Poppys Italiano

Excellent hidden gem in PVB. Family owned and operated. Food is superb from the sauces to the salads and all apps are tremendous. Clean, friendly people waiting tables. Owner and wife present daily. Garlic ciabatta  bread is to die for. Seafood and veal very tasty and no overbearing with sauces to hide quality of entree. Highly recommend to anyone. Locals and visitor. Also, serve carafes of wine. Nice touch from days gone by. Reasonably priced food and wine.......makin my month water for some more.

Thought it was great. Best wedge salad we've ever had. Amazing garlic bread and everything is fresh and homemade. I had grouper picatta and it was melt in your mouth delicious.  The same for my boyfriend's chicken saltimbocca. Excellent service. Delores was our server and was knowledgeable and attentive. Would absolutely visit again. For the haters that commented on the decor, I've seen worse and at least they had real paintings and not prints.

I don't know why I ever thought Poppy's was closed, but she's definitely open and doing quite well. After visiting with my grandmother at Vicar's Landing she offered to take my husband & I out to dinner and wanted to go to Poppy's. It was a mess of an evening: had been raining all afternoon and wasn't stopping anytime soon, but we were up for the adventure.

I was able to grab a last minute reservation on Open Table; not that I really needed it but I like to get my points. ;) And we were on our way. We were pleasantly greeted by the hostess and quickly guided to our table. After perusing the menu for a few moments we were all wanting to order the same thing: eggplant parmigiana. I don't know why, but I just couldn't do it, so I ordered the spaghetti carbonara and my husband & grandmother ordered the eggplant. It's served with a soup or salad and garlic or plain bread. Three Caesars and three orders of garlic bread showed up to our table after a brief wait. The bread was dripping with garlic butter but was so warm & soft, I didn't care that it was dripping all over me as I ate. The Caesar was passable, but I've definitely had better. The only way I can think to describe it is bordering on milky. There was just something about the dressing that wasn't quite right.

While waiting for our entrees to show up, we noticed the dining room was filling up quite quickly. Quite a surprise for a Monday night; and a rainy Monday night at that. The portions were quite sizable for the price. My husband & I could have shared something and had enough food. My spaghetti carbonara was steaming hot with a plethora of crispy pancetta mixed in. I could barely finish half of my plate & am looking forward to the other half for lunch today.

You could tell the staff was a little stressed as they weren't expecting such a crowd but they handled it very well. We'll definitely be back soon.