For those visiting Bridgeport who have already sampled the city's fare or those who are residents of the city and beyond looking for a trip for a new culinary experience, here's the latest edition of WBOY's Restaurant Road Trip. This week's journey takes you to a new restaurant that's actually an old restaurant and it's a little more than 30 mintues from Bridgeport. See what that means here.

 

FROM WBOY 

 

Those that have experienced a structure fire know all too well the heartache they leave behind. That rainy night in April of 2016 was no exception for Anthony Colasante and his family as they stood helplessly behind the yellow caution tape and watched the four-alarm fire. 

 

According to Mr. Colasante, even as they watched it burn, they knew they would rebuild. And so they did. 

 

"The menu is for the most part the same. The pizzas are all the same. We did name a pizza the Phoenix," offered owner Anthony Colasante. 

 

The Phoenix was a fitting addition to the menu after the beloved family restaurant established by Anthony's parents, Steve and Mary Colasante as 'Westover Pizza' in 1969 was determined to be a total loss.

 

"Our old building was old and charming and had a very warm feeling to it, and we could never recreate what we lost. Starting fresh gave us an opportunity to do something different," said Anthony's wife, Cindy Colasante. 

 

It may look different, but the Colasante family recipes we all love haven't changed.

 

"A lot of the favorites that everybody loves are still there," Mrs. Colasante related. "The Mountaineer Pizza, the Smokin' Joe, our Italian Hoagies, Meatball Hoagies, Pepperoni Hoagies, all of those are still there. Our sauce is the same. My husband and father-in-law are still making sauces everyday."

 

"We make everything from scratch," revealed Mr. Colasante, careful not to give too much away. "We do a sauce we call the 'magic sauce,' which we cook all our meats in for hoagies and sandwiches. We do an alfredo sauce, a marinara sauce and a pizza sauce. We cook all our hot sausage, our meatballs and of course, we do our dough from scratch. That's how its been for the last 47 years." 

 

Also back by popular demand - the lunch buffet. 

 

"We will open November 1st completely, and the lunch buffet will be making a return Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.," announced Cindy Colasante. 

 

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Editor's Note: Photos courtesy of Colasante's Ristorante & Pub Facebook page.