Santino’s Pizza & Grinders

Santino’s Pizza & Grinders occupies 223 Gulf Breeze Parkway, one of several Pensacola-area locations for this small, family-run pizzeria chain. Beyond Gulf Breeze, Santino’s operates shops on Davis Highway and near Pea Ridge on Highway 90 in Pensacola, plus a Woodbine and Five Points location, giving the brand a real footprint across the Pensacola metro without turning into a faceless franchise. Every location makes pizzas, grinders, and salads to order, so a customer can swap toppings, ask for extra sauce, or build a pie from scratch rather than choosing from a fixed list.

The pizza menu centers on a 16-inch large format, and a build-your-own cheese pizza starts at $15.49 before toppings. The house specialty pies all run $22.99 at that large size and include the Mighty Meathead, loaded with meats for anyone skipping vegetables entirely, along with Hawaiian, Buffalo Chicken, Vegetarian, BBQ Chicken, BBQ Pork, Garlic Chicken, and Taco pizza. Wings come in orders of six for $13.99, twelve for $24.99, or twenty for $36.99, useful for a family splitting a meal between pizza and a shareable appetizer. A medium build-your-own pizza runs $10.49 for anyone who wants a smaller pie without the full specialty toppings.

Grinders are the other half of the name, and Santino’s sells them whole at 16 inches for a group or scales down for a single lunch. Whole grinder options include the Buffalo Chicken, Italian, Islander, and Primo, each $20.49, along with a Club grinder at $18.49 and a BLT at $20.49. Diners who want something handheld but not quite a full grinder can order a Roll Up or a Calzone, both $14.99. The full menu also runs to salads, sides, a kids’ section, desserts, and beverages, rounding out a stop that works for a family dinner as easily as a quick lunch on the way to the beach.

Catering trays are available for offices, sports teams, and family gatherings, and the restaurant takes part in school and youth sports fundraising programs, a detail that matters in a beach community where Little League teams and school clubs are constantly raising money for uniforms and travel. In a company social media post, Santino’s noted it has been in the pizza business for close to two decades, a run that has let it build the kind of steady local following that keeps a family pizzeria chain going against national delivery brands. The chain also offers gift cards, a practical option for a rental property host who wants to leave a welcome gift for guests staying nearby.

Call the Gulf Breeze store at 850-932-1211 to place an order ahead of a beach day or to check current wait times on a busy Friday night, since the location fields both dine-in traffic and a steady stream of online pickup and delivery orders. Online ordering and delivery are both available directly through the restaurant’s own site, which helps avoid the added fees that come with third-party delivery apps. For visitors staying along Gulf Breeze Parkway, the location’s central spot on the main strip makes it an easy add-on stop between the bridge to Pensacola Beach and the Tiger Point area further east.