It's called Papa Mio's. So far just had one thing, the gnocci with tomato basil, but for $5 that's a hell of a deal. The best part, it tastes very good and authentic. Next week will try lasagna/manicotti/canelloni (only $7!) and the basil pesto sauce and pizza ($8 for 16 inch). Even if those suck the fact they have an acceptable tomato basil sauce is a huge achievement in Houston. So, here are updated Houston Italian rankings. 1. Capri Pasta (slightly richer sauce and special dishes like frutti di mare) 2. Papa Mio (Good and cheap) 3. Mandola's Deli (slightly sweeter sauce but still good and cheap)
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dammit, looks like I missed a Groupon is the address correct? 2006 Lexington St. Houston, Texas 77098 when I Google map it, it leads me to a neighborhood and Street View shows a bunch of houses
Maybe it's where the old Mia Bella Trattoria used to be in the neighborhood? Spoiler <div id="player" style="width:479.9999694824219px; height:360px"><script src="http://video2.bettervideo.com/player/WHI/bvEdgePlayer.js" config="cid=10&vid=3682820&autoplay=false&automute=true&automuterestart=false&theme=hearst"></script></div> http://www.29-95.com/restaurants/papa-mio-italian-cafe
You would if have ever tasted their house made pasta or potato gnocchi. Mommma Mia, melt in my mouth. Homer drools.
Could this help? http://www.urbanspoon.com/fp/11/1034/2/Italian-Moderately-priced-Austin-Restaurants?sort=name Spoiler A couple of examples of the $$ priced eateries rated over 90%... Milano Trattoria http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/11/1601363/restaurant/Austin/Milano-Trattoria-Georgetown http://www.milanotrattoria.com/#!menus Verona Ristorante Italiano http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/11/1455704/restaurant/Oak-Hill/Verona-Ristorante-Italiano-Austin http://www.veronaustin.com/
No kidding. Out of all the good restaurants in Austin, we're severely lacking in Italian food. Carmelo's is probably as good as it gets. There's one in N. Austin that isn't bad...Primo Pizza and Pasta at the corner of McNeil and Parmer. I go for their lunch deals on occasion.
The best dish they have is called spaghetti scoglio. It's a seafood pasta with red sauce. There's also another one without the red sauce called papardelle mare e monti. Those are the two I think are the best. Lasagna and penne pesto and gnocchi tomato basil and penne tomato basil are also very good as well.
If you want scoglio or mare e monti call the day before to make sure they buy the seafood for it it's not a daily special, same with pesto sauce.
