Sammy Perrella’s Pizza & Restaurant Coon Rapids
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Award Winning Pizzas
Award-Winning Sammy’s Pizza
All of our pizzas are made from the original family recipe brought over from Capestrano Italy. The same pizza our grandparents built their business around back in1954.
From our family tradition to yours, enjoy!
Frozen pizzas available! Call or stop by for details.
Pizza sizes: Small (10”), Medium (12”), Large (14”), Family (16”)
Sammy’s Special
Grandpa Sam’s favorite! Our Italian sausage with just a touch of green peppers and onions. Lives up to its name.
Taco Pizza
The taste of Mexico. Seasoned ground beef, cheddar cheese, fresh lettuce, tomatoes and onions.
Dino’s Deep Dish
A 10” pan pizza with your choice of three pizza toppings. (please allow an extra 15 minutes)
Chicken Alfredo
Alfredo sauce, chicken and mozzarella cheese.
Mozzarella Cheese
Rich and creamy, custom-made to our unique specifications at a Wisconsin dairy.
Crew Special
Made famous by our cousin Nicky in Winona! Classic pepperoni, Italian sausage, mushrooms and extra mozzarella cheese.
Veggie Special
Right from the garden! Onions, mushrooms, green peppers, green and black olives and fresh tomatoes. Try it with banana peppers for a special treat!
The Magnificent Seven
Mangia! Mangia! Choose any seven toppings and we'll pile them on for a special price. You'll need a forklift to haul it home!
House Special
Our original everything pizza! Pepperoni, Italian sausage, ground beef, kosher salami, mushrooms, onions and green peppers.
5 Cheese Bianco
Basted with a white garlic and herb sauce, then covered with extra mozzarella, parmesan, romano, provolone and cheddar cheeses.
Bacon Cheeseburger
Because no one should have to choose between the two! Loads of ground beef, onions, bacon and pickles with cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
il Carnivora Meat Combo
A hearty pizza for the meat lover. Pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Italian sausage and ground beef. Try bacon as an extra topping for the ultimate taste experience!
The Gyro
A Greek classic with gyro meat, onions, tomatoes, feta and mozzarella cheeses and a light, buttery sauce. Served with a side of tzatziki cucumber dressing.
The Godfather (Jeff’s favorite pizza!)
Pepperoni, mushrooms and onions.
Primo
Pepperoni, Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, and green peppers.
Pepperoni Lover
Extra pepperoni and extra mozzarella cheese.
Create your own pizza
Additional toppings just a little extra.
Choice of Toppings: Fresh Green Peppers, Anchovies, Pineapple, Onions, Hot Jalapeño Peppers, Shrimp, Sweet Banana Peppers, Mushrooms, Green Olives, Black Olives, Fresh Tomatoes, Chicken, Diced Breakfast Bacon, Cheddar Cheese, Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Ground Beef, Canadian Bacon, Kosher Beef Salami, Extra Mozzarella, Provolone Cheese
Pizzas are also available with a double-thick crust.
Garden-Fresh Salads
Large salads served with warm garlic bread.
Side Salad
A romaine and iceberg lettuce blend with tomatoes, cucumbers, and mozzarella cheese.
Side Caesar Salad
A smaller portion of the classic Caesar.
Capestrano Salad
A tasty salad full of the best ingredients you’d find in the Mediterranean including romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, feta cheese, black olives, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, pepperoncini peppers and our homemade red wine vinaigrette.
Chicken Dijon Salad
Louisa’s creation! A deluxe romaine and iceberg lettuce blend with breaded chicken breast, fresh tomatoes, carrots, celery, cucumbers, pepperoncini peppers, dry roasted peanuts, shredded cheddar cheese and honey dijon dressing.
Italian Country Garden Salad
Our classic Italian salad prepared with romaine and iceberg lettuce, garden-fresh tomatoes, sweet red onions, crisp green peppers, carrots, black olives, cool cucumbers, pepperoncini peppers, mozzarella cheese and your choice of dressing.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Fit for a king … or should we say, emperor! Prepared with fresh romaine lettuce, shredded Parmesan cheese, croutons and our delicious Caesar dressing, all topped with tender chicken breast.
Broasted Chicken
Sammy’s genuine Broasted Chicken is brought in fresh daily, lightly breaded and marinated overnight, then pressure cooked to a tender, juicy crisp perfection in 100% cholesterol-free cooking oil.
Sammy’s Two-Piece Chicken Dinner
Served with garlic bread and any two of the following: seasoned potato wedges, cole slaw, spaghetti, soup or salad.
All white meat available upon request. For just a little more add an extra breast, extra thigh, extra leg, and/or extra wing.
Appetizers
Breaded Mozzarella
Golden breaded mozzarella sticks served with a side of red sauce.
NEW! Italian Quesadilla
Our Italian version of the classic cantina snack. Grilled Chicken breast, tomato, onion, black olive and fresh herbs topped with creamy melted mozzarella in a grilled flour tortilla. Served with a side of our famous red sauce.
New! Waffle Fries
Served with our own seasoned sour cream.
Sampler Platter
Something special for everyone! Featuring mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders, garlic bread, breaded raviolis, olivenos, and our breaded wings. Served with our delicious red sauce and ranch dressing.
NEW! Margherita Pizza
A specially seasoned extra crispy crust topped with mozzarella cheese, sweet pear tomatoes, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil. Perfect as an appetizer or a light quick meal.
Olivenos
A unique specialty! Bite-sized pieces of creamy asiago cheese and diced black olives covered with a zesty, Italian-seasoned breading. Served with a side of red sauce or ranch dressing.
Chicken Wings
Tender chicken wings marinated in our own kitchen. Nobody does ‘em better. Choose from the following flavors: Buffalo, Honey BBQ, Garlic Parmesan, or Island Gold (sweet & spicy with a hint of tropical flavor).
Breaded Wings
The tenderest portion of the wing marinated right here in our own kitchen, and then hand breaded and served golden brown.
Sammy’s Famous Garlic Cheese Bread
Italian bread brushed with a delectable garlic butter glaze, then loaded with mozzarella and cheddar cheese and broiled to perfection.
Chicken Tenders
Breaded meaty chicken tenderloins served with your choice of red sauce, ranch dressing, honey mustard or BBQ.
Raviolis Fritto
A delicious appetizer! Breaded ravioli filled with sweet Italian sausage, oven roasted tomatoes, and three cheeses. Served with a side of our homemade red sauce.
Buffalo Wings
Broasted chicken wings in a spicy hot sauce. Served with bleu cheese dressing and crunchy celery sticks. Available in a Super Bowl-sized or double order.
New! Artichoke Dip
Louisa's own recipe. Artichokes, garlic and Italian seasonings baked to perfection with parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Served with baked Italian flat bread.
Sammy’s Famous Homemade Soups
Pasta Fagioli
A traditional Italian soup with vegetables, Italian sausage, beans, pasta, Italian herbs & seasonings. Choice of cup or bowl size serving.
Cream of Chicken & Minnesota Wild Rice
Enjoy our scrumptious creamy soup brimming with tender pieces of whole chicken breast, garden vegetables, Minnesota wild rice and heavy cream. Just like home … only better! Served with garlic bread.
Beverages
Italian Roast Coffee or Hot Tea
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
1% Milk
100% Apple Juice
Soda
Coke, Diet Coke, Pibb Xtra, Barq's Root Beer, Lemonade, Orange, Nestea Raspberry Ice Tea, Cherry Coke, 1919 Root Beer
Ask your server about our beer and wine selection.
Desserts
Gourmet Turtle Cheesecake
New York style cheesecake resting on a thick layer of fudge, covered with a caramel sauce and garnished with chopped pecans.
Vanilla Cheesecake
With cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries or chocolate.
Tiramisù
A traditional Italian dessert of Mascarpone cheese filling and espresso-soaked ladyfingers topped with a dusting of cocoa powder.
Chocolate Torte
A dark chocolate flourless butter cake finished with a dark chocolate butter icing.
Vanilla Ice Cream
With chocolate, strawberries, cherries, raspberries or blueberries.
Spumoni Ice Cream
Layers of cherry, pistachio, and vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae
Our own freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, Kemp’s ice cream and Hershey’s chocolate sauce.
1919 Root Beer Float
Made with 1919 draft root beer and Kemp's ice cream.
Ask about our beer and wine selection.
Italian Country Classics
Secret Perrella family recipes served with garlic bread and your choice of a fresh salad or soup.
Legendary Chicken Tetrazzini
The Italian classic! Fettuccine noodles tossed with tender and juicy white meat chicken, mushrooms and our creamy alfredo sauce. Top it off with broiled mozzarella cheese piled high. Nobody does it better!
Wine recommendation: Chardonnay or Riesling
Spaghetti or Penne
A legend on the Iron Range! Your choice of pasta topped with two homemade meatballs or Italian sausage and our family-recipe homemade red sauce.
Wine recommendation: Chianti or Lambrusco
Chicken Parmigiana (Louisa’s Favorite)
A bed of spaghetti topped with breaded chicken breast tenderloins, a layer of melted mozzarella cheese and homemade red sauce.
Wine recommendation: Chianti or Lambrusco
Tortellini alla Carbonara
Pasta stuffed with a blend of ricotta, parmesan and romano cheeses tossed with diced bacon and our creamy alfredo sauce.
Wine recommendation: Riesling or Chardonnay
Tortellini
Pasta stuffed with a blend of ricotta, parmesan and romano cheeses covered with our homemade red sauce with a meatball or Italian sausage.
Wine recommendation: Chianti or Lambruso
Gramma Louise’s Hand-Stuffed Ravioli
Gramma’s own recipe handmade in our kitchen. A blend of Italian cheeses stuffed between two layers of pasta and covered with our homemade red sauce. Served with a meatball or Italian sausage.
Wine recommendation: Chianti or Sauvignon Blanc
Gramma G’s Gnocchi
A recipe our great grandmother brought from the old country and made here in Sammy’s kitchen. Hearty potato-egg pasta dumplings with our homemade red sauce and a meatball or Italian sausage.
Wine recommendation: Chianti or Chardonnay
Manicotti al Forno
The family recipe everyone asks for – Gramma’s secret blend of Italian white cheeses, hand stuffed into manicotti pasta rolls. Covered with our homemade red sauce and a meatball. This is the dish our guests always remember.
Wine recommendation: Moscato or Chianti
Seafood Alfredo
This will put the wind back in your sails. Savory fruit of the sea including shrimp and snow crab on fettuccine pasta tossed with our creamy alfredo sauce. Also available in a dinner for two option.
Wine recommendation: Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay
Seven Layer Lasagna
Seven mouthwatering layers of cheeses, meats and homemade red sauce handmade by Mom and Dad. Ask about our "Mangia" double slice.
Wine recommendation: Chianti or Cabernet
Creamy Chicken Alfredo
Creamy fettuccine alfredo tossed with grilled chicken breast.
Wine recommendation: Chardonnay or Riesling
Fettuccine Alfredo
A generous portion of fettuccine pasta smothered in our creamy alfredo sauce.
Wine recommendation: Pinot Grigio or Moscato
NEW! Taste of Italy
Assaggiare un poco di tutto! (Have a taste of everything)
A slice of our homemade Lasagna, Fettuccine Alfredo and Spaghetti with a meatball. If you’re not Italian, you’ll feel like you are!
Wine recommendation: Pinot Grigio or Chianti
Chicken & Sausage Tortellini Corleone
Italian sausage, grilled chicken breast, and cheese tortellini tossed in a mildly spicy tomato cream sauce.
Spaghetti Pomodoro
Spaghetti tossed in a light extra virgin olive oil, tomato, and herb sauce.with Grilled Chicken
with Italian Sausage
with Shrimp & Snow Crab
Oven-Toasted Sandwiches
Served with parmesan-garlic kettle chips. For just a little more, substitute soup, salad, waffle fries or cole slaw for your kettle chips.
For only a little more, add an extra meatball or Italian sausage to any pasta dish!
Meatball
The best you’ve ever tried! Gramma Louise’s original-recipe meatballs hand rolled and covered with our delicious red sauce and melted provolone cheese on toasted French bread.
Italian Sausage & Peppers
A mild Italian sausage link on toasted French bread, covered with our homemade red sauce, onions, green bell peppers and melted provolone cheese.
Sammy's Country Classic
This Italian favorite is sure to become your favorite! A hearty sandwich prepared with alternating layers of pepperoni, Canadian bacon, kosher salami, mozzarella cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and Italian dressing on toasted French bread.
New! Venetian Panini
A grilled sanwich on crusty ciabatta bread. Smoked turkey, premium capicola ham, tomatoes, and a creamy fontina cheese spread.
Joey’s Italian Deli
An Iron Range Legend – A generous portion of premium capicola ham and pepperoni, topped with Provolone cheese, tomato, lettuce, red onions and our special sandwich dressing on toasted Frech bread.
Chicken Parmigiana
You know you love it! Breaded chicken breast topped with melted Provolone cheese and red sauce.
NEW! Vegetable Sub
“The Gardener.” Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, sliced red onions, green bell peppers, sweet banana peppers, black olives, provolone cheese and a creamy avocado spread on toasted French roll.
NEW! Turkey BLT Panini
Sammy’s version of an American classic. Smoked turkey, crisp bacon, Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, our own seasoned mayo and balsamic vinegar on grilled ciabatta bread.
Philly Cheesesteak
Roast beef with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and green peppers covered with melted mozzarella and cheddar cheese on a toasted French roll.
Chicken Bacon Ranch
Breaded chicken breast, crisp bacon, letuce, tomatoes, and ranch dressing on a toasted French roll.