Stafford House of Pizza

New owners took over about a year and a half ago.  Pizza went a little bit downhill, but it's still good.  Service inside is OK, if you're willing to flag down your server here and there.  But for takeout pizza or a basic Italian dinner this place is still OK, price is right for what you get, and the establishment is clean.  They are trying hard to keep the establishment what it was with the other owners and it shows.

Stopped here last night for a quick cheap dinner.   I wound up with a ricotta, mozzarella and spinach calzone.   My boyfriend got a Gyro (which he said was amazing) and my friend got a chicken parm sub.

My calzone was very good and large enough to take home for lunch the next day.  (I may have been able to stretch it for three days, but I was particularly hungry!)

Our waitress was nice and helpful and our food arrived fairly quickly.  I was told by a resident of Stafford Springs that "all the pizza places in town suck", but this place seemed decent.  Granted, I didn't try their pizza, but I figure a calzone is about as close as you can get!

(They earn extra points for giving me some marinara sauce to take home with my calzone.  I didn't even have to ask for it, and usually resturants don't think to give you a side of sauce.)

I am told by my resident friends, that Stafford House of Pizza is the best pizza in Stafford Springs.  This may say a lot, because there's a lot of friggin' Pizza joints in Stafford.  In fact, it's pretty much like 7 to 10 pizza joints, 2 Chinese places, 1 50's diner, some fast food.  

Anywho, *I* have not had pizza from the other pizza joints in Stafford, but I did have pizza from THIS pizza joint.

First, it's a cute place.  It sort of what you want a casual Italian place to look like.  In fact, it might be exactly what a casual Italian place should look like.  

The guy behind the counter, it should be noted, is also charming.

It's Greek pizza, and it's good.  The sauce is salty and sharp, as are the meatballs (we got meatball and mushroom).  The mushrooms, unfortunately, tasted like they came from a can.   The cheese was piled on thick and heavy and the dough was good.  Not my favorite dough ever, but not cardboardy like soem dough can get.  

It was good enough to eat a second slice.

(P.S.  They have beer.)