Enjoy a glass of wine with delicious food this season in Odessa, Texas. On your next day off or date night, relax and try some new dishes or drinks. Here are some of the best Italian restaurants in the area.
Mi Piaci
For a comfortable, savory dining experience, try out Mi Piaci Italian Restaurant in Odessa. Its dishes are prepared with care, from their buttery garlic rolls to their custom pizzas, pasta plates, and fried platters. Large family meals are available; they’re ideal for feeding four to six people. You can choose spaghetti, lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, or a great meatball sub. Their stromboli and calzones are especially popular.
Mi Piaci’s house specialties include chicken Verona, ribeye steak, and shrimp Romano. Many other pastas, chicken, seafood, and veal menu items are available. For dessert, try the black forest cheesecake or the Italian cream cake with coconuts and almonds. Pistachio, chocolate, and cherry spumoni ice cream is available as well. They’re open for pickup orders from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and they close at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Fazoli’s
For a more relaxed, creative Italian food experience, head over to Fazoli’s. Fazoli’s family-sized bakes are among their best options. Customers can’t get enough of their three cheese-crusted chicken pasta, parmesan-crusted shrimp, and parmesan-crusted Alfredo with meatballs. Fazoli’s famous chicken parmesan pasta duo includes baked fettuccine Alfredo and a half portion of chicken parmesan.
If you want something fast for the road, try out their pepperoni pizza breadsticks or one of their breadstick sliders. The sliders come in chicken parmesan and smashed meatball flavors. Pasta samplers are available with two or three options per dish so that you can find your favorite meal easily. Fazoli’s spicy baked ziti with sausage is one of their best dishes, and many people also praise their chicken carbonara.
The loaded baked spaghetti features meatballs, mushrooms, Italian sausage, bacon, and mozzarella and provolone cheeses, and the loaded fettuccine Alfredo has broccoli, mushrooms, bacon, and chicken. Several vegetarian options are available, and they offer Italian ice in lemon, strawberry, or blue raspberry. Fazoli’s is open every day from 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Venezia
For an upscale dining experience that’s as full of class as it is flavor, check out Venezia. It’s about 20 miles away from Odessa in Midland. It has a warm, comfortable ambiance and extraordinary food and wine.
Venezia specializes in dishes from northern Italy, and their dinner menu includes blackened redfish, blackened or lemon turbot, stuffed veal chops, stuffed bone-in pork tenderloin, braised lamb shank in rosemary mint sauce, and super jumbo tiger shrimp. Their delectable desserts include Venezia rum, lemon, red velvet, German chocolate, cookies and cream, orange, strawberry, and chocolate caramel cakes. Venezia also offers specialty beer and wine lists with hundreds of options. You can visit Monday through Saturday from 5-9 p.m.
If you feel like taking a break from cooking or are celebrating a special occasion, try one of these excellent restaurants in and near Odessa.
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