The DeLorenzos are one of New Jersey’s most prestigious pizza families. But their name has been in the news all year for reasons that have little to do with pizza.

DeLorenzo’s Pizza in Hamilton — which started serving pies in Trenton in 1938 (and is related to but separate from famed De Lorenzo’s Tomato Pies in Robbinsville) — closed in March when it was seized by New Jersey’s division of taxation for non-payment of state taxes.

After launching a controversial GoFundMe to help cover more than $10,000 in unpaid taxes, owner Rick DeLorenzo Jr. reopened the pizzeria in April just to close again in September for renovations that would make the space a “combination pizzeria-dispensary.”

DeLorenzo’s will indeed reopen in 2026 — with a new look, a name and a new member of the fami

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