Someone wrote: ... >Coming from NY and Chicago, my wife and I have been searching for some >good italian restaurants in town. Any suggestions? Please help!!! > While probably more American Italian than Italian, my wife and I like Little Italy. They make the best calazone I've had ov this side of the Atlantic -- only problem is that it is only on the lunch menu and I work on the south side of town. Cheers, Mike Byrd
Austin, TX
In Search of Good Italian
John G. wrote: > > Yall should try Reale's on 183 and Anderson Mill. They have some of the > best pizza and a seafood pasta dish (mussles in the shell, clams, shrimp...) > in a read sauce that is jus the best. > > John > Their Seafood alla Diavolo was quite good... I had it for the first time last week. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jim Lahue | Disclaimer: All expressed [email removed] | views are mine alone and not RS/6000 Division, IBM Corp | necessarily shared by IBM
Albert N. wrote: > I've got to agree. I'd put Reale's up against the most expensive Italian > spots in town. Yo Albert I've got to agree. We ate at Reale's tonight. The place was packed with fugitive New Yorkers and a few discriminating Austinites. The food was just like the Mom and Pop backwater storefront Italian restaurants up in the New York - Boston neighborhoods. The decor is cheesy but the food is delish. The pizza is the best around. This is the place to go if you want to see what the Italians eat in the good old US of A. I felt so good that I left an uncharacteristically large tip. Bill > >
Someone wrote: > >Albert N. wrote: >> >> I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed Reale's. I've found that New York >> escapees are Reale's biggest fans. And I kinda like the decor, and think >> the Sinatra on the sound system provides just the right ambiance. > >I don't know... Sometimes the music at Reale's seems a big hackneyed. >But it does remind me of a number of small places in upstate NY >(especially one called Diamante's in Palenville). They need more Dean Martin. Less Sinatra. More Dean. Sinatra is a punk. Dean has class. I ate there last night. The marinara sauce was fantastic. I also liked the cheesy framed laser print of a deer in the men's room. -President William Howard Taft
Rick W. wrote: > > Terry M. wrote: > > > If Uncle Nick's Pizza is still out there on 2222 just south of 620, > > then he falls in the category you describe. Its too far for me > > to go to from Bastrop but it was well worth the drive from Pflugerville. > > > > Uncle Nick's decorum is the pits but his pizza don't take a back seat > > to anyone else's that I've had. > > I have to disagree. I live close to Nick's "Great Pizza" and I will > never go back. When I moved to my house, I had several friends > helping me move. After we were done, I got three pizzas from > Nick's (and some beer). We were all starved, yet none of us > liked the pizza. I seem to remember that it was way too greasy. > It seemed like they had poured olive oil over the pizzas. We ended > up having to go out again for food, because Nick's pizza was so > bad. IMO, Nick's caters to the crowd from the city that is heading > to the lake rather than repeat customers. Hell, they are only open > on the weekends (and only during the summer?). I disagree completely. I LOVE Nick's Pizza. It's about as far from gourmet pizza as you can get, but it's the closest I've had in Austin to good Northeast US "street pizza". I don't get out there often enough. jim andrews