Forghedaboudit Southwest Italian draws critic's choice in Las Cruces, NM
Forghedaboudit New York Italian Style Cuisine has come a long way since Bob and Kim Yacone were handing out fliers, baking pizzas from a garage in Deming, NM and delivering the piping hot pies to customers in Luna County. Nine years later, the Yacones are planning to franchise the local business and call it Forghedaboudit Express. They have opened...
Zanti Cucina Italiana brings authentic Italian taste to The Woodlands area in a casual environment
After taking about 2 1/2 years to select a location and design a concept, Santiago Pelaez opened Zanti Cucina Italiana to bring authentic Italian cuisine to The Woodlands area in June 2019 on Research Forest Drive. Pelaez said he had a tie to The Woodlands area after visiting with his family from Mexico since he was a child. “We decided to do an up...
Celebrate Black Truffle Festa at Eataly Dallas
Get ready to unearth one of Italy's most prized ingredients – fresh black winter truffles are now in season! From January 29-31, treat yourself to this prized tuber with up to 25% off fresh black truffles, plus up to 30% off truffle products in our marketplace at Eataly Dallas. Revered as the ultimate culinary indulgence, truffles grow wild near oa...
Incredible Italian food awaits at this family-owned Houston wine cafe
Few things in life are as comforting as home-cooked Italian food. But if you're not part of a big Italian family, you can still feel like it at Napoli's Wine Cafe. The family-owned restaurant has been in business since 1992, first on Westheimer, then Texas Main in downtown, followed by Bayou Center and City Center (though under a different name), a...
New Italian restaurant a Tavola opens in former Bravo! home at Lakeside mall
The new a Tavola Restaurant & Wine Bar takes culinary cues from different parts of Italy. It also draws other inspiration from what its creators say has lately proven a successful recipe in Metairie — a family-friendly approach with a large dining bar for times when the family is not in tow. Holding down the high-profile intersection of Veterans Bo...
Why Jimmy’s Food Store will always be the best
Let’s make a collective new year’s resolution to keep supporting local restaurants, including neighborhood icon Jimmy’s Food Store. The family-run store at Bryan Street and Fitzhugh Avenue is a neighborhood favorite for all things Italian food. From imported cheese, wine, and pasta to hot to-go sandwiches, Jimmy’s has been a destination. Cue the c...
Rossopomodoro and Eataly: 8th symphony in Dallas
Rossopomodoro and Eataly are ever more closely together, despite the pandemic. The Covid in fact didn’t stop or slow down, neither retarget the goals of the Italian pizza format born in Naples, that goes on according to its agenda. 450 square meters, 2 ovens and 240 seated placed inside the NorthPark Center recently inaugurated by Eataly These ar...
Taste of Italy Virtual Trade fair 2021: March 15-19 (dates announced)
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce South Central is please to announced dates for the 2nd-Annual Taste of Italy Virtual Trade Fair and Festival. To be held during the week of March 15-19, the virtual gathering will include: one-on-one virtual trade tastings with leading food and wine buyers in Texas and beyond; one-on-one virtual media tastings...
Truffle Days at Eataly Dallas
Have you gotten a taste of Italy's prized white truffles? In time for the holidays, join us for our first-ever Truffle Days on Tuesday, December 22 and Wednesday, December 23 and bring home fresh white truffles from Italy at the lowest prices of the season! We're spreading out our Truffle Day over two full days so that you can shop safely for this...
OroBianco Italian Creamery Makes Magic With Water Buffalo Milk
Phil Giglio, a practicing lawyer who left Chicago to run a farm in Fredericksburg, is an unlikely purveyor of cheese. But his Italian heritage, and a fascination with sustainable agriculture, led him to relationships with ethical ranchers and a local chef, foretelling his future. "I got here and thought, 'Shoot, I don't know anything about raising...
Armando's owners spice up River Oaks with cozy new Italian restaurant
The owners of Armando’s are cooking up something new for River Oaks. Chef Armando Palacios and his wife Cinda are bringing their Italian concept Lulu’s to the same shopping center as their legendary Tex-Mex restaurant. The couple opened the first Lulu’s in Round Top in 2018. Named for Armando’s nickname for Cinda, Lulu’s serves classic Italian such...
Italian Culinary Wonderland Eataly Has Come to Texas, and These Are Its Must-Try Snacks
International travel in the middle of a pandemic? No thanks. But you don’t have to leave Texas to go to Italy. Of course, that’s always been true: it’s fifteen miles south of Waxahachie, just off Interstate 35. But as of December 9, in Dallas, you can also go to Eataly. The Italian culinary wonderland, part restaurant and food court, part departme...