The Sopranos On Location

Hearsay has it that producer David Chase gave his staff several camcorders and told them to video tape various neighborhoods throughout Northern New Jersey. This montage of Northern NJ was used to create the opening theme for each episode. Pizzaland, located at 260 Belleville Tpk in North Arlington has been a local landmark for about 35 years. It's barely bigger than a taxi stand and does most of its business as take out orders. Pizzaland's interior and their pizza is as I remember it the night it opened when my Mom took me and my sister there for Pizza. I vividly remember the owner getting his finger stuck in the soda machine. We sat there amused watching him getting soaked. Aside from the great Pizza, they make a killer Italian Hotdog!

During a first season episode, Moltisanti flies into a rage and shoots the foot of a bakery worker he feels is disrespecting him. The scene is an homage to the classic Mob flick Goodfellas, in which a guy named Spider is shot in the foot by hotheaded gangster Joe Pesci. And the guy who played Spider? Michael Imperioli. The bakery was portrayed to be in Nutley. Actually, HBO crews used Joe's Bakery located on the corner of Jauncey Ave and Ridge Road in North Arlington.

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