Armend's

The Got Weekend take

Why go

Armend’s gives a neighborhood Italian dinner plenty of directions to go: made-from-scratch pizza, home-style pasta, and traditional chicken, seafood and veal dishes. Serving Southlake since 1998, the family restaurant builds its cooking around family recipes and welcomes gatherings with friends and kids. It’s also BYOB, so bringing your own bottle can be part of the plan. Start with meatballs baked in marinara under fresh mozzarella and basil, or crab-stuffed mushrooms served with aurora sauce. Then turn to the handmade pizzas: the Vodka Pizza pairs the restaurant’s vodka sauce with sliced mozzarella and basil, while the Chicken Alfredo Special adds roasted red peppers and spinach. For a different format, there’s a 15-by-16-inch deep-dish Sicilian cheese pizza, plus calzones filled with ricotta, mozzarella and sausage. Gluten-free pizza is available in small sizes. Beyond pizza, the menu includes meat tortellini soup, hot parmigiana subs and a Caesar salad with homemade dressing. Dedicated kids’ and family-pack dinner sections make this a useful choice for a family meal, while the breadth of the menu leaves friends room to order in different directions.

• Try the Vodka Pizza with sliced mozzarella and fresh basil.
• Start with crab-stuffed mushrooms in aurora sauce.
• Go deep-dish with the 15-by-16-inch Sicilian cheese pizza.
• Bring your own bottle for dinner with family or friends.

Family dinners, casual meals with friends and BYOB get-togethers suit this neighborhood Italian restaurant.

Make it your kind of weekend

• family outing
• friends