Bryan & College Station, Texas

I’m going to go ahead and stick with the word “Gooeyest”, although it’s probably not an “official” word. Ayway, Mr’ G’s Pizzeria on University is my pick for the gooeyest. Very tasty pizza…and they had a whole wheat crust…that’s great.

Another place in town that has a whole wheat crust is Double Dave’s. I’d have to say that Double Dave’s is our favorite pizza in town. You have to ask the cooks to make a whole wheat pizza for the buffet…well worth the wait. We always ask them for two…it’s what we like for our family.

Back to Mr. G’s restaurant. When I first went in there, I just wanted to pick up a menu and get a dessert. We got the cream and chocolate canoli. I’m not exactly sure what it was called, but it was very tasty.

That’s when I found out that you can actually order from Cenare’s next door, and eat it at Mr. G’s.

Cenare’s and Mr. G’s is owned by the same people, and they are connected by a door on one end of the restaurants.

We liked the idea, so we got a large whole wheat pepperoni from Mr. G’s and a Gnocchi with Pesto Cream sauce from Cenare’s.

The Gnocchi was excellent. We had never tasted a cream pesto, and we are big fans of the potato pasta dumpling (Gnocchi).

I’d say that the only thing we didn’t like about the whole experience was that the Gnocchi ran out very quickly (6 of us eating it) and considering it was around $10, I sure wanted more. Maybe if I was the only one eating it…oh well. It was just so good.

The pizza was very good. So, why did I choose “Gooey” well, you know those pizza commercials where they pick up the slice and it’s attached to the rest of the pie with long strings of cheese? Well, that’s what happened. These strings of cheese went on forever.

So, we’re all eating, enjoying ourselves, and I hear some “gagging” coming from my boy’s direction. Turns out he had swallowed some pizza, and hadn’t bit through the string, so his little esophagus was not happy. I grabbed the end sticking out of his mouth and pulled out what seemed like about a foot of cheese. OK, maybe not a foot, but it was long. He was fine.

Anyway, the “large” pizza was a huge 16″, and the service was great. We sat and ate outside. Very nice.

I think they charged us around $13 for the large whole wheat Pepperoni Pizza (although a whole wheat pepperoni is not on the menu).

Next time we might try the Gyro Pizza on Whole Wheat. Sounds good.

Also, we thought the ranch dressing was over-salted. I did not tell the owner, but we won’t order it again. See, we make our own ranch at home and maybe we’re just used to not so much salt. I never know if I should complain or not. I didn’t feel like it deserved a complaint. Everything else was just great.

They’ve got TVs on with sports or cooking, and the atmosphere is great.

Enjoy…careful with the gooey cheese!

jorge

Cafe Capri is incredible. I believe we were told by three people that this was the restaurant to go to when we first moved here. We have not been disappointed.

One of the times we ate there, one of the waiters had a shirt on that read “I Love Carbs”. So funny considering how many people are trying the South Beach diet.

Cafe Capri is an Italian restaurant, but the dish I’ve eaten (both times I visited) was their Cajun Tortellini. There’s spicy sausage and mushrooms in there, and just the right amount of heat. You know, when I go there again, as much as I’d want to try something else, I’ll probably get that again. Not because of any other reason than it’s just wonderful.

Also, if you go there, you’ll need to try their Chocolate Toffee Mousse with Kahlua. Wow. Just the mention of this makes me want to go get one and surprise my wife with it.

The place is quaint, interesting art on the walls, dark, kinda loud (at least the times I’ve been there) and the service is great. The price for entrees average at about $9, so it’s a special occasion for my family. Actually, we’ve not taken my kids when we’ve gone.

Originally, the building was a grocery store in downtown Bryan. Check out the ceiling.

When you’re done eating, take a walk up and down the street.

Jorge