150825 Wed Feb 23 12:03:17 -0800 2005 13 12 Boston Area 0 809048 We are going to be in Waltham next month for a college visit. We were hoping to find an excellent place for pizza. Please advise. Thanks! Wed Feb 23 12:03:17 -0800 2005 0 Rheta 1 809050 Pini's Pizza on River St (across from Shaw's) has great pizza. It's just a small pizzaria, so I'm not sure if you are looking for a higher end restaurant or not. Wed Feb 23 12:19:58 -0800 2005 809048 0 Ali G 2 809053 Gotta go with Franca's just off Moody Street near the train station. I believe they are one of the few real brick oven pizza places in Boston. Wed Feb 23 12:27:13 -0800 2005 809050 0 "Al Fresco" 3 809097 I whole heartedly endorse Franca's. When I am in the area, I make it a point to go there. Nice chicken parm as well. Wed Feb 23 16:50:04 -0800 2005 809053 0 George 3 812385 when i used to live there it was the same.. not great pizza but Francas was better than the rest. Sometimes i got it at a little family place on Moody heading toward Newton. It might have been Francos. Sadly enuf, if you want a family style place with atmosphere it will have to be Bertucci's. Actually, if you have never been to a Bertuccis their pizza is actually very good. I think the pizza at The Chateau was ok too, for a restaurant type of place, but i can't really recall it at all... Any one else had pizza there? Thu Aug 04 02:57:03 -0700 2005 809053 0 chompie 1 809058 Franco's on upper moody street (not Franca's near the train station) is my absolute favorite...among the top 2 or 3 in the boston area IMO. Great creamy cheese and good tomato sauce. Crust is good and crisp with a nice chew to it. Good NYC style 714 Moody st. Wed Feb 23 12:48:46 -0800 2005 809048 0 BigO 1 809062 I forgot about Franco's. I use to get pizza from there when I lived close by about 4 years ago. Good stuff. Wed Feb 23 13:00:41 -0800 2005 809048 0 Ali G 1 809076 I can second the recommendations for Pini's and Franca's. If you haven't been to Franca's in a few years, try it again. It has new owners & much better food, IMHO. Other good pizza joints include Annas on Main St. and Waltham House of Pizza on Lexington (across from the police station). Just over the border in Belmont is the super-good Belmont House of Pizza. The white Roman pizza is oh-so-delish. Hmm, I think I spend too much time eating pizza... bmouse Wed Feb 23 14:27:21 -0800 2005 809048 0 Bettymouse 1 809111 as a Waltham College Student, I can tell you that Waltham, despite posessing many pizza places, is not a great place to get pizza. Best, but not great, and highly inconsistent: Franca's, Anna's, maybe Franco's. Avoid everything else like the plague (Cappy's, Pete's, Tara's, blah blah blah) Wed Feb 23 18:26:25 -0800 2005 809048 0 rxrfrx 2 809320 Agreed. I lived on Moody Street for a year and a half, and must have tried every pizza place mentioned so far. None of them hold a candle to Regina's, Ernesto's, or Armando's IMHO. BK Sun Feb 27 15:34:43 -0800 2005 809111 0 BK 1 809182 There's another Waltham thread that happened not too long ago that has some pizza info as well. I love the calzones at Pizza Express on Main St, especially because the sauce (on the side) is so good. They are possibly the best calzones I've ever had. I don't know if I've ever had their actual pizza, though. Thu Feb 24 17:50:49 -0800 2005 809048 0 dabbler 1 809228 We live in Waltham, but our favorite place to get pizza is Sweet Tomatoes on Washington Street in West Newton. We can walk over there from our house, so it's not all that far from Waltham. Thin crust. Our favorite is the Pesto Splash. Link: http://www.sweettomatoespizza.com/ Fri Feb 25 14:05:26 -0800 2005 809048 0 RobinJ 1 1977726 Just ordered a pizza from Franca's - nothing great - regular pizza. Prior posts indicated an ownership change perhaps that brought along with a decline in quality. Fri Oct 27 18:44:18 -0700 2006 809048 49151 bacchus11 1 1977987 I work in Waltham near Moody Street- since we don't have a caf, we order out for lunch every day. The favorites for pizza are Sabatino's and Moody Street Pizza. Both are family run places that do a great lunch business. I have to agree with RobinJ about Sweet Tomatoes- it's a short drive from the Moody Street area, I believe it is in the area called Newton Corner? The pesto splash is my favorite. They sell pizza by the slice during lunch, but I think after 3PM they only sell whole pies. Fri Oct 27 20:11:28 -0700 2006 809048 28385 ade333