Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Papa Vinos
I have mentioned this restaurant several times before, but it bears mentioning again. Papa Vinos, in Mishawaka (the only one I've eaten in), is a great place to eat. We've been there several times now, usually as a family dinner around Christmas, and without fail the food and more importantly, the service has been great. In our case, we usually need a last minute reservation with wheelchair access, all on a weekend. And without fail, this place has managed to take care of our needs. Even better, the food, Italian style, has been very, very good. My wife usually orders a dish with mussels in it and I'll order some sort of pasta dish and they have yet to mess it up.
They start out with hot bread with an olive oil/baked garlic dip. We added MUSSELS IN SAFFRON for an appetizer and a house salad to be shared. This time my order was SHRIMP RAVIOLI, tasty and hot and the portion size was just right. Not so big as you'd feel stuffed, yet not so small as you'd feel cheated. My wife had LINGUINI PESCATORE, a shrimp and mussel dish that she enjoyed just as well. Other people in our party had different pasta dishes and no one had a bad one. We had a range of desserts including lemon tango cake, apple crumble sundae and tiramisu none of which had any leftovers. Even my beer was crisp, cold and tasty.
If you are ever in the Mishawaka/South Bend area and get a hankering for some Italian food, you ought to try and get into Papa Vinos. You're probably going to have to wait for a table, but you'll find the wait worthwhile.
