I was recently invited to try the new brunch menu at Tony Mandola's Gulf Coast Kitchen. Tony Mandolas is a New Orleans style Oyster Bar and Seafood House, with an Italian flair. Known for its fresh Texas Gulf Seafood - shrimp, oysters, fish, and home-made pastas, red beans and rice, Mama's Gumbo, and Mama's Bourbon Bread Pudding. Tony Mandola's quickly grew popularity since its time in River Oaks as "Tony Mandola's Blue Oyster Bar", 30+ years ago. This popularity prompted the closing of the oyster bar and the opening of Tony Mandola's Gulf Coast Kitchen on Waugh Drive.