One thing is for sure. If you have the courage to name the best pasta in New Jersey, you better be ready to defend it, and you better be ready to get an earful. I haven't ever taken the time to count them, but there must be a thousand Italian restaurants in the Garden State, and well over 990 of them are awesome, and about the same number are somebody's favorite.

So, how in the world could you narrow down a state full of great Italian dishes? Well, it can't be easy to do, but it must be incredibly fun to research. So, who was brave enough to name the restaurant with the best pasta dish in New Jersey? It's the well-respected Eat This, Not That, and their search ended in Newark.