Santarpio's Pizza

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113 Chelsea St, East Boston, MA 02128-1937
Boston, MA 02128

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(617) 567-9871
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Santarpio's Pizza - Boston, MA
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Cheese pizza has been perfected here. Amazing taste, cornmeal crusted pizza for a crunchy crust, the cheese and tomato sauce or delicious. Sausage and pepper pizza is also amazin...

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It's good pizza only because the restaurant is in Boston and not New York. New York has the edge on us, not in baseball but in pizza. But, unless you're going to take the 4 hour...

BEST PIZZA IN MASS 1/31/2007

I lived in the North End for 10 years and would go to Santarpio's at least once a week. Best sauce and crust. Highly recommend the gralic pizza and the bbq combo (sausage and lamb tips) cooked on their indoor charcoal grill. Great casual old school envirnoment that has stood the test of time. more
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the food is excellent, waiters not so much 1/6/2007

I have been dining out at Santarpio?s for more than 4 years. I cannot complain about the food but the waiters are sometimes impertinent, some of them don?t pay any attention to their clients at all. \r For instance, today, after spending almost one hour time, there and having interaction with the waiter 6- 7 times during my stay, at the end I handed to the waiter the total amount due + 30% tip and asked him for another glass of water for my wife. We stayed 5 more minutes at the table after I paid the check, On our way out the waiter came after us (yelling ) to tell me that I left without paying and embarrassing me in front of dozen of people waiting in line. \r Respectful, I told him that I paid $ x amount and remembered him that I handed the money to him, then he went: yeah? I remember?. And that?s was it..\r \r I thought that 30% is a good tip?apparently they don?t give a s?, Next time I will not leave any tip and I am sure I will be remembered. Pros: excellent food Cons: waiters need to pay more attention to their clients more
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Simply the Best! 10/24/2006

I have lived in Ohio 7 of the last 10 years and every time I come home Santarpios is a must! Even though my Sister moved to New Hampshire I still fly into Logan so I can stop there on the way out. The only pizza place that has come close to Santarpios is a little cafe in Rome, Italy and there sauce was only half as good. If you want a salad with your pizza, better bring your own becasue you won't find one here. Don't expect anything fancy, just casual and comfortable, nothing pretentious about this place. Definitely worth the wait no matter how cold it is outside! Pros: Great hand-tossed pizza with fresh ingredients, nothing frozen here. Cons: none worth mentioning. more
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LOVE IT! 10/24/2006

I would go to Santarpio's every weekend if I could! The pizza is fantastic, inexpensive and fast! I went on a Sunday night, good time to go, and there was no line. There isn't much ambiance, but who needs it when the pizza is that good! Pros: Pizza and a good value Cons: Out of the way more
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The Real Best of Boston 7/14/2006

This is real Boston. I've lived in Chicago for the past few years, and everytime I come home to Boston.....Santarpio's is a must. This is a Boston insitution...plain and simple. My family has been in Eastie since the 1920's, and this is a family tradition. The simple fare, ambience, and people are the real deal. I've lived in the Back Bay, the South End, Cambridge and have been to all the fancy high end pizza places in those neighborhoods \r ( Upper Crust)...and these places don't even come close. more
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Finally 6/27/2006

I ate there for the first time tonight, and I was amazed. From me that means a lot. My friends\r will tell you how easily I could just go on a tangent, and bore you with moisture content, density\r and acidity etc. I have suffered years of undercooked overcheesed (give me strength, frozen dough?) pies to find this one. If I had never eaten that pie in the villiage with my dad in 1983, this would have been the best I had experienced in my life. By the way that particular restaurant has changed hands but kept its' name, and now makes a horrid pie ...if you must know. The only thing that kept this pie from absolute perfection was an odd lightness and dryness. Yes, I've had Regina's. No, it isn't even close. This is a different level. Pros: serious pizza. Cons: parking, serious. more
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Terrific food. Terrific service. 6/8/2006

We ate dinner at Santarpio's on a recommendation from a friend, and we are so glad we did!\r The pizza was great and the service was good as well. \r The place was very busy on a Friday night, but two can get a table easily, since it's a family dining kind of place.\r Would recommend it to anyone looking for good pizza. more
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Home away from Home 5/15/2006

I've been going to Santarpios for decades sometimes 2 or 3 times a week. To know them is to love them, the pizza is Incredible, Buts theres nothing better then sitting at the bar talking sports with Lefty eating a double Lamb with extra bread and peppers. Tom was great when his son won the Olympics. ( ask theres some serious History) I now live in Florida and Sartarpios is always my first stop out of Logan. If your reading this Hey Lefty, Joe, Tom, Tony, I'll be there soon gene in FLA. more
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THE WORST Hand Down 5/10/2006

Imagine eating a tick slice of soggy bread with gross tomato sauce and a tinny portion of cheese at a trashy joint and you will have experience Santarpios. TERRIBLE! more
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Best Pizza!!!! 2/10/2006

As a Bostonian who moved to Florida 4 years ago, I can tell you every time I land at Logan the first place I am going is Santarpios. They have the best pizza of anywhere. The BBQ is to die for. And for anyone who complains about the service...........get used to it! Pros: pizza, bbq Cons: parking more
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UGH !!!!!!!!!! 1/11/2006

This is the place to go if you liked to be yelled at for not clearing the 6 empty dixie cup size glasses (last time I checked that was the waiter's job) eating half raw sausage, bricks (oops sorry I meant bread) and pizza with sauce that looks like tomatoes thrown on it and cheese that is at least 3 inches from the edge of the crust. I have realized that this may be the perfect place for local Bostonians but not for a country girl from Rhode Island. My b/f teases me that we don't know how to cook in RI but at least we serve our SODA in 20 oz glasses and know what a Hawaiian pizza is! Never going back! Cons: Horrible parking, Cramped, Loud more
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eastie love it or don't come 11/15/2005

after reading all 53 reviews on this site, i realize that most people come here for the ambiance and that most of them can't appreciate what Santarpio's means to most of Eastie, without question it the best pizza in Boston, and the BBQ is just that BBQ, either lamb or sausage. cooked the way you order it by Lefty, a real person who cooks and bartends and is one the last of the best of Eastie, it's the place that i have coming to since i was a child and i still remember the thrill of sitting at the bar with my dad, drinking a coke and being treated like a princess by all the quys at the bar, those shady characters (to outsiders) who had hearts of gold, i am at Santarpio's almost every Friday and wouldn't trade places with anyone , it's the best of Eastie. Pros: great pizza, friendly waiters, a real place Cons: the wait, hard to park more
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embedded boston culture 7/7/2005

I have been going to Santarpios for the past twenty years and there is absolutely no experience like it. My father grew up in East Boston and his family has been going there since the 1930's. We used to drive down from New Hampshire twice a month just to get a sausage bbq and pizza. I have thus lived in NY for the past six years and still have tasted no pizza even close to as good as Santarpios. Everytime I go visit my parents, we make sure we make a trip to chelsea street in east boston. Bring your appetite when you go, because you'll want to eat a whole pie on your own. If you know anything about pizza, you'll never eat a better slice. Pros: pizza, atmosphere, service Cons: too far away for me more
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Combo and a pie... 6/6/2005

Hands down the best place in the area to eat. My buddies and I eat here religiously on Fridays (get there before 5pm or you'll be waiting outside for a table). If you have the appetite for it, get a combo (lamb and sausage) and I reccommend a pizza for every two members of you party. Pros: food, price, location Cons: nothing more
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15 year 1/20/2005

I am 32 years old and live in the South Shore and I travel to Santarpios through Boston once a week for the great food, inexpensive menu, and friendly treatment from Lefty and Carl at the bar.(That Boston accent makes that last one sound good) Pros: Cheap, Great Food, Atmosphere more
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The Best 11/18/2004

Nothing has changed at Santarpio's since the place open three generations ago. Start with with a Sausage & Lamb BBQ combo with freshly baked crusty Italian bread with cherry hot peppers. With any luck Lefty will be on the bar and the grill. Then order a sausage, garlic, extra cheese pizza. After finishing this dinner, life will be complete, because you have had the best. more
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tgirls 6/14/2004

My cousin and I have been going to Santarpio's since we were kids. These guys can be a little rough but trust me they are GREAT people. The pizza is the best WE have ever had. Its just a great place to kick back in jeans and have a carafe of the house wine and a few laughs with a good friend or a group. When you go dont forget to bring your buck for the jukebox and play sammy's (candyman) for Tony & something from pretty woman for Patrick!! The Girls! Pros: excellent pizza, excellent bread, excellent prices Cons: , none, none more
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Great Pizza 4/1/2004

I really think that Santarpio is the best pizza in Boston. The people are friendly and food always melts in your mouth. You want to come back for more to enjoy great pizza. Pros: good food, friendly atmosphere, overall exciting more
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Operations Associate 12/11/2003

Santarpios' is the best, I've been going there for years. I love this place, haven't been there in awhile, just thinking about it now makes me want to be there. It's great. Pros: Inexpensive, Great Waiters. Cons: Parking is scarce more
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Family Owned Forever! 10/8/2003

Santarpio's gets this review from a born and raised Bostonian! I left 16 years ago to move to Florida and anytime I go home to Boston, I go eat at Santarpio's. The place has been family owned for something like 75 plus years. Only the guys are allowed to be waiters, and the two items the place makes second which is second to none is the pizza and lamb shishkabob! The pizza is fresh, dripping with zesty cheese and out of this world! The shishkabob is grilled on an open flame with tender lamb on a skewer with hot peppers, and served with a piece of French bread! I sent an attorney friend who had a stopover at Logan Airport there for lunch, and he has never stopped raving about the incredible pizza he ate! The atmosphere is nothing but simple and unpretentious, but the food is absolutely the finest! Pros: Superb Food, Reasonable, Neighborhood Charm Cons: All Male Staff, Plain Atmosphere more
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  • The Scene
    Locals, some of them of Italian lineage, flock to this local institution to soak up the atmosphere. Some posters and photographs hanging on the windowless wooden walls date back...

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  • Hours: Monday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Tuesday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Wednesday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Thursday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Friday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Saturday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Sunday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
  • Payments: Master Card, Visa
  • Neighborhoods: Jeffries Point / Airport, East Boston
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