Marsala's Italian Grill boasts mom and pop-style atmosphere in Atascocita
Before opening up the original Marsala’s Italian Grill in Huffman, Teresa Guzman and Isaac Rodriguez had worked at Hasta La Pasta in Humble for 20 years. When the eatery shut down, they decided to create a restaurant of their own from scratch. The pair, along with co-owner Douglas Guzman, opened the original Marsala’s in Huffman in 2015 before expa...
Roma's Italian Bistro adds affordable Italian-American to Dallas' Oak Cliff
An Italian restaurant with deep suburban roots has opened in Dallas' Oak Cliff: Called Roma's Italian Bistro, it's located at 839 W. Jefferson Blvd., in a small brick storefront at the corner of Tyler Street, in a space that was once Mi Fondita Restaurant, where it's winning over the locals with its basic Italian-American at an affordable price. Ro...
Owners of city's No. 1 restaurant opening pizza joint in East Austin
How do you follow up a year in which your restaurant was named the best in the city in the Austin360 Dining Guide? The answer for L'Oca d'Oro co-owners Adam Orman and chef Fiore Tedesco: Open a pizza joint. The restaurateurs and founding members of Good Work Austin, which has stayed busy feeding at-risk communities and supporting locally owned rest...
Popular Café Louie rebrands as Louie’s Italian American
Café Louie, the winning East End café and bakery is transitioning to an Italian dinner restaurant beginning this weekend. The same space at 3401 Harrisburg (in the converted warehouse dubbed The Plant in the East End District) is being rebranded as Louie’s Italian American by brother and sister partners Angelo and Lucianna “Louie” Emiliani. Spurre...
First Bite: We Tried the Much-Hyped Neapolitan Pies at Pizzana
Pizzana, a Neapolitan-style pizza chain newly arrived on Knox Street, is serious about its crust. I knew this a few ways before walking into the door: because the chain’s founder, Daniele Uditi, prefers to use a slow-rising 48-hour ferment for his dough, because the legendary Los Angeles Times critic Jonathan Gold was a huge fan of the original loc...
Italian coffee shop Palmieri Cafe is opening soon in Bishop Arts
A Dallas Farmers Market coffee shop is expanding and opening a second location in Bishop Arts. Palmieri Cafe will open a location on Bishop Avenue in the coming weeks in a small, standalone building across from Paradiso, as reported by Oak Cliff Advocate. Owner Corrado Palmieri told The Dallas Morning News that the coffee shop is in the final stage...
Abruzzo's Reopens as a Quaint Italian Restaurant in Oak Cliff
Abruzzo's is a small family-run Italian restaurant in Oak Cliff that sits at the corner of West Davis and Tyler streets, just far enough outside the Bishop Arts District that parking isn't a nightmare.Proprietors Elias and Delores Rodriguez opened this spot eight years ago as Bishop Arts Winery. After a few years, they added food and, eventually, a...
Italian osteria to open in downtown Fort Worth from top restaurant team
One of Fort Worth's most acclaimed restaurant teams has something Italian in the works: Called 61 Osteria, it's the new upscale Italian concept from restaurateur Adam Jones and award-winning chef Blaine Staniford, and it'll open in downtown Fort Worth in early 2023. It's opening at 500 W 7th St., on the ground floor of the First on 7th building, or...
Where to Celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes in Austin
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian tradition for Christmas Eve, which is also known as La Vigilia in the Southern Italy region. The seven-course meal, typically eaten on Christmas Eve, features fish and seafood-filled dishes such as stews, soups, and pastas. And luckily, for Austin, two local restaurants are offering their versions of the...
The Rise of Luigi Primo, Pizza Wrestler Extraordinaire
It all started out innocently enough, or should I say, normally enough for the professional wrestler known as Luigi Primo. The Texas-based Primo had released clips of his unique form of “pizza wrestling” before and received positive feedback for a style that includes tossing of dough and moves affectionally titled “Rolling out the crust,” “Topping...
MoMo Italian Kitchen Remains a Lake Highlands Gem
MoMo Italian Kitchen is tucked away in North Dallas on Forest Lane near Central Expressway and Interstate 635. A Lake Highlands Italian staple for decades, it has recently added a full bar, where mixologist Leann Barry concocts specialty cocktails and classics. With a recent update of the interior and the addition of a new private dining room, we t...
The 10 Best Italian Restaurants In Austin
Austin has a wide variety of Italian cuisine, including authentic Neapolitan pizza, fresh, springy pasta, and restaurants serving Italian-American red sauce. Austin’s abundance of Italian restaurants might be a little overwhelming, but in the nicest manner possible. Italian cuisine comes in a vast range, which Austin is fortunate to have. You’ll fi...