New Pizza, Italian Food Eatery PS 35 Caters To Round Rock Residents
A family-friendly pizza and Italian food restaurant recently opened in Round Rock, a community to which families flock for its quality of living and superior schools. PS 35 offers hand-tossed New York-style pizza, hot and cold sandwiches on fresh-basked break, a selection of inventive family-style Italian dishes and a friendly, fun space for famili...
Sommelier's picks: Italian wines from Potente's Vinny Montecuollo
Who: Vincenzo Montecuollo, wine director at Potente Background: Growing up in a small coastal town 30 minutes north of Naples, Montecuollo first tasted wine that his father made only for family consumption. At 21, he landed in Bristol, England, where he worked for a Piemontese family and learned to speak English at their restaurant. A trip to Orla...
At the new Tavolino in Old Algiers, a pizzeria, a lounge and the mysteries of "ping"
Every neighborhood needs a pizzeria, but the new one in Old Algiers is about more than just take-out pies or the easy family pizza night. At Tavolino Pizza & Lounge (141 Delaronde St., 504-605-3365), there’s room for the stroller crowd and there’s also a back bar lounge for date night without the kids. And then there's the mysteries of ping, a comf...
Princi Italia aims to bring taste, feel of Tuscany to Plano
Managing partner Michael Nicol said Princi Italia’s first location in Dallas came to be after a trip to Italy. From there, he said, the popularity of the Dallas location prompted restaurant owners to open a second restaurant in Plano at West Plano Village in December 2015. The restaurant is a modern Italian kitchen that focuses on fresh dishes that...
North Italia open at Legacy West
Legacy West now has its very own piece of Italy when North Italia opens on June 27. A Fox Restaurant Concepts brand, North Italia is located across the street from another of the company’s eateries, True Food Kitchen. Boasting a modern take on traditional, made-from-scratch Italian dishes prepared daily with fresh, seasonal ingredients, the menu fe...
Chef Marco Monnanni brings Caprese Trattoria to Longmont
The chef behind Boulder’s Sforno Trattoria Romana and Bacco Trattoria & Mozzarella Bar opened his latest Italian concept earlier this month in southwest Longmont. Caprese Trattoria replaced the fast-casual Mediterranean favorite Basil Flats at 1067 S. Hover Road. Fans of Sforno, Bacco, or Monnanni’s Parma Trattoria & Mozzarella Bar in Louisville wi...
300 unique New Orleans moments: Salvatore Lupo creates the muffuletta in 1906 to simplify lunchtime cuisine
A muffuletta is fresh bread, cold cuts, olives, cheese and Italian heritage all wrapped in one white paper package. Unlike the other quintessential New Orleans sandwich — the po-boy — the muffuletta is not subject to refinements. The sandwich is as it was when it was created in 1906: layers of salami, ham, mortadella, pepperoni, capicola, provolone...
Top Austin Italian restaurant reopens after temporary shutter
One of Austin's top Italian restaurants is back with a new name, new menu, and new look. Juliet Ristorante reopens as Juliet Italian Kitchen Monday, June 19, at 3 pm for happy hour. The trendy eatery debuted to much fanfare two years ago, in the former Romeo's space. It temporarily shuttered earlier this month for a quick revamp of the space and co...
Dal Texas in Italia per Far Conoscere la Cucina Americana, Intervista a Laurel Evans
Nata in Texas ma trapiantata in Italia per amore, Laurel Evans non è solo volto televisivo e autrice di quattro libri, American Bakery, Buon Appetito America!, La Cucina Tex Mex e Insolito Muffin, è anche fondatrice e blogger di Un’Americana In Cucina, spazio in cui condivide ricette provenienti da oltre oceano ma rivisitate in chiave italiana. Dai...
Russo’s Restaurants Opens New Concept in Fast-Casual Italian; Eyes Worldwide Growth
With the successful opening this month of its first Italian fast-casual location with counter service and open pasta and pizza-making stations, Russo’s Restaurants is eyeing worldwide franchise growth opportunities. Internationally acclaimed Chef Anthony Russo, the creative power behind Russo’s New York Pizzeria® and Russo’s Coal-Fired Kitchen®, an...
Giovannina to replace Aoba Sushi on Blake Street
Three years after opening The Nickel at 1100 14th Street, chef and restaurateur Jake Linzinmeir is setting the groundwork for Giovannina, a new concept set to open at 1520 Blake Street, where Aoba Sushi shuttered last November. Linzinmeir is not ready to talk details yet, but the name suggests that Denver’s Italian renaissanceis not over yet. Joini...
Roma’s Italian Restaurant Celebrates Its New Location with a New Pasta Dish
Roma’s Italian Restaurant celebrates its new location with a deeply satisfying spaghetti dish covered in smooth, silky mushroom and artichoke sauce with a hint of lemon. Enjoy Larger Space, New Dishes, Best Hospitality. Roma’s new larger space at 7033 Greenville Avenue (just north of Park Lane) allows guests to host larger gatherings for special oc...