Cumberland Pizza

The Cumberland Special carries pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, green olives, and bacon across a thick crust — the house pizza that gives the restaurant its name, and the clearest single read on what the kitchen does. Around it sits a menu built for how Sandy Hill actually orders dinner: pizzas in every size, but also bundles ranged from student and pair through family and group, plus a Greek wing that takes itself seriously enough to occupy its own pages. The price tier is a single dollar sign, the storefront has been family-run on the Sandy Hill end of Rideau Street East since 1973, and a credible share of every week's volume goes out the door for pickup and delivery rather than across a table.

The pizza side runs from the house specials into Meat Lovers, Spicy Chicken Pineapple, Combination, Vegetarian, and a Sujuk Pizza that carries Mediterranean cured sausage onto the same crust as the rest. The Greek Pizza puts black olives, tomatoes, onions, oregano, feta, and mozzarella on a pie format, bridging the two halves of the menu cleanly. Past the pizzas, the kitchen prints headers for Greek Platters, Greek Wraps, Greek Sides, Starters & Sides, Sandwiches, Platters, and Salads — full categories rather than appendices, with Dolmades and tzatziki, a Greek Souvlaki Platter, a Calamari Platter, and a Munchie Platter all listed as their own dishes. Pasta, subs, and poutine fill out the corners. The breadth is the kind that lets four people at a table land on four different orders without anyone settling.