What makes LaScala’s Fire a New Jersey Italian favorite?

Here’s the thing about New Jersey. Restaurants are a tough business to begin with, but you don’t survive in the Italian food game unless you’re legit. Everyone has a Nonna, an uncle, or some neighborhood spot they swear is unbeatable. The bar is high. So a chain restaurant serving Italian or even Italian-American food is going to be under a microscope of judgment.

But there’s a…