Nancy's Towne House • 1943

Step down into a subterranean rumpus room where wagon wheel lights glow over red checkered tablecloths and thin-crust pizza that's earned an 8.8 from Barstool Sports. Nancy Knudsen learned the decades-old recipes from the previous owners before taking over this 1944 Rahway institution, preserving the crispy, impossibly thin pies that draw devotees from across New Jersey. Descend the stairs for pizza that tastes like a time machine—and a seat at the bar that feels like your neighbor's finished basement.