Italian restaurant chain shutters west Little Rock eatery open since 1994
An Italian restaurant chain has shuttered its outlet in west Little Rock after nearly 25 years in business. A recorded message Monday via Romano’s Macaroni Grill’s phone number confirmed the closure at 11100 W. Markham St. The Romano’s location in Little Rock was the only one in Arkansas. Around the time it opened in the mid-1990s, the Markham Stre...
Dough Pizzeria Napoletana
Some like it hot. Like 800+ degrees kind of hot. That’s the temperature at which the wood-fired oven at Dough Pizzeria Napoletana fires up its pizzas in only 90 seconds. The Neapolitan style of pizza making is not new to the Dallas metro, but it’s pretty new to Plano, as Dough introduced authentic Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani (APN) certified...
Frank Stella on Six Decades of Experimentation and Change
A master of abstraction, Frank Stella has been creating thought-provoking paintings and sculptures for more than 60 years. In 2016, he had an important retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and now comes an even larger show, the 300-work “Frank Stella: Experiment and Change,” on view at the NSU...
Da Vinci - The Genius Exhibition Coming To New Mexico
Da Vinci—The Genius opens at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science two weeks from today at 9am on Saturday, February 10, 2018. This world class exhibition from Grande Exhibitions remains on display at the Museum daily from 9am-5pm through July 29, 2018. Da Vinci – The Genius demonstrates the full scope of Leonardo da Vinci’s remarkab...
New Market 'Italian American Grocery Co.' Debuts In The Heights
A new grocery store and Italian spot, offering beer, wine and spirits and more, has made its debut in the neighborhood. The newcomer to the Heights, called Italian American Grocery Co., is located at 3605 White Oak Dr. This new grocer is the latest project from restaurateur Louie Comella, who also owns Gelazzi, the eatery next door that is known fo...
Cake Boss Restaurant Set to Open at La Cantera Next Week
Buddy V's Ristorante, the Italian-American eatery from Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro, will open its doors to San Antonio on Monday, January 29, according to a press release. Located at The Shops at La Cantera, Buddy V's will serve up twists on Italian-American classics as well as desserts that made Valastro famous with his TLC show.The menu will inclu...
Date Night in Umbria!
Let us transport you to a romantic evening in enchanting Umbria! Friday, February 9, 2018 at 7:00 pm. Cost: $50 ICCC members | $55 non-members. Registration deadline is February 7, 2018. Reserve today - Eventbrite or call 713-524-4222 ext. 7. Want more information? Click here. Join us for a hands-on cooking class with special guest Letizia Mattiacc...
Ars Lyrica Houston Hosts a Roman Feast Gala
Ars Lyrica Houston's A Roman Feast gala will take place on Saturday, March 3, 2018 in the historic Esperson building in downtown Houston. The glamorous evening will begin with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at the contemporary Rusk Lobby, followed by an intimate performance of arias by rising opera countertenor, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen accompanied by Ma...
Leave Room for Dessert: A Roma adventure in Bonham
If you got all excited about the headline and thought you were going to get a review of the 1962 movie with Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue, you are going to be disappointed. You are also revealing your age. This review is of Roma Italian Restaurant in Bonham. I met a friend, who had recommended Roma, in Bonham last week for lunch. The restauran...
Palmieri Café Is Now Roasting Its Own Coffee
I should have known Corrado Palmieri would not stop at perfecting the pastries and gelato, but take the final element as well to its next logical amelioration and conclusion. In December, Palmieri, the owner of the Italian café that bears his name in the Dallas Farmers Market shed, unveiled a project he had been working on for over a year. “An expa...
Clesi's takes over Treo's kitchen
James Clesi (205-837-3103; www.clesiscatering.com) knows a thing or two about boiling crawfish. After popping up outside bars and at tailgating parties for several years, Clesi opened his Mid-City flagship adjacent to the Banks Street Bar in 2015. He left that location last summer to start working on two new concepts, including a spot at Tulane Ave...
Sergio’s: the family affair that’s much more than pizza
We’ve all been there: that first glance at a new dish that promises something delicious; that first bite that sends waves of pleasure rippling through our taste buds. It’s the kind of dish friends recommend to each other, “You have to try X on your next visit, it’s fantastic.” A dish we pine for during moments apart and make plans to visit again.