LOCAL EATS
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Casual dining, creative dishes
Kathyrn Oliveri has worked for more than 30 years in restaurants
throughout the area. In October 2009, she and her husband, Paul, bought the East Branch in Roxbury, serving traditional breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes tweaked with Kathryn's taste for seafood and American cuisine and Paul's native Italian flare. The East Branch's website boasts of its free Wi-Fi, and invites customers to "settle in with a drink of your choice." According to the site, the owners and staff of the East Branch are "passionate about quality in food and service, and can promise you an outstanding cafe- restaurant experience in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere." The restaurant is casual and quaint, as in charmingly small. East Branch is known for its pizzas, all made with homemade dough and fresh ingredients, including usual topping options such as pep- peroni, as well as novel choices like sun-dried tomatoes, chorizo sausage, corn and basil pesto. The spe- cialty pizza se- lection is quite expansive, rang- ing from simple Margarita with
8 O-Town Scene Sept. 29, 2011
