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anzuelo
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 Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:42 pm Post subject: Not really fishing related |
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In short, is Island Italian Restaurant open. I know they were damaged from Harvey but wondering if/when they will reopen.
There food is top notch especially after a long day surf fishing. |
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ziacatcher
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| Can't help you as far as whether they're open or not being that I just got back from New Mexico yesterday but I must concur that their food is top-notch. |
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Tyler
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Central Scrutinizer
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Last few times I've driven by there, the work appears to be on-going. The roof looks complete, the sign in front has been replaced, and there is always a truck or two out front, so hopefully it's a good sign of progress.
Like others have mentioned, it's one of my absolute go-to places for Friday date night. Really missing it. |
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Rocky in NM
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| ziacatcher wrote: | | Can't help you as far as whether they're open or not being that I just got back from New Mexico yesterday but I must concur that their food is top-notch. |
Glad you and Mary are back home safe--look forward to your TX reports!
Rocky
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landlocked beachbum
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Well.... since we are off topic and on to Italian Restaurants in your area.... Does anyone recall Frank's Spaghetti House? Been gone a LOOOOONG TIME of course, but like Old Mexico, it was a tradition in Corpus Christi! 
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Donnie
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| landlocked beachbum wrote: | | Well.... since we are off topic and on to Italian Restaurants in your area.... Does anyone recall Frank's Spaghetti House? Been gone a LOOOOONG TIME of course, but like Old Mexico, it was a tradition in Corpus Christi! |
I do - I was not a big fan of italian food - but Frank's was great. I worked in New York City quite a lot up to about 10 years ago, and - there I was a big fan of italian - actually my clients/partners there were sicilian and they knew every neighborhood restaurant in new jersey, as well as in the city. I believe every place, like old family mexican places here, started with hugs, embrace, chef comes out, the whole thing, and then talk, before ordering food. And english, while it was spoken, was not the language of the place. 
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Tyler
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Franks is still there on Leopard. I have never been. I am watching carbs and rarely ate spaghetti anyway! Pizza I love!
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landlocked beachbum
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The original owner was Frank Toras (sp?). If I remember correctly, my dad new him from the Marines. I could be mistaken there, but sure seems like what I remember. After they retired sometime in the late 70's to early/mid 80's, Farnk and his wife dropped thru Little Rock a couple of times on their sight seeing trips.
Funny.... going to Franks back when I was a kid was a big deal to EVERYONE in our extended family but me! At that time, spaghetti/tomato/meat sauce did nothing for me.....  Tastes change, and now I love a good sauce and even make my own.
One thing I do remember about Frank was that he REALLY put the garlic to everything, and I LOVE garlic! Most "Garlic bread" is bread with a little garlic. Frank's was almost the opposite, and GOOD!!!!  
Both Frank's and Old Mexico were only a short distance from my Grandma's house on Granada, which was also the place of my birth!
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ziacatcher
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| I moved to Corpus at 1980 and I've only been to Frank's once. Not very impressed. But I kind of relate to what Donny said. I grew up in New Jersey and Italian restaurants there are usually a mom-and-pop hole in the wall run by the mafia. True Italian fare. |
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landlocked beachbum
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I MUCH prerred Old Mexico!!! 
Your deal with Italian food kinda sounds like mine with a REALLY good Hogie. I've never had one that was what I remember from my childhood, anywhere except for the east coast. Just putting all the "right" stuff on a "Hogie" bun does NOT make a Hogie!  Jersey Mikes gets close, but still doesn't do justice to the real McCoy!
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ziacatcher
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| No sandwich shops out here has ever heard of capicola. That's the only way to fly with Italian Heroes |
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landlocked beachbum
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Back in the early 60' my dad was transferred to Quantico VA. He had a Marine buddy of Italian heritage who got out of the Corps and opened "Leon's Hogies". He made his own bread and did everything himself with no help. The place didn't last for long, but is still THE BEST I've ever eaten, with a very close second being a hole in the wall Hogie shop in Ocean City Maryland.
One of the top 5-6 things I've ever put in my mouth!
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ziacatcher
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One of the top 5-6 things I've ever put in my mouth! [/quote]
I've got so many things I can say about that last sentence but I'm not going to go there. LOL |
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landlocked beachbum
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Now I'm envious....... 
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