Michelangelo's Restaurant

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  I have been coming to this place for the past seven years!  My in-laws have a timeshare in nearby Villa Roma and every year it has become a tradition to have dinner here!!  It is by far he best restaurant  in the area!!  You would never believe you left the greater NYC metro area!!  Great Italian food and great times with family...Italian style!!

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  Posted on 06.30.12 Michael R.

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  Listen to you guys... I mean come on this is not Brooklyn , the lower east side or patsy in Harlem... But think about it you freaks, we are in jeffersoneville ny ...that said this pizza place is pretty damn good , if ya want the best pissa in the world there  is only one place to go and that is  Patsy's  NYC , 117 th st and 1 st ave... If ya want the worst pizza go to California. If ya want a pretty good slice or a very edible meal this place will do the trick just fine......

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  Posted on 12.30.11 james d.

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  The pizza is alright.
  The atmosphere kinda kitchy.
  Any of the food items on the menu...ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
  Prices, very reasonable.
  Servers, all are fine, but ask for Cookie. She knows the food, she knows the area and adds to the entire dining experience.
  Look for specials. They are menu items that are a dollar off for that evening. The seafood salad is more than I can eat, but the Carbonara...OUTSTANDING!
  My favorite is the eggplant rollatini appetizer. Enough to make a meal, so that I can room for an appetizer or dessert.
  Go early as in the summer it gets packed.
  VERY family friendly.

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  Posted on 05.31.11 Julia T.

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  a very family friendly place.  the atmosphere is nothing to write home about, but the service and food are.  Our waitress -- Cookie -- was an absolute gem.  She made us feel at home...literally.  She was knowledgeable and accommodating to our party of 8.  While the pizza wasn't too wowie zowie, the penne alla vodka was out of this world.  The  best I have ever had anywhere.  Prices are very reasonable.

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  Posted on 02.24.11 JWD F.

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  To: State of California
  Re: The Quality of Your Pizza
  
  Your pizza really sucks, California. To be fair, your pizza is no worse than pizza anywhere that is not New York, but your pizza absolutely, completely, and totally sucks compared to pizza in New York. California Pizza Kitchen? My mother took me to California Pizza Kitchen--once. That place is lower than low, like one of the fake old T-shirts, with fake fading and fake fraying, that they sell at Urban Outfitters. CPK is simply not real pizza. All the other pizza I ever had in San Francisco sucked completely, too, especially at the places that claimed to be New York-style. I'm just being honest. Less sucky but still sucky indeed are the frou-frou pizza joints like Delfina Pizzeria where your Marina girls like to go, I think because they can eat there and never, ever, ever get remotely full.  
  
  Now, back to Michelangelo's, which is bar-none the best pizzeria in Jeffersonville, New York. (Sorry, Sal's, but you know I'm right!) Now, here's the thing. Sure there are better pizza places than Michelangelo's in the world, but it's pretty good pizza. The sauce is tangy and unobjectionable (which is all I ask from sauce), the cheese is salty as hell and remarkably elastic (both big pluses when it comes to pizza cheese) and the crust is thin and crisp on the bottom with a thin glutinous layer hiding under the cheese and sauce. Listen up, California: when you take that first bite of each slice--of the pizza tip--this special thing happens: the individual flavors and textures of the three components of the pizza combine to achieve a sort of salty fatty sweet crunchy perfection and you want to smile.
  
  The problem with Michelangelo's is that as you eat your way toward the crust, you'll be moving away from that greatness, bite by sweet bite, until you're looking at the last inch, inch-and-a-half of crust--no more cheese left, maybe just a thin spittle of baked brown sauce--and you're asking yourself: do I have to eat this or should I give it to my dog? And the dog is looking like a good option. Because the crust which is good at the tip and passable at the middle is just not stand-alone good at the end, where it needs to be able to stand alone, where in a really great slice, you might even rip a bit off first as an anticipatory gesture to warm up.
  
  That said, the pizza at Michelangelo's is better than any I ever had in California. But don't feel bad, California: you're still number one at ramen.
  
  Anyway, Michelangelo's pizza is great, but call ahead, pick it up and get it to go. If you've ever seen formica before, you're not missing anything if you eat your pie at home.

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  Posted on 08.10.06 Zach W.

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