Sauces: Fresh Made Aponte's Pizza Sauce, Buffalo (Mild, Med, or Hot), Alfredo, Fresh Garlic & Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Homemade BBQ Cheeses: Extra Mozzarella, Fresh Whole Milk Mozzarella, Feta, Ricotta, Romano; Provolone Meats: Italian Sausage, Homemade Italian Meatball, Capicola, Tavern Ham, Pepperoni, Chicken, Anchovy, Genoa Salami, Bacon; Shrimp Veggies: Sliced Tomato, Sliced Garlic, Roasted Garlic, Red Onion, Pineapple, Roasted Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Broccoli, Jalapeño, Fresh or Marinated Mushroom, Banana Pepper, Black, Kalamata or Green Olive, Spinach, Sun-dried Tomato, Artichoke Heart, Basil, Fried Eggplant.
Pizza Pies
$8.00
Create your own pizza pie with your choice of delicious toppings.
Add Each topping
$1.00
Pizza Pies - 16
Create your own pizza pie with your choice of delicious toppings.
$13.00
5 toppings$20.00
Add Each topping
$2.00
Calzone
$8.00
Fresh made dough filled with ricotta and mozzarella, and up to 2 toppings, folded and baked. Served with homemade marinara for dipping.
Add Each topping
$1.00
Stromboli
$8.00
Fresh made dough topped with homemade pizza sauce, mozzarella, and up to 2 toppings, rolled and baked.
Add Each topping
$1.00
Desserts
Homemade Italian favorites
Homemade Cheesecake
$5.00
Ask your server for today's flavor.
Homemade Tiramisu
$5.00
Ladyfinger cookies soaked in espresso, layered with mascarpone, and dusted with cocoa powder.
Entrees
All entrees served with warm, crunchy garlic bread.
Chicken Parmesan
$11.00
Made to order, hand-breaded chicken breast topped with homemade marinara and fresh whole milk mozzarella. Served with spaghetti or rigatoni with homemade marinara or alfredo.
Eggplant Parmesan
$10.00
Hand-breaded and topped with homemade marinara and fresh whole milk mozzarella. Served with spaghetti or rigatoni with homemade marinara or alfredo.
Rigatoni or Spaghetti & Meatballs
$9.00
With homemade marinara or alfredo.
Shrimp Florentine
$14.00
Sautéed in garlic infused olive oil, with spinach, roasted red pepper, red pepper flakes and feta over spaghetti.
Lasagna
$11.00
Layered with seasoned ground beef, homemade marinara, ricotta, and mozzarella.
Baked Rigatoni
$9.00
Pasta with seasoned ricotta, homemade marinara, and topped with mozzarella.
From The Bar
Ask your server for our selection of wine, beer and cocktails.
Italian Style Subs
Prepared on a 6" fresh baked baguette and served with potato chips and pickle spear.
Jersey Antipasto
$7.00
Tavern ham, genoa salami, capicola, pepperoni, and provolone topped with romaine, tomato, red onion, banana pepper and your choice of dressing.
Parmesan
$7.00
Topped with our homemade marinara and fresh whole milk mozzarella. Choose: Meatball, Chicken, Eggplant or Sausage.
Add sautéed onions and peppers
$0.75
Jersey Style Pizza Pies
Original handmade pies made one plate at a time.
Red Pizzas
Meat Feast
Homemade meatball, pepperoni, bacon, Italian sausage, genoa salami, capicola, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
The Tony
Italian sausage, pepperoni, homemade meatballs, red onion, mushroom, banana pepper, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
The Paige
Tavern ham, mushroom, kalamata olive, tomato, basil, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
Vegetarian
Mushroom, broccoli, tomato, artichoke heart, red onion, and green pepper, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
White Pizzas
Hawaiian
Tavern ham, capicola, pineapple, roasted red pepper, mozzarella, and provolone.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
BBQ or Buffalo
Chicken tossed with homemade BBQ or buffalo sauce, feta, tomato, alfredo sauce, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
Key West
Pink shrimp, feta, spinach, sun-dried tomato, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
The Reece
Italian sausage, green pepper, red onion, mozzarella, and provolone.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
The Corrine
Roasted red pepper, green pepper, banana pepper, tomato, and mozzarella.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
The Sommer
Ricotta, sun-dried tomato, broccoli, garlic, basil, mozzarella, and romano.
10"$12.00
16"$20.00
Jumbo Chicken Wings
Jumbo Chicken Wings
Mild, Medium, Hot, BBQ, Spicy BBQ, or Spicy Garlic.
Six Wings$5.00
Twelve Wings$9.00
Eighteen Wings$14.00
Twenty-Four Wings$18.00
Fifty Wings$37.00
Kids Menu
For our 12 and under patrons.
Cheese Pizza
$7.00
8" with choice of 2 toppings.
Chicken Tenders
$6.00
With homemade fries.
Spaghetti or Rigatoni
Served with homemade marinara and garlic bread.
$4.00
With homemade mini meatballs$6.00
Lunch Specials
Tuesday - Friday, 11 am - 2 pm.
Small 8" - 1 Topping Pizza
$6.00
Your choice of topping.
Additional toppings (each)
$1.00
Spaghetti or Rigatoni
$6.00
Homemade marinara, small Aponte's House salad, and garlic bread.
Add homemade mini meatballs
$2.00
Chicken Tenders Caesar Salad
$6.00
Romaine, homemade caesar dressing, and homemade croutons.
Italian Style Meatball Sub
$6.00
Homemade meatballs topped with homemade marinara and fresh whole milk mozzarella. Served with potato chips and pickle spear.
Jersey Antipasto Sub
$6.00
Tavern ham, genoa salami, capicola, pepperoni, and provolone topped with romaine, tomato, red onion, banana pepper and your choice of dressing. Served with chips and pickle spear.
Salads
Homemade Dressings: Garlic Vinaigrette, Caesar Balsamic Vinaigrette; Champagne Vinaigrette Prepared Dressings: Ranch, French, Golden Italian, Bleu Cheese, Honey Mustard
Aponte's House
$4.00
Spring mix, tomato, cucumber, feta, and homemade croutons.
Caesar
Romaine with homemade Caesar dressing and homemade croutons.
$5.00
With chicken$8.00
Greek
Spring mix, tomato, cucumber, red onion, kalamata olives, and feta, with homemade garlic vinaigrette.
$7.00
With chicken$10.00
Antipasto
Tavern ham, genoa salami, capicola, pepperoni, provolone, banana peppers, artichoke hearts, marinated mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and green and black olives.
For one$8.00
For two$12.00
Soft Drinks
Refreshing soda, lemonade and tea.
Pepsi
$2.25
Diet Pepsi
$2.25
Mountain Dew
$2.25
Root Beer
$2.25
Sierra Mist
$2.25
Dr. Pepper
$2.25
Pink Lemonade
$2.25
Iced Tea
$2.25
Starters
Classic and original appetizers to start you off right.
Garlic Bread
Warm and crunchy, made to order.
$5.00
With cheese$6.00
Garlic Knots
Fresh made dough baked and dusted with garlic, parmesan, and tossed in garlic butter. Served with homemade marinara for dipping.
Six Pieces$5.00
Twelve Pieces$8.00
Pizza Dumplings
$5.00
Fresh made dough purses stuffed with mozzarella and fried until golden. Served with homemade marinara for dipping.
Pepperoni Sticks
$5.00
Rolled and baked in our fresh made dough.
Disco Fries
$5.00
French fries smothered with brown gravy, a Jersey diner classic. Or try it with jalapeño cheese sauce for a spicy kick.
Tony Aponte began his pizza career in north New Jersey at age 11. "We were poor," he said about his first job. "I had four brothers and sisters, and I started to work to take care of my family." Thirty years later, Aponte has opened his second Aponte's Pizzeria, at 753 Reading Road in Mason, with 100-item variety and his New Jersey-style pizza. "I'm from New Jersey," Aponte said. "It's the kind of pizza we made." When Aponte was 22, he opened his first store in West Caldwell, N.J., before he moved to Ohio with his wife, who had family in Pickerington, Ohio. Aponte decided to open his store to be closer to his three daughters, Paige, 13, Corinne, 12, and Reece, 10, who live with their mother in Mason. The Eastgate resident plans to move to Mason this year. His daughters have their "own" pizza on the menu, and they help out at the store every other weekend. "You want to keep that home touch," Aponte said. "Restaurant owners in New Jersey named items after family members to show their love and to show they were always thinking about them." Aponte said they make their own pizza dough and pizza sauce, and use only 100 percent whole milk cheese. "No one that I know uses 100 percent whole milk cheese, they use the mixed or provolone cheeses," Aponte said. "That's the flavor you can't beat." Paige said she loves to cook with her dad. She makes the cold menu items, while her sister Corinne takes food orders and Reece cleans the tables. "It teaches us how to be responsible, and how to work for what you want," Paige said about working. "I learn how to depend on myself more." Paige would like to go to college and will rely on her work experience with her father. "Maybe one day I'll own a restaurant, but I will take what I learned and apply it to whatever I do," Paige said. Aponte is already involved in the community, donating pizza to the schools and Kiwanis events. "If they had a choice, they are going to come here for the family touch, and the food. They're not coming for a bargain, they are coming for the quality of the food".