Nina’s Wing Bites & Pizza in South Abington: An Elite Bake on a Double Crust White
Nina’s knew I was coming, but I paid the bill and reviewed the pizza like every other customer. No comps.
Nina’s got its start in Dunmore, and it’s been a regular stop for my family since it opened its second location here in The Abingtons. We go for the famous wing bites, the gigantic hoagies, and pizza that pleases just about everyone. I first reviewed Nina’s square and round pizzas back in 2017 and 2018. It’s been a long time, and then Nina’s challenged me on Facebook to try their Double Crust White Pizza. Challenge accepted. I went with broccoli.
The Double Crust White With Broccoli 🍕🥦
The Bake
The first thing that jumped out at me was the bake. The top was an extraordinary deep golden brown, and the bottom had a gorgeous deep, dark brown color. The thinly stretched dough had a pleasant crispness all the way through.
Construction
This pizza was extremely well put together. Both crusts were stretched evenly and sealed properly around the edges. Most importantly for a Double Crust White, it held together after it was cut. No cheese or filling spilled out everywhere. That’s a huge part of making this style correctly.
Cheese and Seasoning
The cheese blend was gooey and stretchy, with a great cheese pull. The gooey texture suggested some American cheese in the blend, and the stretch made me think there was mozzarella or brick in there too, helping hold everything together.
I really enjoyed the seasoning on top. It was flavorful and aromatic, with ground dried rosemary, which for me is a must on a great Double Crust White.
The Filling
Inside there was some garlic and seasoning, but I would have liked a little more. The broccoli was the one part I thought could use extra attention. A little seasoning and a quick sauté before it goes into the pizza would add flavor and help it cook through a bit more.
Pizzaiolo’s Notes 🍕
- A sealed double crust that holds when it’s cut is the hardest part of this style, and Nina’s nails it.
- Rosemary on top is the signature move of a great Double Crust White.
- A quick sauté of the broccoli with garlic and seasoning before it goes in is the easiest way to move this pizza up a level.
What I’d Order Next Time
- TBD
Final Thoughts
This is a super well-constructed Double Crust White with excellent proportions, a great cheese blend, and an ELITE bake. Give that broccoli a little more seasoning and TLC, and this pizza enters a completely different conversation.
My Takeaways
- 🍕 An elite bake: deep golden brown on top, deep dark brown and crisp underneath
- 🧀 A gooey, stretchy blend with a great cheese pull
- 🌿 Aromatic ground rosemary on top
- 🥦 Season and sauté the broccoli, and this one gets even better
Have you had the Double Crust White at Nina’s? Tell me your go-to order in the comments.
From the Archives: My 2017 and 2018 Visits
Back in 2018, Nina’s started offering Grande mozzarella as an option on its pizzas, at no extra cost over the American cheese. I went twice to try the 16-inch round, once plain and once with pepperoni. The Grande was the star: creamy, a little salty, with that classic stringy stretch. The crust was thicker by NY standards and baked on a screen in a conveyor oven, so it didn’t have brick-oven crispness, but it was consistent and cooked evenly every time. As a saucy guy, I wanted a little more sauce.
In 2017, I reviewed the square tray, my family’s usual order with American cheese. My little one loved its “cheesy bread” qualities.
Both pizzas landed as solid 7.5-caliber pies on my current 10-point scale, and both are great middle-ground picks for parties, from the kids all the way up to pizza snobs like me.
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Rating Table
Technical Scorecard
Pizza Ordered: Double Crust White Pizza with Broccoli
Style: Double Crust White (Stuffed)
Visit: October 2026
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Crust | 7.7 |
| Sauce | n/a |
| Cheese | 7.9 |
| Taste | 7.7 |
| Crispy/Cooked | 8.1 |
| Value | 7.5 |
| Overall | 7.8 |
Pizza Ordered: 16″ Round Pizza with Grande Mozzarella
Style: Round, Screen-Baked
Visit: August 2018
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7.5 |
Pizza Ordered: Square Tray with American Cheese
Style: Square Tray
Visit: April 2017
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7.5 |
The story behind the scores: the 8.1 for Crispy/Cooked is the high mark, and it goes to that elite bake, deep golden on top and deep dark brown underneath. The gooey, stretchy blend earned a 7.9 for cheese. Taste (7.7) is where the under-seasoned broccoli and light interior garlic held it back. That’s the TLC that would push this pie into a different conversation. It comes in at 7.8 Overall, a step up from the 7.5-caliber round and square I reviewed years ago. The 2017 and 2018 scores have been converted from my old 5-point scale. I stand by my gut ranking of what I enjoyed most in the moment, and I stand by the technical scores I locked in 24 hours later.
Nina’s Wing Bites & Pizza
919 Northern Boulevard, South Abington Township, PA 18411
Lackawanna County · The Abingtons
Wing bites · Hoagies · Round, square, and Double Crust White pizzas
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