Estella’s Pizzeria Has Primo Italian Specialties

American Press Travel News-October 29th,—-Port St Lucie, FL.–Bob and Barb “On The Road Again” and Stopping to Smell the Pizza’s and entree’s at Estella’s Pizzeria. Who doesn’t love authentic Italian dishes? Well, at Estella’s they are here in abundance, thanks to the Frankel family, and their kitchen and wait crew. Our waitress, Nichole, cook, Nick and Mel helped us try numerous dishes, and one of the best Antipasto salads ever. The dishes such as Shrimp Fra Diavolo, an amazing al dente’ spaghetti dish with Calamari, in gentle Marinara sauce, and a white pizza with Ricotta, mozzarella real garlic, grated cheese and olive oil and lots of home-boxes too! So many choices, such small stomachs! We also had Lobster Tail, a vanilla pudding filled croissant-like dessert and of course we didn’t forget the Connoli, WOW great!! Open Sunday -Thursday 11-AM-9-PM and Friday & Saturday 11 AM-10 PM. Located at 1276 California Blvd. in the Oak Hammock Plaza. 878-6640 Free delivery to Kings Isle, and they cater, as well as eating-in and curbside pick-up too!

**Barb and pizza guru Ralph. What a great white pizza with spinach, too!!!**

**So many great dishes, we tasted and mangia’d all we could!!!**

Enrico’s Pizza, A Whole Lot More Than Pie

American Press Travel News-Sept 28th, Islamorada, FL Keys–Bob n Barb “On the Road Again” Enrico’s New York Style Pizzeria. Growing up in Brooklyn, many of my memories I recall today were the great Kosher Pickles, corned beef sandwiches, hot dogs and sauerkraut, and great garlic pizza dripping with olive oil and chewy, gooey mozzarella. With a Root beer float, I always was delighted and happiest in my Williamsburg apartment near the Brooklyn Bridge. So fast forward several decades later, here I am in Islamorada, and up pops Enrico’s Pizza at MM 88.8. After meeting and getting to know Laurenzo (Larry) Calvano, owner/operator and Master Pizziolo of Enrico’s, and Dominic Congeni, Chef, I felt right at home and knew Italian fare here was going to be great. I/we were not disappointed. My son Dave, Director of Emergency Management at Homestead Air Force Base decided to join us. He now can tell his associates where they can get a good meal down in the Keys near his home in Islamorada. Out came the pizza, out came the clams oreganato with linguine, the shrimp risotto too! I asked Larry about his experiences so far, since Enrico’s just opened in the past two week. Larry told me that “we wanted to be that neighborhood place and feel, and we are being slammed as a Keys great local Pizzeria. The whole vibe is fabulous, and its all about family, Italian food is all about family mangia, together with love and happiness.” We felt it! We’ll be back! Give a call, say hello, and be prepared to be very happy at Enrico’s New York Style Pizzeria with Italian dish specialties, everyone loves if they are authentic. This place is authentic!! Give a call or just stop in. 305-852-2200

Papa Louie’s Italian Restaurant

American Press Travel News- Papa Louie’s, PSL, FL.-Bob and Barb “On the Road Again.”From the pizza, to the garlic chicken wings, the shrimp parmesan, spectacular veal parm, cabbage-potato soup, garlic knots, salad with custom created Italian dressing, spaghetti with lemon-garlic, great wines-WOW! What a meal!–Italian, real Italian cuisine is what we found, dined on, and thoroughly enjoyed here.

Big comfortable tables, the feeling you get when your in a truly practiced Italian eatery-Highly recommended! Papa Louie’s Italian Restaurant 7240 South U.S. Hwy. 1, Port St Lucie, FL 34952 772-340-3755

Wakim’s Gourmet Foods New Restaurant, A Couple Of Weeks New!

P1030957 — **Sampling a few of Wakim’s specialties!**

A steak wrap to remember! Perfectly tasty and I'm going back to Wakim's! — **A steak wrap to remember! Perfectly tasty and I’m going back to Wakim’s!**

P1030961 — **Kabobs, Hummus and Pita Bread. These chicken Kabobs were excellent-period!**

APtravelnews-Dec. 30^th, Port St. Lucie, FL-Bob and Barb “Stopping To Smell the Roses” or should I say the International Foods at Wakim’s Gourmet Food in Saint Lucie, West, FL. Roland and Carla Wakim, besides supplying foods to the Whole Food Corporation, decided to open their first (of more to come as franchises) new restaurant offering International food specialties that they already provide to Whole Foods. Barb and I stopped by to sample some of their fare, and were quite happy to be able to enjoy specialty items, usually only found in the Middle East, Greece and other very far away countries, almost right in our own backyard. Wakin’s Gourmet Foods is located at 1707 NW St. Lucie West Blvd, Suite 154 in Port St. Lucie, FL 34986 and their phone: 772-249-0556 Check out Wakim’s on line at: wakimsgourmetfoods.com We are sure you will love this place. You can take foods out by the pound for $6.99, or sit and be waited on! Their hot and cold food bar you can select from, is a virtual display of international food specialties that you don’t have to take an airplane to experience!