Porta Napoli Ain’t Just Pizza Anymore
The 58-seat pizzeria Roger and Sandra Cappucci opened in September of 2015 in Harrison that focuses on Neapolitan pies now has a broader menu serving Southern Italian fare. "People were asking us for more than just pizza," says Roger. The new offerings are dishes from Roger's grandmother, 87-year-old Nanna Giovanna. "I grew up i...
Cane Rosso--True Neapolitan Pizza in Houston
How did Cane Rosso get started? When Cane Rosso founder Jay Jerrier traveled to Italy on his honeymoon, he fell in love with Neapolitan #Pizza. Jerrier, however, took his love one step further and learned how to make Neapolitan pizza himself, training in a 60-hour course with the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN) in Italy under maste...
The Classic Tony’s and the new La Table Show Houston’s Culinary Clout
By John Mariani For 30 years I have returned again and again to Tony Vallone's namesake restaurant in Houston, and in all those visits I doubt I've ever had the same dish twice. Even back in the 1980s, when Tony's was a red-walled society and celebrity dining venue and Tony himself was in a tuxedo every night, the basic menu was always appended wi...
Fry Road Italian restaurant Pane E Vino now under new ownership
Pane E Vino, health 8945 S. Fry Road, cost Katy, illness began operating under the new ownership of Dan Monson and Malcolm Smith in November. The Italian restaurant features specialty dishes, such as lasagna, Penne Sassicaia and Capellini Verdera, and hosts free wine tastings at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. Hours are from 5-9 p.m. Tuesdays through...
Italian-inspired Americano restaurant to replace Charlie Palmer at The Joule
An Italian-inspired restaurant that will hearken back to the sweet life portrayed in Fellini films is set to open this fall in The Joule hotel downtown. Replacing the former Charlie Palmer steakhouse, Americano will aim to combine the feel of a social – with tables and chairs easily clustered together – with a chef-driven menu. Read more...
IACC and Extraordinary Italian Taste present Ladies of the Vine at Wine and Food Week (Woodlands), June 10
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce and Extraordinary Italian Taste are proud to present, "Ladies of the Vine," a luncheon, wine tasting, and panel discussion to be held Friday, June 10 during Wine and Food Week in the Woodlands (which begins today, Monday, June 6). Click here for festival information. And click here to register for the...
Andiamo is aptly named: You and your friends should go
By Karen Peterson Andiamo is an in-between kind of place. It doesn't quite belong among the very few high-end Italian eateries in town, though it shares with them an eclectic and sometimes imaginative menu. But it's a good cut above what I call the "red sauce" pasta and pizza houses, though these Italian-American classics figure large on its menu...
Taste of Italy Houston set for March 6
By Greg MoragoThe Taste of Italy Houston calls itself the country's largest food and wine trade fair devoted exclusively to Italian products. And for the first two years, the trade show was open only to those in the wine and food industry. Until this year: The 2017 Taste of Italy Houston, to be held on March 6 at the Omni Houston Hotel, is wel...
Montgomery restaurant Tony's Italian Delicatessen lands at top of Yelp’s 2017 top places to eat list
By Greg Morago A Houston-area deli has emerged in the No. 1 spot of Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in 2017. Tony's Italian Delicatessen, 16283 Highway 105 in Montgomery, was ranked at the top of Yelp's annual survey of businesses that rank highly within the Yelp community. According to Yelp, the rankings were determined by reviews (both the rat...
Marco T's Pizzeria
In a town where pizza crust is treated as a vehicle for conveying the most toppings possible to your mouth and most Italian restaurants are marketed as a vehicle for conveying pasta to your mouth, Marco T's Pizzeria is keeping it real. Each of the eighteen items on their menu has only a handful of ingredients and there's nary a pasta noodle to be s...
New Valley restaurants on 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dive
Five metro-Phoenix restaurants have joined the list of local favorites that have been featured on Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives." On Friday, Feb. 27, host Guy Fieri "stops by a mom and pop pizza shop firing up pies topped with everything from baked ziti to chicken marsala," according to the "Roadtrippin'" episode description....
Fazoli’s trying to make comeback in Phoenix market
We could see the return of Fazoli's to the Phoenix market very soon. The familiar Italian restaurant chain closed its last store in the area in 2008, but is trying to expand back into Phoenix, among other markets, thanks to a recent brand turnaround. In fact, Phoenix scored very high when looking into potential growth markets accordin...