Pia's Trattoria

Editor's pick

3054 Beach Blvd. S, Gulfport, FL 33701

(727) 327-2190

http://www.piastrattoria.com/

Categories: Restaurant

Cuisine: Italian

Features: Outdoor seating

Cost range: 10.01-20.0

Payment options: Credit cards accepted

Alcohol: Beer and wine only

More in this neighborhood: Gulfport

This is the kind of sweetly earnest restaurant that you'd like to think unfurls fully realized from the ground, good basic ingredients and a healthy inoculation of Italian culinary know-how nurtured by sweat and love. Its setting is a teeny bit foyer and mostly outdoor patio covered with a chickee thatch and populated by a hodgepodge of picnic tables. The menu's short, the same at lunch and dinner and weighted to crusty pressed panini and pastas topped with one of a handful of simple sauces.