*****  Peppino’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, 1290 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 (561) 681-6575.

Peppino’s is a ” neighborhood-mom & pop–red sauce”–Italian joint. Operative word here NEIGHBORHOOD…like you live or work in Peppino’s neighborhood.

Peppino’s food, shall we say… is quite good. The menu is loaded with appetizers, soups, salads, pastas, pizzas, subs and chicken-seafood-meat entrees. This joint isn’t exactly trying to cure cancer here…You know the drill…the entree comes with soup or salad, pasta side and garlic knots. The most expensive entree runs 15 bucks and a large pizza is going to run you $11.

A recent taste-test had me sampling, sausage parmigiana sub, veal parmigiana, veal marsala, shrimp scampi, pizza, manicotti, pasta fagiolli and those garlic knots. Like I said before, quite good for a neighborhood joint. By the way, the service is as friendly as can be.

Now…if you live in Peppino’s neighborhood, you have a real good joint to eat-in/take-out from. Peppino’s is open 7 days a week 11am-9pm.