Rosalie Italian Soul brings Italian fare to downtown Houston
If you've got Italian on the mind, a recent opening is need-to-know. The fresh addition to Downtown, called Rosalie Italian Soul, is located at 400 Dallas St., C. Baldwin Hotel. This is the first Houston restaurant for restaurateur Chris Cosentino, who has eateries in Portland and Northern California. The spot serves up Italian favorites, with menu...
Tuscany's Italian Restaurant opens in Opelousas
The tastes of Tuscany, Italy, have arrived in Opelousas as Tuscany's Italian Restaurant opened at 5620 I-49 North Service Road. Part of a nationwide chain owned by the Metalia family, Tuscany's now has 16th locations since the first one opened in 1992 in Manhattan, New York. The restaurant had its soft opening last week and hopes to hold its grand...
Upper Crust: Luna Pizzeria
As we round out the second month of this weekly column, one thing is becoming more clear with every slice — Houston's pizza treasures are abundant. The city of fajitas and dumplings hides, in plain sight, a sprawling community of pie joints as bountiful as they are delicious. Many of them exist inconspicuously in strip malls and business centers, a...
Tuscan Pig Italian Kitchen: Great atmosphere, good service
My wife and I and a few friends went to eat at the Tuscan Pig Italian Kitchen on a Friday night. The place was busy, and I noticed the owner making a point to greet most of the diners as they entered the restaurant. He was vigilant, making sure from the moment the guests were seated they had attentive service. That was impressive. In one corner, th...
‘Dom Eats Local’ tries Italian food in Alabama. Do you think it ranks up there with Staten Island’s best?
When you think Southern-style cooking, Italian food probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But the idea of eating Italian cuisine in the South didn’t scare Chef Dom Tesoriero when he visited Birmingham, Ala., for the latest episode of “Dom Eats Local.” How do you think the food stacked up to the cooking in his hometown of Staten Island?...
Extraordinary Italian Taste Master Classes in Bentonville AR (Nov. 15) and Fort Worth TX (Nov. 18)
Brightwater Culinary School: Bentonville, Arkansas. Featuring chefs Matthew Cooper and Giancarlo Ferrara. Friday, November 15, 9-12 p.m. 1-4 p.m. Tarrant Area Food Bank: Fort Worth, Texas. Monday, November 18, 9-12 p.m. professional focus 1-4 p.m. general admission $25. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas, in collabor...
Taste of Italy 2020 dates announced (Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles)!
We are pleased to share dates for next year’s Taste of Italy festivals, including a new stop on the tour — New Orleans! Taste of Italy and its sister festival in Los Angeles, Savor Italy, are the largest trade and consumer festivals in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian food and wine. Last year, more than 500 trade members and consumers attend...
With an Italian Brunch, Loveria Caffe Is Worth a Drive
For many Americans, the concept of dining at specific times has dissolved away into a gradient of meals that span the entire day. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, midday snack, happy hour, dinner, after-dinner dessert, midnight snack: It's enough to make Pippin from Lord of the Rings jealous of how many meals we have. In Italy, that blurring of meal times...
Mille Lire in the Centrum Delivers Italian Food With Simple Intensity
Maybe it seems unlikely that we’d have an outpost of Italy wedged inside The Centrum on Oak Lawn. With its plant-filled atrium’s skylight spilling rays onto a tile floor, Mille Lire, which opened in 2017, resembles any other evocation of la dolce vita. And it took me, in fact, two years to notice it. But the chef, Giuliano Matarese, has a knack for...
Where to eat Italian food in Houston: 4 local favorites
We asked our viewers where to find the best Italian food in Houston. From unassuming trattorias with red sauce roots to upscale eateries slinging a spin on Italian classics, here are our carb-loving viewer's favorite pasta pit stops in the Bayou City. After suffering severe damage from Hurricane Harvey, beloved Downtown restaurant Spaghetti Wareh...
Mondo's Celebrates 50th Anniversary In Tulsa
A favorite neighborhood restaurant is celebrating a really big anniversary this month. Mondo’s Restaurant is 50 years old this month. Now located in the Brookside neighborhood, it opened in 1969 at 61st and South Peoria. Lou Aloisio opened the restaurant with recipes brought to American from Italy, by his father in 1920. He didn’t call it Aloisio’s...
Adriano’s Italian Restaurant brings Italian fare to Plano
Hungry? A new neighborhood Italian spot has you covered. Called Adriano’s Italian Restaurant, the newcomer is located at 7801 Alma Drive, Suite 127. On the menu, expect to see items like New York-style pizza, stromboli, fried ravioli and chicken marsala. Salads and soups are also on offer, as well as desserts. With a 3.5-star rating out of four rev...