Sal's Pizzeria of Cooperstown — Restaurant in Town of Otsego

Well , this review is certainly one that will probably rock people. It’s nothing like I had ever experienced in my life time. My wife and I had visited the hall of fame a few weeks ago. Once we were done at the hall d fame , we decided that we would grab lunch O mention to my wife that maybe we should support a local place. So , we walked across to sals pizza. Entering the restaurant, we noticed that there was a 3-4 year old cute little boy wandering in the restaurant. Became quickly apparent , that he belonged to the store owner and his wife. We ordered at the counter. I ordered a slice of pizza and a bottle of coke. My wife ordered a calzone. My bottle of coke was brought and placed onto the counter at the cash register. Where little junior , grabbed my bottle of coke and tried to open it, several times. I was taken back. I looked at the owners to see their response. Neither one of them even noticed what he was up to. I just let it go , seeing that he wasn’t able to open the bottle. We paid and found ourself a booth at the front of the restaurant. Received our food. All of it was sub par. Not even close to being good. We made it a point to get this over as quick as possible. As we were eating lunch, little junior was busy using the unoccupied booth as a jungle gym. Causing disruption and carrying on as if he was in a park. Moving onto the best part of this horrible experience. We finished our lunch, got up headed towards the door. As we got up to the cash counter we noticed little junior was sitting up in the prep table behind the counter by the front window. Not only was he sitting up on the counter , he was sitting in a tray of shredded mozzarella cheese , and playing with it as if it were sand. Kneeling in this Tupperware of cheese , on his knees as if it was a sand box ! There were customers ordering food and clearly everyone saw this , but nobody said a word. Are there no health regulations in NY ? How on earth can the store owner think it’s okay to let a 3 year old sit in a Tupperware tray of mozzarella cheese and soft his dirty fingers through. Lets hope whoever is reading this post has not had any contact with that particular container of cheese. Never again will we go back...

When I first ordered I asked for a Sicilian with Pepperoni , a cheese and regular pepperoni the employee pointed to the cheese Sicilian and asked pepperoni? I responded please. While waiting I noticed the guys fixing the pizza not once washed their hands even after handling money, credit cards, and the pen they gave to people to sign with. The guy making a pizza wiped his hand on his filthy apron before making a pizza. All of the employees handled the food without wearing gloves . When the employee handed me the slice of Sicilian it did not have pepperoni on it . When I mentioned it I wanted pepperoni on it, he claimed he did not hear me ask for pepperoni.Everyone raved the pizza was good before we got there.I cut the crust off where the employee touched it and hope I don’t get sick. My wife wanted me to complain, however if they prepared food like that in the open of the public, what do you think would happen to my food if I made a complaint ? Since it was lunch time I assume a manager or even the owner was one of the workers .I just suggest you observe the workers before you decide to eat...

Very good pizza in a small town.

Sals: a Cooperstown institution. It's hard to believe a small upstate town like Cooperstown has such a good place to get a slice, but here you go. Service is efficient and quick. It gets very very busy during tourism season, but they keep the line moving. I've been visiting this shop four or five times a year for the past 25 years. I have never been disappointed by their food.

Pies are made fresh to order. There's a large selection of slices under glass (also made fresh). The subs are good and the small tossed salad is better than it has any right to be. Good selection of beers on tap.

The seating area is large and though the shop can get really busy, a spot should open before your pie comes up.

It's one of the great charms of Cooperstown that there are no franchises in town. It's all real local businesses...