Anye S.
Yelp
So here's the thing. You know the place where most things aren't that amazing but they have that one thing that just keeps you coming back again and again and again? That's Stained Glass Pub.
After a couple of deviations, we pretty much gave up on trying anything new, because the meal to get here is a Caesar salad and a pizza. Extra sauce on the pizza (preferably, just a little extra well done when you do so it doesn't get soggy) because the sauce is perfect. I'll let you decide for yourself what your own toppings are. But really... this is a pizza place. Don't let all the other stuff on the menu fool you, because everything else I've had is pretty mediocre. But damn, the Caesar and pizza is just perfect... for that "Maryland style" thin crust, rectangle cut (unless you order a small, then it's round) slightly sweet but nice and tangy sauced pizza, I haven't found better (and believe me I've been eating my way around the local pizzas since I moved here).
As for the Caesar, don't make the mistake of ordering dressing on the side. Just accept the fact that it tastes best when it is drowning in delectable anchovy laden dressing and coated with the grated parmesan. The Caesar is easily enough for three or four to share as a small pizza side, for two to share as most of a meal with a little pizza on the side, or for one to eat alone. In other words, it's an entree sized salad not a side salad.
As far as service goes, there are good servers and some, ahem, others. Pro tip - if you get a server who seems like they're not really acting like they are at work... tell him you are in a hurry up front and ask for your bill when your food comes. We come at lunch sometimes and there are a LOT of retirees there at lunch, which in itself is not a problem - but I think one of the servers doesn't realize that younger folks there for lunch probably have to get back to work one of these hours. Really, it's just one server who isn't so great and from now on I'm going to try to figure out what section the good servers are handling before I sit down.
They have half price pizza on Monday & Tuesday (with purchase of a beverage). They have half price burgers on another day (maybe Weds?) but you're going to ignore that because you aren't going to order anything but pizza and Caesar, right? RIGHT???
If you come on Monday or Tuesday, don't come at peak hours because it will be busy with all the people who know that the reason you eat here is the pizza. In general if you come for dinner, you might want to make it an early dinner. Lunch as I mentioned is often very busy too, but mostly with retired folks.
I'm not a beer person so I usually just get soda, but my other half likes the Sam Adams seasonal they usually have on tap. In my perfect world they'd have coke zero but they don't, but the diet coke is usually just fine here.
Anyway, to sum up. Yep, it's old and it's not fancy, the bathroom is small and the parking lot is crowded during dinner if you don't come early on the nights they have specials. But the pizza and salad keep me coming back almost every week, sometimes twice. Yeah. So that's why it gets a 5 despite all the imperfections.