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Lynwood Cafe

320 Center Street, Randolph, MA 02368
(781) 963-9894 Find location!
--- Winner, Best Pizza in Boston Area, 2007 ---

Photo of Lynwood Cafe, Randolph, MA Everyone has a favorite pizza place in the Boston area; some names that repeatedly come up are Santarpio's Pizza, Pizzeria Regina, and Emma's. To this list, another name is added, though most people have never heard of it. The place is called the Lynwood Cafe, and it is located at a crossroads in a rather gritty part of Randolph. The Lynwood is also nearly impossible to find if you don't know the area, so if you go, make sure you click on the map here.

The Lynwood Cafe makes what is called "bar pizza," which may not sound particularly appetizing, but some of the best pizzas are of this type. Small, greasy, thin-crusted, slightly chewy, and almost mind-blowing in the taste department, the bar pizzas at the Lynwood are a culinary piece of perfection. Indeed, locals from Randolph and the surrounding communities can be seen leaving this tired old place with several pizzas to take back home to hungry friends and family members.

While most people do takeout at the Lynwood Cafe, many others grab a table here to soak up the unique atmosphere, which can only be described as something one might find in the backwoods of northern New England. There are few restaurants as unpretentious as Randolph's Lynwood Cafe, and it should be proud of itself for keeping it this way.

The Lynwood Cafe is one of those restaurants that is only discovered by word of mouth. It is possible that the owners want to keep it this way, and surely, its patrons hope for that, too. To them I apologize, but the Lynwood's pizzas are just too good to be kept secret any longer.