Houston's vets opening exciting Italian restaurant in prime Galleria-area spot
A Dallas-based Italian restaurant has selected a prime Galleria-area location for its Houston debut. Il Bracco will open this fall in the former California Pizza Kitchen at the corner of San Felipe and Post Oak, the restaurant announced. Two veterans of the Houston's/Hillstone restaurant group developed the concept, which debuted in Dallas' ritzy P...
San Antonio's North Italia is opening soon, here's what to know
North Italia is days away from officially adding San Antonio to its growing U.S. footprint. The Rim installment of the brand opens on Wednesday. The restaurant hosted a preview events over the weekend and invited media, Instagram influencers and nearby residents in to get a taste and give employees a chance to get some training under their belts. ...
Find this stellar Italian restaurant with N.Y. ties tucked away in Allen
A noteworthy Italian restaurant has opened north of Dallas with ties to New York: Called Numero 28, it's part of an Italian group that operates restaurants in New York, Miami Beach, and Austin — and now the Village at Allen, at 190 E. Stacy Rd. #1404, in the former Pane Vino Italian Bistro space. Overseeing the Allen restaurant is Leo Gravina, a na...
Avanti Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar to Open Second Location
Plans are underway for bringing a second Avanti Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar to the front of The Woodlands. “It’s going to be casual-elegant dining, and impeccable service,” says owner Enrique Orioli about the upcoming restaurant, which will offer a covered, outdoor dining area as well as a full indoor dining room, and private dining space. The new...
Sammie’s Gives Austin the Quintessential Italian American Dishes It’s Long Craved
As a native Austinite and its most notable restaurateur, Larry McGuire always has his eye on what’s next. And for years, what he saw as the city’s most glaring culinary deficiency was the type of old-school, Italian American red-sauce joints that he liked to frequent on both coasts—places like Dan Tana’s in LA and Emilio’s Ballato in New York’s Lit...
Watch them make pasta at this new Italian restaurant in downtown Fort Worth
The day has come for pasta fans via one of the more exciting restaurant openings in Fort Worth: Il Modo, a new Italian restaurant, has opened on the ground floor of the Harper Fort Worth, the restored historic landmark hotel in the former XTO Energy Headquarters building at 714 Main St. in downtown. Il Modo serves sophisticated Italian dishes, feat...
Drago’s is known for its charbroiled oysters, but we’re also taste testing some of its other dishes
For years I’ve heard a variety of opinions about Drago’s from friends who visited the longtime New Orleans restaurant. Ever since the Drago’s family opened a Baton Rouge outpost, I had been curious to try it out. With an empty fridge and an envie for seafood, we threw caution to the wind and made the trek to Constitution Avenue. The menu is extensi...
Where To Eat Italian Food In New Orleans
Italian influence in New Orleans culture typically takes a second fiddle to more indiginous and inarguably dominant inspirations. And while jazz’s creation in New Orleans is credited to African-Americans, the Italians of the city, most notably Nick LaRocca and Louis Prima, can safely be assigned a supporting role. Of course, while the cuisine of th...
First Look: Davio’s At Grandscape Offers a Grand Dining Experience
Grandscape is a massive multi-purpose Berkshire Hathway-backed development occupying 400 acres south of the Sam Rayburn Tollway in The Colony. It boasts a hotel and spa, an outdoor lawn and stage, restaurants, retail space, a theater and more. Davio's Northern Italian opened as part of Grandscape in November and comes to North Texas by way of Bosto...
Now that's Italian! Anthony's Italian Deli is known for its signature muffulettas, authentic dishes
You know you're in an authentic Italian eatery when conversations behind the counter are in Italian. And that's how the talk flows at Anthony's Italian Deli, where Marco Saia easily switches from Italian to English and back again. Though he was born in Baton Rouge, Saia's first language was Italian, taught to him by his parents, Anthony and Maria S...
New restaurant at MFAH is now Alison Cook’s favorite ‘casual museum fare’
The chink of glassware and china, the murmur of greetings and conversation sounded like an unexpected symphony in the grand, light-filled room that is Cafe Leonelli. It was the music of human pleasure and connection. I had missed it over the past year. Above the unclad tables and sleek, sculpted chairs hung a constellation — or rather a light work...
Richard Gussoni, a guest of honor at the IACC June 3 dinner at Terra (Eataly, Dallas)
Another one of our guests of honor attending the Authentic Italian Table dinner, June 3, at Terra restaurant at Eataly is good friend of the chamber Richard Gussoni, the honorary Italian consul for Dallas/Ft. Worth and and founder and CEO of one of the most successful high-end catering and events planning companies in the state of Texas — Culinaire...