At Spano's we strive to bring you an authentic Italian family dining experience.
All of our ingredients are fresh daily and everything is home made.
Our scrumptious entrees are topped with Chef Joe Spano's award winning
Marinara sauce as voted by dignitary judges and People's Choice
in the inaugural 2004 Boss of the Sauce Contest,
reaffirmed in 2016 with the prestigious
American Academy of Hospitality Services 5 Star Diamond Award
The dining room
5 Star Diamond Award winner
The Booth Side. Everybody loves the booths
Our segment on The Travel Channel's Delicious Destination, Jersey Shore edition
Homemade pasta from our Arcobaleno pasta machine "Lilianna"
Try a Salumi board with paper thin sliced Prosciutto and more, sliced on our Hand Crank flywheel slicer "Isabella"
Chef Joseph Spano 30 years behind the stove, creating some of your favorite dishes
Voted N.J.'s Best Italian Restaurant in 2017 We work hard every day to make sure that every guest who dines with us agrees
It runs through our veins
We make our pasta fresh daily
Full dining room
The Booth Side. Everybody loves the booths
Handing down the family recipes. Frankie has been working in his father's kitchen since he was 11 years old.
Ready for another night
The Chef and Teddy
Passing the Baton...Chef Frankie Spano easily handles putting out 300 dinners on a Saturday night, sometimes at a pace of 60 dinners per hour...That's 1 per minute This means you have a better chance of see Chef Joe Spano out in the dining room
"Dad, I got this" ~ Frankie Spano
Our beautiful two item salumi board with our daily homemade fresh mozzarella and thin sliced Prosciutto, served with roasted sweet peppers, fig jam, marinated Cerignola olives and toasted breads
719 Arnold Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
There's usually a wait, but it's worth it!
Frank "Pop" Spano and beautiful Carmela Spano, Joseph's biggest fans
Pitching greats Mark & Al Leiter paying a visit
Pop Spano and Joe Pesci, when he stopped by
Pop Spano and Frank Vincent at Spano's
Felix the Cat Creator Don Oriolo
Commedian Jeff "Fat Rat Bastard" Pirrami with Soprano's actor Dan Grimaldi & Chef Joe Spano doing a Comedy Cooking Show
Dr. Rodney Liebowitz, Chef Joseph Spano, Joseph Cinque of the AAHS 5 Star Diamond Award and NY Tenor Christopher Macchio
The Real Joe Causi with The Real Joe Spano
Stories, wine, pasta, cigars...the best way to enjoy your friends
Frank, Joe and Nick
Carl and Harriette for a cozy meal
Chef Joe Spano, Mike Puma of Gotham Burger Social Club, and Chef Frankie Spano
These two ♥ Chef Frankie Spano and his dad, Chef Joseph Spano
Happy Birthday Boss! This cigar box cake was made by The New Country Bakery on Bridge Ave in Point Pleasant. Delicious, and a work of art. Highly recommended!
Albino Family, Dodnhoff Family and John Gabriele...they flew in from Connecticut, enjoyed a great dinner, and then flew right back home. Definitely the winner of farthest traveled to eat Spano's food
Johnny Fish, Chef Joe Spano, Angelo, Tom and Chef Frankie Spano. The friends you make...♥