Fat Dan’s Pizza & Sammiches

A new restaurant with the motto “Fat is flavor, baby!” has opened in Saint Francis. Fat Dan’s serves up sandwiches, burgers and pizza all made from scratch. Meats and eggs come from local farms and are hormone and antibiotic free and local, organic produce is used as much as possible in season. Appetizers include the usual cheese bread ($6.50) with marinara sauce, and the less usual wild mushroom bruschetta ($6). Sandwiches range from hot Italian beef ($10.50) to the Garbage Pile ($14), a breakfast-like concoction of hash, eggs, cheese and meat on a homemade croissant. Pizza comes in build-your-own or a number of specialty styles, like the whole hog ($19-$27) with ham, bacon, pulled pork, caramelized onions and smoked Gouda.