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Marinara has anchored the traditional Italian dishes at Two Tony's for 20 years, but lately it also is serving as a possible lifeline for a family restaurant name during uncertain times.
Two Tony's chef/owner Anthony Montalbano Jr. recently began bottling his sauce for retail sale...
The Travel Channel
Italian dining is a family affair at Two Tony's Italian Restaurant and Seafood. Anthony Montalbano, Senior, and son, Anthony Montalbano, Junior serve up Italian and seafood favorites from this small Bucktown restaurant. The menu is filled with grilled and broiled seafood, Creole and Cajun inspired dishes, tender steaks, made from scratch soups, and dishes that draw from the Montablano family's Italian roots. A well-rounded wine list has red and white options suited to compliment each of the dishes on the Two Tony's menu. In this comfortable restaurant with friendly service, diners can expect fine food that rival's the city's upscale restaurants.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In suburban Metairie, near Interstate 10, a main connector from the airport to the French Quarter.
II Tony's Italian Restaurant & Seafood, across the road from R&O's Pizza Restaurant, is a pin-neat, family-owned spot with indoor and outdoor seating and an eggplant po-boy to make a vegetarian's heart sing. Veggie disks are lightly spread with marinara sauce and cozied into a plump roll of fresh white bread. Add mozzarella for zip. Top off with a dessert of locally made gelato.
R&O's is casual almost to the extreme. Christmas lights still garland the rafters, silverware is in skinny white paper bags and brooms lean in a corner. Its shrimp po-boy is two-fisted, dressed with a slab of ripe tomato, mayonnaise and iceberg lettuce. Shrimp are plentiful, but the breading borders on too thick. R&O's offered a local favorite I encountered only twice: french fry po-boy with roast beef gravy. It's an avalanche of carbs, an oddity to outsiders but a cheap fill-up.
A happy customer, Metairie, LA
To the staff at II Tony's
Just wanted to thank all of you again for the wonderful dinner and service we received at our son and daughter-in-law's dinner on March 2nd.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the delicious meals and the staff couldn't have been nicer.
Thanks again for giving us another wonderful memory for such a special occasion.
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