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The Minervino family reopens Pizza Villa in Portland. From left, Sam Minervino, his nephew Marcus and brother Rob.

Perfect place for a pitcher and a slice: The bar room at Pizza Villa in Portland. Photos by Ray Routhier. There was something comforting to me, on a rainy Thursday afternoon, seeing several patrons of Pizza Villa on Congress Street in Portland drinking Budweiser out of a bottle with their pies. It was a pizza and beer moment at its finest, full of nostalgia for me. Before mainstream America pizza was wood-fired or had truffle-infused crust, it was best served with a Bud in a bar.

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Photos by Ray Routhier. Besides the regular menu items, Pizza Villa lists daily specials on its Facebook page.

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The staff here is beyond accommodating to us out-of-towners who are here for an emergency hospital visit. These gentleman checked on us, made sure we were OK. Just a comfortable atmosphere. December One of my favorite places to go in Portland. Never have been dissapointed. The lemon chicken soup is amazing.

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Her father, she said, wanted to be loyal to his longtime distributor. Besides the regular menu items, Pizza Villa lists daily specials on its Facebook page. He loved the space, and the people who worked there. While I was happy to see the Bud bottles, I did not have one. Photos by Ray Routhier. Sam and Rob Minervino were on an afternoon break from their latest project, relaunching Pizza Villa, a year-old restaurant that they had recently bought from old friends. You had to do something to entice people to come down there. Nearly every Pizza Villa employee agreed to stay on — a fact that makes Rob smile. That was back before the waterfront was all the fancy foo-foo places. His sister Meg spent every morning there when she was in kindergarten. Bartender Doug Johnson, who has worked at Pizza Villa for more than two decades, puttered behind the bar, framed by the freshly oiled, hand-carved oak back bar that dates to the late s. The office complex sailed through because it was approved before the referendum. The chunks of mushroom were definitely fresh, and the homemade sausage was browned and had a spicy, peppery flavor. After the bar and restaurant moved to Forest Avenue, Tom washed dishes there from age 10 to Freshening the look of the restaurant, along with a few key updates, was important, but so was keeping the feel of the place where generations of Portlanders have brought their friends and families for moderately priced meals and together time.

All of our pizzas and calzones are made with homemade dough and topped with our pizza sauce and mozzarella. Appetizers Wings. Basket of Fries.

After the bar and restaurant moved to Forest Avenue, Tom washed dishes there from age 10 to For 40 years, members of the Minervino family have either worked in or owned stakes in four local restaurants, most with bars and all with the same goal — to be a place that welcomes regulars, a place where working-class people feel comfortable, are treated well and can afford the prices. Decades of unreachable dust were finally swept away. Even though the Minervino brothers were trying to keep the changes to a minimum, there was still much to do. Tom was the oldest, born in Tom and Dodie Minervino now live in Florida. Just when she would have a job in her field lined up, her father would call, asking for her help at his restaurants. Why take on yet another project, especially when there is so much more competition on the restaurant scene in Portland today? The reopening was scheduled to happen in four days, and the bar side of the restaurant still looked like the inside of a messy antique store. They are not chefs looking for just the right place to open their high-concept eatery.