This past month, Monmouth County had Christmas on the brain, but that's not all. We were also busy naming the best pizza for 2017!

We started off with a very impressive field of competitors.

Thousands of votes later, we got our final 4.

Squan Tavern took the inaugural 2016 Monmouth County's Best Pizza honors and they made it to the finals with a major competitor. Pete & Elda's.

Voting closed Monday at noon, and with 65.8% of the vote, congratulations to...

Squan Tavern in Manasquan!

Not only is that an impressive victory, but Squan is now 2 for 2 in our Monmouth County's Best Pizza competition.

Congratulations to Pete & Elda's for making it all the way to the finals and all of our participating restaurants and pizzerias!