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GRAFTON, Mass. - Anzio's Pizza, a brick oven pizza restaurant, is free to open its doors next week after the Board of Selectmen approved a restaurant and beer and wine license Tuesday.
Located on Route 30 near the MBTA commuter rail station and Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, the restaurant will open its doors on Aug. 28.
“In the past, I had to venture out of town for a meal, so I decided to take a chance in North Grafton,” said the owner, Todd Harrington, who said his menu will focus on Neo-Neapolitan pizza, paninis, and salads.
His strategy, he said, is to appeal to diners who want a meal from more “made from scratch” ingredients.
By limiting the liquor license to beer and wine only, he expects the restaurant to be more family friendly. He told the selectmen that he is formally trained in the state’s alcohol training program and would ensure that all his employees will be too.
Before this venture, he said he had 20 years of experience working for several chain restaurants in the area including Bennigan’s, Bertucci’s, and Papa Razzi. Harrington, who lives in town, grew up in Connecticut, and would said he would like to introduce Grafton to the style of pizza he remembers as a boy.
Comments (9)
All of the pizza places in town require a roll of paper towels to soak up the grease before we eat it. We have not tried Lakeview as yet but if Anzio's is as good as I think it's going to be, there will be no need to go to any other pizza place in Grafton!
I actually like the pizza at Lakeview...although their pizza sauce is missing something (bite) that I can't put my finger on.... The rest of the pizza places in town are mediocre at best. A&D is still the best and they deliver to Grafton.
I wish this new guy good luck! The pizza better be good to pull business from the center of town. What I wouldn't give to get a slice of Jersey shore boardwalk pizza... and a Stromboli...not a Calzone.....
Uh oh...another Jersey shore guy...nothing is better than Seaside Heights (Bobber's for breakfast) or Seaside Park (Klee's bar pie). (Just ignore that stupid TV show, please).
Can the selectmen put more international restaurants in town?
This pizza should be more like the traditional italian thin crust type and not the greek style served by the other establishments in town. I hope it's like the stuff I grew up on in New York.
Let's see: Grafton Pizza, Pepperoni Express, New Fancy House of Pizza and Lakeview...that's four. Anzio's will be five. That means we only two more so we have one for each night of the week.
Ideally we would bring back Two Cousins...that was great pizza.
I agree with sdeal101. I go out of town now for an ok pizza. They are all the same here in town not good! I have high hopes for this place. Looks like the owner has had lots of experience working in GOOD pizza establishments. There is nothing like brick oven pizza! Can't wait until they open.
I can only hope that this pizza place will have something different from the other 99 pizza places in town. I've been very dissapointed with the selection of pizza in town. It seems everytime a new place opens, they sell the same kind of pizza as the guy next door. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Will they have delivery?