00:00How you doing, folks? It's Johnny C the Pizza Guy.
00:03I am here at Bella Notte on Main Street in Little Falls.
00:08I gotta tell you, I'm with the family right now.
00:10My Sarah's next to me. She's starving.
00:12She wants to have a beautiful slice of this Sophia Loren pizza.
00:18Brianna is filming. She's hard at work.
00:22Here's Papa C.
00:24And Papa C said, he's been telling me about this Sophia Loren pizza.
00:28I mean, Brianna, get a nice view of it, right?
00:32Take a couple pictures, you know, nice view, get close.
00:35I mean, this, look at the beautiful slices, very thin sliced tomatoes underneath the sauce.
00:42A beautiful crust, a beautiful grandma-style Sophia Loren.
00:47Bella Notte has been around for 17 years with Bensonhurst, Brooklyn roots.
00:53I'm right in my hometown, next door to Little Falls, Cedar Grove.
00:57I mean, we're in Passaic County, but Essex County is right up the hill.
01:02I'm gonna get a slice of pizza.
01:04Actually, I promised Sarah she can get the first slice.
01:07Sarah, go for it.
01:13And you're gonna see Sarah now, I have a genetically inclined palate to Sicily, and Sarah does have a fourth
01:20generation inclined palate, so that's very important to know.
01:25I usually don't do that.
01:26I usually don't do that.
01:26I don't go for just a little cheese first.
01:28They have a nice bite of the slice, Sarah.
01:30Get that pizza.
01:31This is serious.
01:34Unbelievable.
01:37You're in Daddy C's Roots.
01:39Yes.
01:49Very fresh.
01:50This is fresh.
01:51This is very fresh stuff, folks.
01:58She loves it.
01:59Now, before I have my slice, I'm gonna give you a little one, two, three about the name of this
02:03pizza.
02:05Now, when you open up the menu, you'll find in the back, in fine print, Sophia Loren, very small.
02:13And there's a reason.
02:14For pizzeria owners out there, there's been word that Sophia Loren doesn't want the name out there.
02:23And, you know, this is the thing.
02:26Sophia Loren is beautiful, and so is this pizza.
02:30It's as simple as that.
02:31Let the pizzerias put the name.
02:34That's all I gotta say.
02:36And Bella Notte is keeping with the Sophia Loren because it's part of their roots to Brooklyn.
02:41Oh, yes.
02:42I hope to meet the owner one day.
02:44I met his son today, and I'm gonna hear the story why they call it the Sophia Loren.
02:49So, here we go.
02:52I'm going for this.
02:53I've been eyeing this slice up here.
02:55Actually, I'm a corner.
02:57I'm really a corner guy.
02:59Okay, here we go.
03:00Look at that.
03:02This is beautiful.
03:04It's an art, folks.
03:06It's an art.
03:16Wow.
03:18Notice the tomato sauce and the cheese not fell off.
03:23And it's surrounding my palate, my mouth.
03:29This is a great pizza.
03:32The crunch of the crust.
03:37So moist and delicious.
03:41Hurry up.
03:42Get to Bella Notte before Sophia Loren finds out.
03:46But I gotta tell you, we're keeping it on the menu here.
03:49It's still on the menu.
03:51Um, folks.
03:54Don't just eat.
03:55Enjoy, share, and recommend.
03:57And follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, uh, TikTok.
04:01The kids even got me on TikTok these days.
04:04I gotta do more TikToks, though.
04:06Uh, Papasi, great recommendation.
04:09All right.
04:09Get Papasi real quick.
04:11All right.
04:12Dad, you wanna take a slice real quick?
04:13Yeah, sure.
04:14All right.
04:14Here goes Papasi.
04:16Now, this is a second generation, right?
04:18Your first generation or second?
04:20First generation.
04:20First generation.
04:21Incline genetic palate from Sicily.
04:24Notice Papasi went more with the sauce.
04:26He loves sauce.
04:27He would stop here.
04:29I had the Strata Della soup.
04:31That was excellent, Dad.
04:33And he would stop from work and get the Strata Della soup.
04:38All right.
04:39Let's see what Papasi, uh, says.
04:50Very good.
04:51You taste the garlic.
04:54You taste that garlic.
04:56Oh, without a doubt.
04:58It's a beautiful sauce.
04:59The crust is dying.
05:00You know, sometimes you have a grandma and you could break your teeth on it.
05:04You could break your teeth.
05:05Um, you know, here it's very moist, right?
05:08The crust, but it doesn't flop.
05:11It holds up.
05:12It's a beautiful pie.
05:14Bella Notte, Little Falls, Main Street.
05:16It's been strongly recommended by Johnny Z.
05:19Have a great day, folks.
