Lena’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant

Garlic, baking crust, red sauce, repeat.

Lena's Pizza and Italian Restaurant in Blissfield runs an Italian menu built around pizza and pasta, with calzones in the regular rotation and gluten-free, vegetarian, and kid-friendly options on hand. Reviewers consistently rave about the pizza, the pasta, and the gluten-free options especially, with generous portions and reasonable prices showing up in just about every write-up.

Hours skew dinner. Closed Monday. Tuesday through Thursday open 3 PM to 9 PM. Friday and Saturday run 3 PM to 10 PM. Sunday 4 PM to 9 PM. Prices land in the moderate range.

Dine in for the cozy, clean room reviewers keep mentioning, take it out, or get it delivered. Reservable for groups, with outdoor seating when the weather cooperates and a kids menu in hand. The bar runs beer, wine, and cocktails, with coffee and dessert if you are stretching the meal. Service has a friendly, attentive reputation that shows up over and over in reviews. Blissfield sits about 20 minutes south of Tecumseh, easy to fold into a Lenawee County afternoon. More food stops on mitecumseh.com.