Angelo's Stoneham

Angelo's Ristorante & Pizzeria in Stoneham is another place that I have driven by countless of times, but today it was time to check out their lunch offerings.

They have some off-street parking spaces. This was the kind of day we had today, and it also snowed heavily for a while this morning. The pizzeria and the restaurant are separate.

The smallish bar area quickly filled up.

The very nice dining room.

You get some warm breadsticks and butter. There was a salt shaker on the table, but no pepper.

I started with the Arancini (4 Piece) (8.00). "Rice balls Filled with Meat sauce, Mozzarella, Peas and Fried". This is from the online menu, the real menu said 3. The arancini were light with nicely cooked rice. The filling was good, the tomato sauce was a bit bland.

From the fairly extensive lunch menu, I picked the PORCHETTA VINEGAR PEPPERS & POTATOES (15.95). "Boneless Pork Roast, Rosemary, garlic, white wine, Homemade Vinegar Peppers, & potatoes Served with Broccoli Rabe". I just realized that the promised vinegar peppers were completely absent. This was a thick cut of pork roast that was nicely seasoned. The piece next to the spicy pepper was bone dry, but the rest was OK. The fingerling potatoes were cold. The broccoli rabe was very good and was sprinkled with hot pepper flakes. The service was friendly.

This is what I call an Espresso machine!

Address: 237 Main St, Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone: (781) 279-9035