Gluten-free pizza in Bordentown

[Rich Pawlak]

The Queen's physician said that he discovered a pizza parlor that made a very good gluten-free pizza, so, given the Queen's allergy to gluten, we quickly headed down to Bordentown, NJ to the original PALERMO'S (674 Highway 206 South--just north of the famous Mastoris diner; (609) 298-6771).

I'm a total sucker for Trenton tomato pie. so I was psyched for some Palermo's tomato pie and I was very curious how they'd pull off a gluten free pie. According to the Bordentown manager, they buy gluten-free shells from a supplier, top 'em however the customer wants and bake 'em. I only sampled a couple of bites of the gluten-free pepperoni mushroom pie the Queen ordered, but it was surprisingly good, a corn-based pizza shell that looked pretty much like an average pizza, but the crust had good flavor, was heavier than a typical pizza crust, but not so much that you might discern a major difference. It was a good foil for Palermo's slighty sweet, chunky tomato sauce, which I think happens to make their tomato pie one of the better ones in the Trenton area.