Around town: The time, the place, the free pizza

Someone always wins. Of course, you have to be in the right place at the right time to collect.

The place is Sam & Louie’s. The time? Almost precisely at 7 p.m. every Friday night. The payoff comes in the form of free pizza, pasta, wings or whatever else a table orders during the restaurant’s popular Free Table Fridays.

Well, popular for those in the know. I learned of the deal when a couple of beaming co-workers came to work on a Monday morning bragging about free pizza.

They had been caught off guard, too, unaware of the promotion.

“A lot of people don’t know about it yet,” admi...