Indulge on Italian food at these top 4 Dallas eateries
Craving Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the most exceptional upscale Italian restaurants around Dallas, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fill the bill. 1. Saint Rocco's New York Italian Topping the list is Saint Rocco's New York Italian. Located at 3011 Gulden Lane, Suite 100, in...
Tasty Italian wines to buy now
When Alessandro Rotolo came to Houston from Italy’s Friuli region at the end of January to present his family’s Schiopetto wines, the coronavirus was a non-topic. Not once did it come up in our conversation, although it had already been killing people in China for more than a month. The same was true when Salvatore Ferragamo, whose famous fashion f...
How to Help Italy Now: Buy Authentic Italian Ingredients & Wine
Italy is now the country second-hardest hit by COVID-19, right behind China. For now, it is on lockdown and even travel within the country is discouraged. That led us to inquire with the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas (IACC Texas) whether there would soon be a shortage of imported Italian ingredients, such as real Parmigiano-Reggiano ch...
Rosalie Italian Soul Is the Fine-Dining Italian Comfort Food Spot We All Needed
THE FIRST THING ABOUT ROSALIE: IT’S SO PRETTY. Top Chef Masters winner Chris Cosentino created the cozy restaurant—his Houston debut—as a love letter to his great-grandmother, Rosalie, who cooked elaborate Italian family meals in her Providence, Rhode Island, kitchen. Nestled inside downtown’s posh C. Baldwin Hotel, the restaurant is utterly nostal...
D’Amico’s Italian Market Cafe keeps tradition alive in Rice Village
None of Nash D’Amico’s family had the experience of opening a restaurant before he and his cousins opened up Damian’s Fine Italian Food in Huntsville. “Let’s give it a try,” Nash recalls saying, as he and his cousins had to borrow money to pay off the $300 per month required for the building rent.Nash and his family brought a wider variety of Itali...
Italian restaurant industry grows in The Woodlands in 2019-20
Throughout 2019 and early 2020, The Woodlands saw a rise in Italian dining coming to the area, with both casual and fine dining among the new businesses opening. In 2019, The Woodlands welcomed three new Italian establishments: Radunare on Research Forest Drive in The Woodlands, Zanti Cucina Italiana on Research Forest Drive in Magnolia and Sorriso...
In bid to boost trade between New Orleans and Italy, food naturally comes first
The old connections between New Orleans and Italy flow through history and families. An expanding business development effort is now out to forge new ones, and naturally, it starts with food. Earlier in February, officials gathered to open the Louisiana office for the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, part of a network of international trade group...
IACC postpones Taste of Italy events in Houston, New Orleans, and Savor Italy in Los Angeles
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce South Central has officially postponed its food and wine festivals and trade fairs previously scheduled for March in Houston (March 29-30) and New Orleans (March 31). The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West (Los Angeles) has also postponed the festivals’ sister event in Los Angeles previously scheduled for A...
Third Generation New Orleans Grocery Carving up Muffuletta for Last 100 Years
Tucked into Decatur Street in the middle of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Central Grocery and Deli is a third generation, old-fashioned grocery store founded in 1906 by Salvatore Lupo, a Sicilian immigrant who was famous for creating the muffuletta. The 114-year-old shop hasn’t changed, and the muffuletta has been sliced and carved the exact same wa...
Italian chef Ferrero passionate about cuisine at Zanti Cucina Italiana in The Woodlands
One of the newest Italian restaurants in The Woodlands — Zanti Cucina Italiana — has a benefit of an executive chef with several decades of international cooking experience and a background in his own family’s restaurant in Italy. Zanti Executive Chef Stefano Ferrero joined the restaurant’s team in 2017. The restaurant, located at 10000 Research Fo...
The Scoop On A New Gelato Cafe On The Riverwalk
GelaRto, a cafe specializing in traditional Italian gelato, has opened in the J.W. Brooks building at 18 S. Water St. in downtown Wilmington. Owners Nigel Langstone and Luca Grassi have been creating and selling GelaRto in Italy and Britain for years, and after a trial run in New York City, have opened a Wilmington location. Langstone and his fam...
4 top options for budget-friendly Italian fare in Plano
In search of a new favorite Italian spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Italian restaurants around Plano, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fulfill your urges. 1. Marinara Pizza Topping the list is a location of the Marinara Pizza restaurant chain. Located at 1915 N. Centr...