Pioneering Italians were not only the first to put tomatoes in cuisine, they were also the first people to take photographs of themselves pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Delight in their inventiveness with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Italian fare and drinks at Squire's Italian Restaurant in Dundalk.

Squire's Italian Restaurant dishes out an eclectic menu of heaping, hearty pizzas and pastas under the watchful eyes of Bob and Lorenzo Romiti, who took up the mantle after their parents built the restaurant more than half a century ago. Gratify growling bellies with a comforting bowl of cream of crab soup ($6) or a plate of steamed mussels in a white-wine and garlic sauce ($8.25) before indulging in Squire's homemade lasagna ($10.25) or imported tortellini, which melts local cheeses with its flawless pronunciation and thin mustache ($8.75). A children's menu featuring an assortment of pastas served with tomato sauce ensures overstuffed offspring ($6.25–$7.95), while carnivorous comfort-seekers can dig their knives into a land and sea platter, which find a quintet of shrimp landlocked on a 6-ounce island of New York strip ($21.95). Squire's menu also boasts a formidable selection of wines, cocktails, and beers, as well as a modest collection of aperitifs, which ease pleased palates into a state of pacified slumber ($4.25–$8.50).

With more than 300 seats in four cozy dining rooms, Squire's is well equipped to feed families, parties, and ravenous schools of jellyfish. Nostalgic, homey décor rests within a castle-like exterior, which towers over a parking lot with room for more than 200 cars and 1,000 unicycles.

Reviews

Yahoo! Travelers and Yahoo! Locals give Squire's Italian Restaurant a 3.5-star average and four Yelpers give it a four-star average:

• I grew up on Squire's- as did my husband and now my two children are too. We live in Overlea and drive to Dundalk whenever we want pizza. – Brenda, Yahoo! Local
• We both had pasta and it was delish; I hope to try the pizza next time. Service was good, parking was good. – Neil F., Yelp, 12/13/10