Luxurious Galleria-area hotel begins again with new fine dining Italian restaurant
Houston's luxurious Hotel Granduca has switched things up at its fine dining restaurant. After 10 years of operating Ristorante Cavour, the hotel will soon welcome a new concept called Alba Ristorante. Slated to open next month, Granduca owner Giorgio Borlenghi named Alba Ristorante for both a city in northern Italy that's renown for its white truf...
Do as the Eatalians Do: A Handy Guide to Eataly Dallas
The allure of la dolce vita seems as eternal as Rome itself. Eating the Italian way, then, is a small taste of the sweet life. Without booking a flight to that boot-shaped country, Eataly Dallas has transported a beloved food and all the ingredients that make up the whole of the cuisine. With its Dallas arrival, Eataly brings a—and in some ways con...
Tony Mandola’s Moves to New Venue Near Washington Corridor
TONY MANDOLA’S, the restaurant owned and operated by Tony and Phyllis Mandola, announced last month that they would be closing the doors of its flagship location on 1212 Waugh. The restaurant, which has been serving Houstonians since 1982 with a diverse array of seafood dishes featuring Italian and Creole cuisine, announced its closing on July 26....
Antonio's opens in Lewisville, offering pizza, pasta and more
Lewisville has a new Italian restaurant. Antonio’s Restaurant & Pizzeria opened July 28 at 156 Lowes Food Drive in the Lewisville Commons shopping center just off Shallowford Road. Antonio’s is the second restaurant for owner Frank Giaimo, who owns Luigi’s Restaurant, Bar & Pizzeria in Summerfield. Ilsis Fuentes is Giaimo’s on-site operating partne...
Sfereco set to bring 'Spaghetti Western' inspired dishes to Old Town Lewisville
American-Italian restaurant Sfereco is scheduled to open Aug. 9 in Old Town Lewisville with a menu of “Spaghetti Western” inspired dishes, according to a news release. The restaurant will be taking over the space previously occupied by Cavalli Pizza at 233 W. Church St. Owned by Refined Hospitality Concepts, Sfereco opened its first location inside...
Italian restaurant from stellar team takes prized downtown Dallas spot
Three Italian gents have come together to open an Italian restaurant in downtown Dallas: Called La Stella Italian Verace, it'll open at 2330 Flora St. #150, in the space better known as the former Flora Street Cafe. La Stella is from three guys with wonderfully vowel-rich names: Giuseppe "JP" Piccinini, Luigi Iannuario, and Riccardo Ravaglia. Iannu...
Grace owner plans new restaurant with focus on Italian cuisine
A long-time Fort Worth restauranter has plans for a new restaurant with a focus on Italian cuisine. 61 Osteria, on the ground floor of the recently updated 21-story First on 7th complex, will be operated by Adam Jones, a 30-year veteran of the Fort Worth restaurant scene, who since 2008 has owned the acclaimed Grace restaurant on Main Street. He al...
Anthony Potenzo Escaped Chicago To Find Happiness In New Orleans
The chrome Harley-Davidson parked outside Lilette on Magazine Street most nights belongs to a restaurateur who escaped Chicago. Five years ago, Anthony Potenzo owned two of the hippest joints in my hometown, Three Aces and Charlatan. When rising rents threatened profits, Potenzo called it quits. That was the culmination of a hospitality career for...
Russo's New York Pizzeria opens in Broken Arrow
Russo's New York Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen recently opened a second area location, at 775 W. Tucson St. in Broken Arrow. The restaurant offers Italian and Italian-American dishes, including New York- and Brooklyn-style pizzas; pasta dishes such as spaghetti and meatballs, lobster ravioli, chicken Parmesan and pappardelle carbonara; soups; salads;...
Stylish new Italian restaurant brings the Adriatic inside the Loop
A new restaurants aims to transport diners to some of Italy's lesser-known — but still very delicious — regions. Concura Italian Bites will open later this summer in the same shopping center at Eloise Nichols and Bosscat Kitchen (4340 Westheimer Rd. #150). Owner Jessica Biondi has been developing the idea for her restaurant for almost a decade, acc...
An exciting new Italian restaurant, il Modo, goes against the grain of typical Italian fare — and that’s a good thing.
The first thing you’ll notice about new Italian restaurant il Modo is how much it doesn’t resemble an Italian restaurant. There’s no Sinatra music wafting through the air, no checkerboard tablecloths. Scan the menu, and instead of spaghetti and meatballs, you’ll find spaghetti made with ricotta cheese, heirloom tomatoes, and basil, with not a drop...
San Lorenzo is an elegant new Italian restaurant in the Lower Garden District
What a difference a clam makes. The fresh linguine vongole on the menu at San Lorenzo restaurant in the recently opened Hotel St. Vincent is revelatory. Beyond the house-made pasta — and beyond the heft of the toasted garlic in buttery sauce topped with ribbons of parsley and fried breadcrumbs — there are those clams. Although littleneck clams are...