Places to Eat on Game Day in Foxboro- Home of the New England Patriots

Got tickets for a New England Patriots home game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA. ? If you're among the lucky ticket-holding few and find it's getting too cold for tailgating, pass by the chain fast food joints and check out these local Foxboro stops, guaranteed to satisfy your pre- and post-game football food needs, right in the Patriots' hometown.

Primo's Sandwich Shop (6 Mechanic St, 508-543-6478) is right in the center of town and has been a sandwich mainstay in "the boro" for years. You've got your basics here: hot subs, cold subs, pockets and salads. Recommended are the tuna salad, the cheeseburger (sub style) and the chicken parm sub, which may be the best chicken parm in town. Okay, so it's not a very big town... Portions are generous at Primo's: a medium is fairly large and large is big enough to feed a linebacker - if you happen to run into one at that Patriots' game. 

Just one street over from Primo's is Foxboro's own House of Pizza (29 Bird Street, 508-543-9119). Every town has a House of Pizza, so Patriots fans from all over New England will feel right at home. The House here has all the usual toppings in large and personal-sized pizza sizes. And like all Houses of Pizza, they have their own take on the pie, from sauce to crust. No two pizzas are ever the same. And they're bound to be better than the re-heated stuff you get at the game. No offense, Patriots.

"Down the road a piece" from Primo's and The House is   Omega Pizza (128 Main St. 508-543-3440)  which offers the best of both worlds: the pizza the name promises plus subs, or as they're called here, grinders. The pizza comes in a wide range: olive to onion, anchovies to eggplant. The grinder menu is diverse too, from the traditional turkey, roast beef, meatball and steak, to the Greek gyro and even crab-meat. If you're a Patriots' fan looking for something more substantial, Omega offers pasta dinners coming with eggplant, veal, or chicken, plus seafood dinners with scallops or clams.