Big Daddy and I stole a few days down at the beach, the first getaway for the New Year and one of our last binges before we resumed our green smoothie cleanse and diet. We reconnected with family and had a delightful time just hanging out and playing board games as we sipped on our favorite adult beverages.
Our first day there the group of us decided to try Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar. There was some reluctance for a few after reading the reviews. Seems like they might have had some issues a year or two ago. Others of us were more optimistic and I was just wanting to check out the new Market Commons area where they were located.
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Our party of six was quickly seated and within minutes a round of drinks was had by all and appetizers were on the way. The table shared the Gnocchi and Italian Sausage, Pan Fried Calamari, and the Italian Nachos. The gnocchi was exceptional and everyone loved the calamari with its spicy marinara sauce. I noticed the men were particularly fond of the nachos which were a nice presentation of lightly fried chips, Italian sausage, provolone, black olives, tomatoes, scallions, banana peppers, and asiago cream sauce.
Big Daddy ordered their Pasta Mia Nona. His bowtie pasta was served with grilled chicken, mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, and that scrumptious asiago garlic cream sauce. I chose the Chicken Marsala and was delighted that they had no problems replacing the cappellini with rigatoni. The sauce was rich and abundant. My sister/BFF ordered the Scampi Travinia. Although the jumbo shrimp weren't overly jumbo, they were a nice size. The sauce was a delicate blend of garlic butter, herbs, basil and beurre blanc served over cappellini.
My brother ordered Uncle Tony’s Favorite Pepperoni Pizza. Unfortunately, neither I, nor Big Daddy got a chance to taste it but by the way he inhaled it, I think it was good! The other couple dining with us selected the Flounder Parmesan. The fish was lightly crusted with Italian bread crumbs and was served with lemon butter, capers, spinach-roasted tomato pine nut orzo pasta. The presentation was extremely pretty and it tasted good.
Big Daddy said he would definitely eat here again and I whole-heartedly agree with him. Our server was delightful and went above and beyond to insure that our meal was topnotch. I can't wait to get to the beach again and will make this a definite must stop. Two thumbs up!
And please, forgive the stock photos but with all the excitement and chatter going on we both forgot to take pictures of our meals!
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