Best Marinara Sauce Jersey Joe's
1628 E. Sixth St. STAFF PICK:Basta with the roast beef, already!
(Although we can't in good conscience let it remain unsaid that
these guys make it the old-fashioned way--by marinating a whole,
prime roast overnight, and then cooking it right there in their
tiny sandwich shop--just to make sandwiches. It's almost a crime.)
Anyway, it seems Joey, co-owner of Jersey Joe's, has had
a change of heart (maybe a bypass), because he's been pushing
the pastas pretty hard this year. In fact, he's been giving the
stuff away, to anyone who happens to be waiting for a sandwich.
(Another crime, of which we've often been the guilty beneficiaries.)
And let there be no mistake: The glass-top tables may not have
linen, but these boys simmer a marinara sauce worthy of the Pope
in Rome himself. Sweet, juicy tomatoes, pungent basil, mellow,
melt-in-your-mouth garlic, and we don't know what the secret is
here, but we can't get enough of it. Word on the street is that
they make a mean Florentine, too (redolent with spinach, parmesan,
romano and spices). And these Jersey boys' penne is always firm.
Heh-heh. Don't tell Mama we said that.
