Vernon Pizza
Vernon Pizza is tucked into a small shopping center. The interior of the restaurant, which has been around since the 1970s, is simply decorated, with art and Italian decor on the walls and wooden tables. The menu features pizza with 25 different toppings, as well as some Italian specialties. The house special pizza is topped with pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, hamburger, sausage and anchovies. Among the house specials are eggplant parmigiana with a choice of pasta, linguini with clam sauce in a choice of white or red sauce and jumbo baked stuffed shells.
Vernon Pizza
1199 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066-4551
(860) 872-4259
Papa Gino's
Papa Gino's is a chain pizza restaurant with locations in the northeast. The restaurant doesn't offer much in the way of atmosphere. It has a counter upfront for ordering and the tables are decorated in plastic red-checkerboard tablecloths. The pizza dough comes thin with generous toppings. The specialty pizza menu includes "The Works," which is topped by mushrooms, peppers, onions, sausage, hamburger and pepperoni. Papa Gino's also offers a Hawaiian Pizza, which includes pineapple, capicola and a cheese crust. Papa Gino's recently began offering more hot sandwiches, including paninis.
Papa Gino's
35 Talcottville Road
Vernon, CT 06066
(860) 872-9927
Angellino's Restaurant
Angellino's Restaurant is a family-owned, upscale Italian restaurant with a cleanly decorated interior and large tables to accommodate its family-style dining. There are many Italian dishes that are unique to the restaurant. (They are listed on the menu as "From Mama's Kitchen") Among the house specials are Angellino's Italian Combo, a group of lasagna, shells and cannelloni, which offer three cheeses and are topped by the house sauce and Spaghetti Bolognese, with another house sauce made of veal, beef and pork over spaghetti.
Angellino's Restaurant
346 Kelly Road
Vernon Rockville, CT 06066-3917
(860) 644-7702
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