The young woman is surprised when we order an entire bottle of wine to accompany our dinner, till I tell her our aim is to kill time. It is two hours before the Main Street Concert begins, just beyond the doors of the restaurant. Maybe we should have left our big city ways at home?
La Bella Tavola is a delightful surprise; the restaurant is clean and spacious with a large bar area tucked into the back corner. The menu is extensive which is not always a good thing, but it seems to work here. Recognizing my quandary over what to order our server assures me, “It doesn’t matter what you decide on, it is all good.”
The food we choose is well prepared, delicious, abundant and moderately priced. Our shared appetizer of fried calamari is a mound of small crispy tender delights, and the marinara dipping sauce, yummy; the salad fresh, and I get to dress my own.
Surprised to see Veal Saltimbocca on the menu I have to order it. Not classically prepared it still jumps in my mouth. The veal, thinly sliced and fork tender, is blanketed with a layer of cheese and accented with capers, lemon, white wine, and spinach. A bed of spaghetti peeks beneath the sauce. It is extremely tasty and very good. My husband devours every last crumb of his Veal Parmigiana.
Too full for dessert, we linger over the last of the Italian wine before returning to our car to grab our chairs, walking across the street to enjoy tonight’s summer concert.
La Bella Tavola
601 N St Joseph St Gonzales, TX 78629
(830) 672-3600
Hours
Mon-Thu: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Fri-Sat: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sun: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
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