Vote for your Favorite Italian Food in SoWal

[hnooe]

PASTA GRILL/ PASTA GRILL/
PASTA GRILL

--First, second, and third place!!! Hands down--been to them all (Borago's great! but not real Italian)--NO CONTEST!

*only negative--they need crustier, real Italian bread--I think they succomb to the wishes of the standard PCB tourist in that dept.

 

[Teresa]

Quite an endorsement! We thought about going there Friday night, but online it looks mainly like a pizza place. We didn't want to drive to Destin for pizza. I am obviously missing something. Please fill me in.

they should have had a dinner menu on their website. the lunch menu is pizza, hot sandwiches and salads, soups. (the pizza is to die for made by hand by adorably hot italian men (seriously) and cooked right in the brick wood fired oven.). dinner includes fish and pasta specials, pizza, veal and chicken marsala, etc., lasagna, canelloni, stuffed shells, several pastas, and real homemade desserts that will make you slap somebody. everything made by hand. reservations a must on weekends (it is so discovered by locals and tourists, and its pretty small).

we shall have to take Miss Kitty.

Fat C's



Hnooe is right about Pasta Grill too. I need to get back over there and soon. It's awesome and so authentic. the owner is from Italy and has an incredible bakery next door. It's a close second in my line up of Italiano restaurants in the area. Onano is a really special dining experience and so delicious - it may be my first or second. I can't decide. these three are tied for first.

 

[avalon]

Real Italian

Several places on the list have good "inspired by Italian" type food. I have been to Italy a few times and say that Fat Clemenza is the most authentic, not sure if that means best. It is hard to compare straight up without same dish competition. That being said-- I have never been disappointed in a meal at Fat C. Pasta Carbonara is a fave and all the desserts are killers.

 

[BeachbumAggie]

Fat C's has amazing wood grilled bread to start, hubby isn't a bread freak and he was fighting me for it! Hubby got pizza, it's like the pizza you get in Italy or France-different that your usual American pizza but oh so good. I got veal parm-2 pieces, one was tender and one was tough but the pasta and sauce was sooooo good that the meat could have walked off my plate and I wouldn't have cared!

Families, locals or frequent flyers since the staff seemed to know them. Our service was great and we'll be back in May!

 

[Beach Runner]

they should have had a dinner menu on their website. the lunch menu is pizza, hot sandwiches and salads, soups. (the pizza is to die for made by hand by adorably hot italian men (seriously) and cooked right in the brick wood fired oven.). dinner includes fish and pasta specials, pizza, veal and chicken marsala, etc., lasagna, canelloni, stuffed shells, several pastas, and real homemade desserts that will make you slap somebody. everything made by hand. reservations a must on weekends (it is so discovered by locals and tourists, and its pretty small).

we shall have to take Miss Kitty.

Fat C's

Sounds like a wonderful idea! We love Italian food. And we love Miss K, too. ;-)

Miss K, I promise that Big D and I will not check Gator scores during the meal.

 

[Matt J]

Sounds like a wonderful idea! We love Italian food. And we love Miss K, too. ;-)

Miss K, I promise that Big D and I will not check Gator scores during the meal.

Can we get that in writing? Do we have a notary in the house?

 

[Kurt]

It may be unfair to add Bud & Alley's Pizza Bar at this late date, but you can read and leave reviews at http://www.sowal.com/bb/dining-food/34285-pizza-bar-born-open-lunch-dinner-seaside.html

 

[steele mama]

I don't feel my vote would be fair. I've only been to a couple of those.

Mine's not fair either, but I voted anyway!!!

 

[Dave Rauschkolb]

Pizza Bar is as Italian as it gets

If we are excluded because we serve mostly Pizza I understand. Every poll must have guidelines. Even though the name is PIzza Bar we have Pasta, a large variety of Antipasti dishes and Italian Salads. On our trip to Rome, Naples and Ischia, an Island off Naples we ate amazing food and studied menus and created our menu from those experiences. Our goal is to create the most authentic Italian restaurant possible. I believe we were excluded from the Pizza Poll because we were not open yet. If we don't make it in then my vote is for Pasta Grill, it's the real deal. Thanks! P.S. I am not even going to try and pretend I am Italian. Pasta Grill is real Italian by real Italians.

I am including Pasta Grill which is over the line a bit in Bay County on the west end of Panama City Beach.

Panama City Beach - Pasta Grill
Inlet Beach - Spicy Noodle
Rosemary Beach - Onano Cafe
Seagrove Beach - Angelina's
Grayton Beach - Borago
Santa Rosa Beach - Enzo's
Santa Rosa Beach - Guglielmo's
Miramar Beach - Fat Clemenza's

Did I miss anyone? (pizza was covered in another poll, even though some of them also serve pasta).

We welcome all reviews. Please try to focus on the positives and be kind. Let the discussion begin!

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[Kurt]

If we are excluded because we serve mostly Pizza I understand. Every poll must have guidelines. Even though the name is PIzza Bar we have Pasta, a large variety of Antipasti dishes and Italian Salads. On our trip to Rome, Naples and Ischia, an Island off Naples we ate amazing food and studied menus and created our menu from those experiences. Our goal is to create the most authentic Italian restaurant possible. I believe we were excluded from the Pizza Poll because we were not open yet. If we don't make it in then my vote is for Pasta Grill, it's the real deal. Thanks! P.S. I am not even going to try and pretend I am Italian. Pasta Grill is real Italian by real Italians.

Hi Dave, you were excluded because you were not open when the poll started. If you were added now you would likely not get the number of votes you deserve. I'd be happy to add you to the poll now but with only 2 weeks left for voting it might not look so good for you. We can start another poll at some point and include you.

Meanwhile, I added the link above to your review thread which has some powerful endorsements.
http://www.sowal.com/bb/dining-food/34285-pizza-bar-born-open-lunch-dinner-seaside.html