Massino's Pizza & Pasta

I came here with hubby and the kids one night after my son's basktball game. The place was pretty empty by that time (dinner rush would have been over). We grabbed a table and looked over the menu. The menu looked good, I was excited to see grinders on the menu since I am from Massachusetts and haven't had one in years. I was disapointed to see one go out to another customer. It wasn't really a grinder at all but more like something you would get from Subway or Quiznos. Small bread, small portion of filling. Not a grinder at all. A small grinder is 6-8" long, and 4-5" tall stuffed with fillings. A large one is 12-14" long.. You get my drift. We decided to get a large pizza for us to share. We waited a very long time for it.The sauce on the pizza was very bland and tasted a lot like canned tomato paste watered down.. It kind of ruined the pizza. The toppings were okay, but the sauce was hard to overcome.  

I was really disapointed because I miss good Italian food and really, really wanted to like this place because it's so close to my house. I guess when I want good pizza, I just have to keep driving out to Big Bill's in Centennial.

Pretty good pizza.

Massino's has been our go to pizza place for the past few years, it's right around the corner from our house.  We really don't like chain delivery pizza places and while Massino's isn't the very best pizza in town, it's the best near us for the price.  Most of the time it's pretty good, once in a while our pizza isn't as hot as we'd like, but that could possibly be our fault for not picking it up soon enough.  We usually get the $15 carry out special which is a medium 3 topping, a large 2 topping, and an order of bread sticks.  You really can't beat the price unless you go to one of those hot n ready type places, and let's be honest, those types of places make cafeteria pizza look good.  Anyway, we sometimes get the calzones as well and those are usually pretty good, my favorite is the spinach.  I've had their pasta dishes a couple times and feel that for the cost they weren't that great of a value so we'll stick with the pizza and calzones.