joeykey t1_j9bet86 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Reply to comment by ThePermafrost in Is Greeks making pizza just a CT thing? by Ancient_Belt_1291

Nice dude! My buddy’s family has a couple places in MA. Last call on the Cape is wicked early so we used to go back to the pizza place and drink more beers and make sandwiches. It’s pretty great having buddies like you!

Kodiak01 t1_j9bye1m wrote on February 20, 2023 at 8:22 PM

My favorite will always be Village Pizza in Easthampton, MA. It is as close to pizza perfection I've ever had; wife insists we make the hour each way drive at least once a month for it. Unfortunately, this pizza does NOT reheat well (could be the unbrominated flour mix they use); it is by far the best fresh and hot.

The same Greek family also owned A-1 Pizza and Florence Pizza in Northampton, and there used to be a Parthenon Pizza up in Greenfield but I believe that closed a very long time ago.

SaturnRingMaker t1_j9coava wrote on February 20, 2023 at 11:16 PM

Used to live in Easthampton and would get a large pepperoni from Village every Saturday night for like 6 years. Great pizza. Florence Pizza was also excellent. Great memories.

cosmicness t1_j9evg9q wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:31 PM

Village Pizza in Easthampton is a very solid pizza. I'm glad to see they've still survived the gentrification of what used to be such a nice small town.

You say A1(in Chicopee) is owned by the same people? I haven't had great success in Chicopee finding a good Pizza and A1 is one of the spots I still haven't tried. Everything has been hit or miss.

Kodiak01 t1_j9evr26 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:34 PM

No, A-1 in Florence not Chicopee.

As teens we used to hang out at Village all the time while growing up there (80s-90s). That was back when Gus was still running it. Now it's his son John's place.

cosmicness t1_j9exygg wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM

those were the days. Thanks for the info. I might have to make a trip over Mt Tom tonight for a pie.

andcal t1_j9ciqm6 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 10:38 PM

We moved to western MA in Oct, and we keep encountering pizza from nearby pizza places that have fresh garlic in them.

Is this part of the Greek pizza thing (thin slices or chunks of raw garlic under the cheese)? We like garlic, but I guess we prefer it cooked.