Big Jim's Pizzeria - Étlap

Absolute shame about this once great pizzeria. I stopped in the other day, after not being there for a few years (I moved out of the area) and was surprised how terrible things where. Especially since the owners gave the outside of the restaurant a full face-lift and made it look like a fancy restaurant. The food, however, is awful. The pizza is gross, salads looked old, sauce will give you heart burn and everything coming out of the kitchen dripped with oil. The worst part wasn't even the food but rather the kitchen and pizza area looked FILTHY!! I couldn't believe how much dirt, grease and garbage I saw. Sad to say but I won't ever go back again.

Today Tuesday 8/25/2015, five retired employees from William Paterson University met for LUNCH in Big Jim 's Haledon, NJ. Three of the five women are of Italian origin and were looking for something that would satisfy our Italian taste. All three chose the sandwich called Grilled Chicken with Eggplant Milanese with Fresh Melted Mozzarella Cheese We had our choice either an Italian baguette or Rosemary Focaccio (we chose the Italian baguette). It came w/ a side of Marinara Sauce and cranked French fries all for the price of just $7.95. As an employee of the university and its convenience at the facility, we had lunch in Big Jim 's without problems. But I heard it was under New Management. We...

Even if I moved to neighboring cities, I have lived in the Big Jim (BJ) area for years and has been a loyal customer for years. I remember when BJ's was built and later renovated. It's been a great place for 30 years. For the last 10 years I have recommended BJ’s way-through the good tasting, but robust and expensive Positano and other Wayne NJ-based places. But my last meals (I ordered for my family) were not even close to what I expected from BJ 's. Today I order Bolognese over angle hair and the person who took my order did not know that Bolognese was meat sauce; which appeared with huge pieces of meat, almost no (marinara) sauce and tasted terrible. It looked like they had taken a meatba...