Augustino's Italian Restaurant, Indianapolis

August Mascari fulfilled a longtime dream when he opened Augustino’s on the south side of Indianapolis in 2003. Today, the family-owned business, with its strip mall location inside McFarland Market Place at the southwest corner of Stop 11 and Emerson Ave., is known for its warm, welcoming environment and authentic Italian cuisine. The restaurant’s lunchtime menu features sausages and roast beef sandwiches, along with pasta dishes like the chicken asiago, a sautéed chicken served in a cream sauce with tomatoes, green onions and bacon blanketing a plate of farfalle pasta. Diners can choose to build their own pasta dish, topping their fettuccini with homemade alfredo sauce or a variety of pestos and other sauces, or they can opt for a specialty dish like seafood ravioli. And anyone looking to grab a drink instead can head for the wide wooden bar, serving a variety of wines and other adult beverages.