A worthy new quick-casual chain has landed in Fort Worth. Piada Italian Street Food's first Tarrant County location opens Friday in Alliance Town Center, and at its soft-opening event, I learned something new about Italian food and found good veggie options.

Piada is inspired by street food in Rimini, a coastal town in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region. Core menu items include the piada, a thin round of handmade dough (akin to a tortilla or crepe) that's grilled in front of you, then rolled up with fillings of your choice; and the tasca, a small sandwich using a version of this dough. There are angel-hair pasta bowls and chopped salads, too.

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