Fresh Pizzeria Rockville

This review is for people who grew up with NYC area pizza local to where they lived. I myself grew up in northern New Jersey just outside of New York so I know what this is supposed to be, if done right. For Montgomery county, this is the best New York pizza I've experienced yet. Here's why: 1) They use enough sauce (so many places basically make cheesy bread). These guys make sure there's enough sauce on the pie, which you can see where the crust meets the cheese. 2) It's actually a thin crust. New York style pizza crust should be thin and crunchy, just big enough to be able to hold a slice in your hands. So many places locally instead make the crust a big doughey undercooked air bubbly mess. None of that is here, just thin crunchy crust. 3) The cheese layer is slightly burnt and seasoned (this is a good thing). This is often overlooked and undercooked, and giving it a slightly burnt layer when cooking the cheese gives it a different flavor that you know when you're eating it if you grew up "up there". 4) They have all the right spices to add to season it, like parmesan, garlic powder, hot and regular pepper, and basil. I've lost track of how many local places don't have this on the table/counter, but you need it to season it correctly. What's impressive is the owner (who is from Brooklyn as I understand it) trained everybody here to make it the right way and they just do it even if the owner is not there (which he was not the day I went there to try it out for the first time last Friday). Take it from a New York Pizza snob, it's worth going there and it's right on Rockville Pike in the shopping strip just after Taco Bell (if heading up the pike) about halfway between twinbrook and Rockville Metro on Rockville Pike.