In the lower Northeast—largely a vast and sucking desert when it comes to good pizza—Charlie’s (sandwiched between an IHOP and a Chinese restaurant in a singularly unimpressive shopping center) isn’t a mirage. It’s a cheesy, saucy oasis where anyone with a taste for it can score an amazingly authentic tasting round of the good stuff. The sauce on these red pies hits a perfect bull's-eye between tangy and saccharine, and is accented by just the right amount of stringy cheese, making for an ideal balance that tends to cause strong cravings in those who’ve discovered Charlie’s for themselves.
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