Pagliai’s Pizza combines Italian dining with Charleston’s trademark small town atmosphere.

“It’s been here since 1964,” manager Dan Lozano said. “It’s a family-owned business.”

Since its opening 39 years ago, Pagliai’s has offered a menu of assorted pizza and pasta dishes.

“We sell more pizzas than anything else,” Lozano said.

Their 10, 12 and 14-inch pizza prices range from $5.95 for a small cheese pizza to $11.45 for a large one-topping.

Signature specialty pizzas are popular menu items.

“We have the Pagliai’s Special, which is sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, onion and green pepper,” Lozano said.

The House Special is a thick crust pizza with double sausage and double cheese.

“We sell a ton of those,” he said.

Tortellini and spaghetti are Pagliai’s specialty pasta dishes.

“Wednesday night is our spaghetti special,” Lozano said. “It’s a full order of spaghetti for $2.95.”

Eastern students make up a majority of the restaurant’s staff.

“We have about 45 employees and I’d say they are mostly college students,” Lozano said.

A majority of the restaurant’s customers are college-age as well.

“There have been a lot more Eastern students since school began this year,” he said. “In the past we served quite a few, but the numbers have definitely been growing in the past couple weeks.”

Sunday through Thursday, the restaurant is open from 4 p.m. until midnight. Friday and Saturday those hours are extended to 2 a.m.

Pagliai’s offers seated dining, carry-out and delivery, with delivery stopping at 1:30 a.m.

Pagliai’s is located at 1600 Lincoln Avenue across from Charleston High School.

City Editor Carly Mullady can be reached at [email protected]