WILLIAMSBURG – Patrons regularly cross the mountain from Huntingdon and Altoona to taste the pan-crust square pizza at Sizzler Pizza.

“We’re most noted for that,” said Nathan Harker, who, along with his son, Steven, now owns the Italian restaurant in town. “They like our square cuts better than any around.”

That is all Marina Ramos orders when she eats here almost every day since getting a job across the street recently.

“I love it,” said Ramos one afternoon last week.

But the fare is more than just pizza.

Shannun Shultz said she comes in at least once a week and usually orders the crunchy chicken salad for $8.95.

“They also have really, really good strombolis,” she added.

The owners said patrons like their specials, which run from $5.19 to $5.99, including the French dip roast beef sandwich with au jus and French fries on Wednesdays and the pan-fried haddock with macaroni and cheese and stewed tomatoes on Fridays inside and outside of Lent.

“It’s a great comfort food,” Nathan said.

The chicken and waffles with mashed potatoes on Thursday also is a hit because the waffles – like all the crusts and breads – are fresh homemade, he said.

Brenda Shultz said her father was the original owner of the restaurant in the early 1970s and she has been baking for 35 years off and on at the Sizzler.

“I just enjoy this kind of work,” said the Hollidaysburg resident. “I’ve been cooking all my life.”

She makes fresh the sliced bread and kaiser and hoagie rolls that are part of Sizzlers’ long list of offerings, including a Philly steak wrap and 18 other kinds of sandwiches and wraps, 18 different kinds of hoagies, burgers, grilled sandwiches, strombolis and calzones. Salads, nearly two dozen sides and dinner entrees, from wings to shrimp, round out the menu.

“Generations have been working here, and generations have been coming here,” Nathan said.

The father-son duo have regular day jobs; Nathan is in healthcare and Steven owns a bookkeeping and tax service.

Steven said he has worked at other area restaurants and just always wanted to own his own place when he and his father decided to buy Sizzler last year.

“It’s something we’ve always talked about, doing something together,” said Steven, whose mother is of Italian lineage and he grew up eating that fare.

One of them is at the restaurant every day, but rarely are they both there at the same time. They talk business every night and already have plans to make cosmetic improvements and eventually expand to a second location.

The 44-seat restaurant accommodates booths and tables, and Sizzler offers carry out and deliver to Williams-burg and just beyond.

Mirror Life Writer Cherie Hicks is at 949-7030.