Dipper Cafe — Restaurant in New Bedford

Follow-up trip to the Dipper. Went with a Linguica. Ordered and ate at the bar. Came laced and well done automatically. Previous trip ordered out. Was quoted 25 minutes for the pizza and it took a little longer. No big deal. Went with half chorico and half pepperoni pizza. If i could only pick one, I'd go with the chorico. Good amount of toppings, didn't specify, but it was cooked well done. Very good overall taste. Some grease to be expected from the meat toppings. Sauce is good. Crust had a good crunch along the edges and flavorful. Very little flop. Definently a personal pizza. Thin crust and can be eaten entirely in one sitting. Ran the numbers on my scoring system and the pizza gets a Google 4, 7.1 out of ten...

If you believe there are no second acts in America allow me to introduce you to a little place called Dipper Cafe. If you asked me to rank the old dive bars of New Bedford in order of the likelihood they experienced a revival this place would have easily been in the bottom three.

And yet somehow, someway, the Dipper has reinvented itself as one of the best spots on the South Coast for bar pizza. Didn’t see that coming. As a bar it is similar to how it used to be, except it’s quieter. It doesn’t seem to attract the ski crowd like it once did.

Staff is generally solid. Couple of the bartenders are really good. Kitchen can get backed up with orders so best to call it in before showing up, even if you...

Called ahead to order 3 pizzas. 1 cheese, 1 linguica, 1 bacon. Lady on the phone was nice and pizzas were ready in 30 minutes. Street parking only and can be difficult if it is busy. No tables inside besides bar seating. Place was small but clean. As for the pizzas the crust was nice crispy lacing, but overall very greasy. I know that is expected with bar style pizza but the plates and paper were soaked. Overall taste of the pizza was ok with light sauce and crispy bottom. Distinct cheese flavor. Not sure if we would return but would have to be in the mood for that style of...