Ricos

Rico's on English Street is the central-Dumfries pizza-and-pasta shop run by the same family-owned independent that has been trading in the town since the late 1980s. The original Rico's rolls counter sits over on Annan Road; the English Street branch leans further toward pizza, pasta and the lunchtime hot-roll trade for the central pedestrian zone, with a position close to the Loreburne Centre and a short walk from the Whitesands car parks.

The kitchen runs hand-stretched pizzas across the usual topping range alongside a baked-pasta board (lasagne, cannelloni, tagliatelle), filled rolls and paninis through the morning and lunchtime, plus salads and a kids menu. Everything is built to order rather than batch-cooked, which has been the operator's consistent line since the late-1980s opening. Google reviews settle at around 4.6-out-of-five — high for a central-Dumfries takeaway — with regulars citing fresh pizzas and the rolls counter rather than the pasta dishes. Trade is mostly daytime collection rather than late-evening delivery, which separates the shop from the kebab-leaning English Street competition.