a hit.
The fire-roasted broccoli was simple yet very good.
I had their barley soup which was a bit bland and lacking a strong backbone, passable.
The meatballs were very good, and the sauce that accompanied them was even better. Â Simple execution, but that's where its beauty lay.
Like a lot of reviews have stated, the crostini was great. Â The ricotta was cool and buttery, with a touch of olive oil and coarse grated black pepper. Â Again, a simple presentation that paid high dividends.
Are you starting to see a running theme? Â The place prides itself on letting the local ingredients shine without losing its flavor in overcomplicated sauces, and I really liked that.
The pizza was good, not great. Â After reading the reviews on yelp, I was expecting to be blown away. Â That could have been my fault, but I will say the crust was good.
I had the wild boar with penne and mushrooms which was tasty, but could have used a little salt and the boar was either overcooked or didn't have enough of fat to keep it moist.
The best dish I tired that night was my girlfriends wild mushroom ravioli, which was AMAZING. Â One of the best raviolis I've had in some time. Â Do not pass up on this dish. Â It is the perfect size to split with a few people as an appetizer too.
In regard to the atmosphere, it's tight, but not cramped. Â It had a hip vibe to it with its "coffee house" meets "rustic" theme. Â Service was adequate if not a little on the young side. Â They could really benefit with having a few more experienced palates to sell the dishes better.
A bunch of us had a prix fixe meal here for a couple dollars. Pretty awesome idea.
The restaurant is very small but it is nicely decorated. Very trendy and casual.
We got the arugula salad first . Very fresh and zingy. Then it was the Telefono pasta with fresh mozzarella and tomato sauce. Simple ingredients but perfectly executed.
We got two pizza pies, the Greco and the Margherita. I liked the Greco better due to the pesto they put on it-it added a bright flavor. The margherita was a bit plain for me, still good though. Fresh and the crust was toasty.
Desert was a tiramisu. I think they shipped it in but it was still tasty.
Awesome meal and the prices are well priced. I'm always surprised that the pizza is that cheap for its quality. Relative to the pizza places around here, this place is awesome.
**NOTE: do NOT drink the water in the glass decanters. Just don't.
This place gets better and better. Â Dan and Fred really know what they're doing. Â The pizzas are AMAZING, as is the homemade bread.
Don't miss the crostini w/ fresh ricotta, scary good. Â
Polpette (meatballs) are light and fluffy with a great sauce and the ceci salad is to die for. Â I love this place, wish everyone else didn't, so we could get in more often!
Ended up here after wandering the cute Maplewood Village looking for a place to eat. On a Tuesday night at about 7:15, the wait was 20 minutes for two people to sit indoors, but we could sit outside immediately. We chose the outdoor seating, and it was great -- only downside is that the seating area is quite crammed, and the "for two" tables were very tiny.
The menu had enough to make me want to come back several times to try all of the pizzas and pastas, but my date and I settled on splitting a medium pizza. Unfortunately our waitress seemed a bit turned off by the fact that we weren't ordering a ton of food--I can't blame her, small bill equals a smaller tip. But the "Parma" pie that we got was still delicious. A blend of gorgonzola, mozzarella, parmigiano, romano and provolone cheese with freshly sliced plum tomatoes and plenty of basil for seasoning. What perfect blend of cheeses, nothing too thick, greasy or congealed like the cheese you'd see a top a NY-style pizzeria. It was melted to perfection.
I would definitely go back. With the intent of ordering more food (there are some pasta dishes that sounded and looked to-die-for), I'd opt for a seat inside so I didn't risk pushing any dishes off the tiny outdoor tables.
I've done a lot of traveling in Italy and I can say that eating at Arturo's is the closest I've come to having an authentic Italian dining experience in the tri-state area. Just as in Italy, where the best food is most often found at the more casual trattoria/osteria establishments, this is off-the-charts phenomenal, locally-sourced food served in a casual, relaxed setting. Â Dan Richer, Arturo's chef/owner, is passionate about using the highest quality ingredients and supporting local growers and producers and his commitment to providing customers with only the best is evident in every bite. The personable Fred Shandler, Dan's business partner and dining room manager, ensures that customers have a pleasant dining experience.
Arturo's has recently changed their "traditional" pizza dough. Â It was good before, but now it's incredible. Â For those of you lucky enough to have tasted Anthony Mangieri's pizza at Una Pizza Napoletana in nyc, this dough is similar in taste and texture and it has the slight char around the edges that characterizes traditional Neapolitan pizza. Â It's tangy and chewy with a creamy mouthfeel...topped with fresh tomato sauce, fresh mozz and fresh basil (the margherita)...it's just, well, freakin' delicious. Â
Another must-try is the 6 course tasling menu that is served on Saturday and Tuesday nights. Â My favorite course is almost always the hand made pasta. Â It's egg-based pasta in the style of the Piemonte region of Italy ...rich, unctuous and addicting! Â Reservations are only accepted for the tasting menu and tables can be hard to come by so be prepared for a wait. Â It's worth it!!
I love Arturo's. My wife and I come here about three times a month. It has become a destination to go when we are entertaining peeps from out of town.
The food is created with skill and creativity, without scrimping on the basics. I find myself craving the margherita pizza even as I'm chomping down on the more elaborate foods. The menu rotates frequently as ingredients become available throughout the year, sometimes even on a weekly basis.
The owners push a kind of local/sustainable food profile, and get most or all of their produce from NJ growers. It looks like everything they serve is made in-house, and they take a whole chalkboard to brag about their breadmaking process.
The best part is that it is very reasonably priced, and BYOB. So you can pick up a decent bottle of wine down the street at the wine shop (not the one on the main drag, the one around the corner from the Irish bar--the one on the main drag is snooty and I don't like them... review pending), drag it in there and get a pizza and have a whole meal for two or three for the price of a single entree at Les Halles.
The 5 best restaurants in the 2015 Denver Restaurant Week
3,611 Views | Category: Denver
The complete list of 2015 Denver Restaurant Week businesses
1,972 Views | Category: Denver
The tourists' guide to Portillos: 5 must have dishes
3,318 Views | Category: Chicago
Pho = Pronounced "fuh" not "foe" for pho-king sake
2,915 Views | Category: Denver
Indulgery selected to exhibit at Collision Conference
2,987 Views | Category: Press Releases
Not Logged In
BUSINESSES
Local Businesses
Near Me
My Favorites
SOCIAL
Blog & News
MY ACCOUNT
Login
Register
Contact Us
Add Your Business
