The Santora family has been selling pizza since 1927, when
the founder sold slices in his homemade ice cream shop. In 1947, the first
Santora'a Napoli Pizzeria was opened and the family has continued to grow and
expand the business, and keep the tradition alive, while updating the concept
as the times changed.
Currently there are two locations, one on Transit Road in Williamsville (across from
the Eastern Hills Mall) and the other on Millersport Highway (across from The
Marriott Hotel).
I started my own tradition a few years ago, picking a locally
owned restaurant for my birthday festivities with my family. This year, I chose to go to
the location on Main Street ,
and in total, there were 14 of us celebrating my birthday on Sunday April 1st.
Before I even get to the food, I have to talk about the
service. Service and atmosphere at any restaurant are almost as important as
the food quality, and the service here was absolutely outstanding. Getting a
table of 14 cannot be easy to serve for any waiter/waitress, but our waiter,
Chris was great! He kept my, how shall I say it, “unique” family happy!
A few of the people at our tables ordered appetizers,
including myself, and I had the coconut shrimp (one of my favorite appetizers
in general). They were great! Perfectly cooked and crispy, and the sauce that
went with it was tasty. The nachos and chicken wing dip were also ordered and
they were good too!
I won’t bore you with all the dinner orders at our table,
but they included wrapinis, burgers, the all you can eat pizza buffet, chicken
fingers, and subs. As I looked around the table when our food finally came (I
will admit that it did take a really long time for our orders to come out, but
I guess with 14 people I can understand that), everything looked good and presented well. I asked everyone how their food was, and everyone enjoyed their meals. I hardly noticed how long it took for food to come out because there were so many people to talk with, but a few people did comment on how long it was taking.
I ordered the veggie Panini sandwich, and it was really
good, although the one side of my bread was slightly burned. I tried a little
bit of the pizza and while I wouldn’t say it was the best I ever had, it was
really good. I liked the dough and the sauce was tasty.
The prices are reasonable and on par with other pub and
grills in the area. They really do have a wide range of menu options and
something for everyone!
The restaurant itself has a very fun atmosphere with ample
seating, game area, and many tv’s to watch sporting events! They offer great
drink specials for Happy Hour from 4pm – 7pm everyday, and they offer take out,
delivery and also catering for your next party.
If you are looking for a new place to try, check out one of these locations. I can't speak to the service and atmosphere at the Millersport location, but based on what I saw on Main Street, I'm sure it's just as great!
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To have lasted all this time, they're obviously doing all the right things. It almost makes me wonder what secret ingredients and spices they use.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't on main its on transit road.
ReplyDeletePubs are always attractive to patrons especially if their food tastes great among competitors. Even small businesses can be relied on catering, you know.
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