Bites Nearby - Salerno's Apizza

Editor's note: While "Bites Nearby" is a regional piece, people interested in reading Stratford Patch's feature on Salerno's can do so by clicking here. 

Each week, Patch picks a great restaurant either in town or nearby that is worth checking out. Here's this week's choice from Stratford:

- 1398 Barnum Ave. since 1970.

Salerno's first opened in Stratford in 1947 and is the oldest pizzeria in town. They are still going strong because they keep to their tradition of making everything they offer fresh.

The atmosphere is like the 50s when pizzerias were at their peak.  With the old posters, pictures, radios and cars, Salerno's takes you back in time. You'll feel like Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future. The service matches the atmosphere where everyone who works there cares about the customers.

August 15 was the start of the Plum Tomato season and Salerno's has been featuring their Plum Tomato Pizza for the past nine years and sells around three thousand of them during the short season. It ends the second week of September. If you miss it, you will have an opportunity next year.

• Hours: Sun - Mon, 4 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.; Tue - Thu, 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.; Fri - Sat, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Call for reservations or to place an order: 203.377.2436