Monday, October 12, 2009

North Padre Island - Island Italian Restaurant

As is everything on North Padre, the Island Italian Restaurant is a casual place to dine with concrete floors, red checkered table cloths, wine cork wreaths for decoration and really good Italian food. Baked lasagna is their house specialty and you have the choice of a "full" or "lighter" entree in the pasta section of the menu. And unless you're splitting the lasagna (which we did), I'd recommend the "lighter". The full order came to the table in an individual casserole dish with a slab of lasagna that probably registered at least 4 1/2" high.

The menu is extensive, it doesn't stop with just pasta and if you're staying on the island, delivery is free after 5 PM (no minimum). On weekends the Island Italian (I always want to call it the Italian Islander) has live entertainment. A guy with a guitar was singing Eagles, Buffett & Neil Diamond. His voice was good but what was really cool was his attire. Cargo shorts, Hawaiian shirt, baseball cap and flip flops. Doesn't get much better than that.

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