Article: FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IN ROSLINDALE THE TWO IRISH PARTNERS, WHO BOUGHT THE PLEASANT FROM FIVE ITALIAN BROTHERS, ASKED THE ITALIANS TO LEAVE THEIR RECIPES FOR THE PIZZA DOUGH AND SAUCE.

The pizza is what brought us into the Pleasant Cafe, and it's what will bring us back. But this neighborhood bar and grill has other draws as well. The Pleasant is a long, narrow space, like a railroad flat, with an adjoining bar. (Besides wine and beer, the bar menu features 81 kinds of mixed drinks, everything from a "Between the Sheets" to a "Girl Scout Cookie"). The crowd is equally eclectic: families with children, young couples, cops, senior citizens, and a large, loud table of girlfriends in the back. The place is plain and clean, with booths lining the wood-paneled walls.

The two Irish partners who bought the Pleasant more than 20 years ago from five Italian brothers had brains: ...

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