Sfereco set to bring 'Spaghetti Western' inspired dishes to Old Town Lewisville
American-Italian restaurant Sfereco is scheduled to open Aug. 9 in Old Town Lewisville with a menu of “Spaghetti Western” inspired dishes, according to a news release. The restaurant will be taking over the space previously occupied by Cavalli Pizza at 233 W. Church St. Owned by Refined Hospitality Concepts, Sfereco opened its first location inside...
Italian restaurant from stellar team takes prized downtown Dallas spot
Three Italian gents have come together to open an Italian restaurant in downtown Dallas: Called La Stella Italian Verace, it'll open at 2330 Flora St. #150, in the space better known as the former Flora Street Cafe. La Stella is from three guys with wonderfully vowel-rich names: Giuseppe "JP" Piccinini, Luigi Iannuario, and Riccardo Ravaglia. Iannu...
Grace owner plans new restaurant with focus on Italian cuisine
A long-time Fort Worth restauranter has plans for a new restaurant with a focus on Italian cuisine. 61 Osteria, on the ground floor of the recently updated 21-story First on 7th complex, will be operated by Adam Jones, a 30-year veteran of the Fort Worth restaurant scene, who since 2008 has owned the acclaimed Grace restaurant on Main Street. He al...
Anthony Potenzo Escaped Chicago To Find Happiness In New Orleans
The chrome Harley-Davidson parked outside Lilette on Magazine Street most nights belongs to a restaurateur who escaped Chicago. Five years ago, Anthony Potenzo owned two of the hippest joints in my hometown, Three Aces and Charlatan. When rising rents threatened profits, Potenzo called it quits. That was the culmination of a hospitality career for...
World's largest 3D printer sets up shop in Texas
An Italian company that specializes in manufacturing industrial 3D printing technology has released the largest 3D printer on the market. And the company chose Texas as the place to go live with the innovative product. Specifically Houston, where they have their North American headquarters. Roboze revealed the ARGO 1000 — a 3D printer that Roboze i...
Russo's New York Pizzeria opens in Broken Arrow
Russo's New York Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen recently opened a second area location, at 775 W. Tucson St. in Broken Arrow. The restaurant offers Italian and Italian-American dishes, including New York- and Brooklyn-style pizzas; pasta dishes such as spaghetti and meatballs, lobster ravioli, chicken Parmesan and pappardelle carbonara; soups; salads;...
Volunteers begin cooking spaghetti for Tontitown Grape Festival
For the 122nd time, the annual Grape Festival is coming to Tontitown. The festival started all the way back in 1898 when the Italian families who immigrated to Arkansas held a tasty meal to celebrate the harvest. The Grape Festival will feature free live music, a carnival, the grape stomp, and of course, the famous spaghetti dinners. Volunteers hav...
Italian Society Mausoleum Cleaning Saturday July 17th 9am to noon Metairie Cemetery
This Saturday from 9am to noon at Metairie Cemetery "we" will continue the cleaning of the 15+ Italian / Sicilian Mausoleums. Please share this to your Italian Organization's members. We are being assisted by a dozen volunteers from http://www.SaveOUrCemetery.org and a crew from the Monumental Task Committee http://www.MonumentalTask.org Please vo...
Stylish new Italian restaurant brings the Adriatic inside the Loop
A new restaurants aims to transport diners to some of Italy's lesser-known — but still very delicious — regions. Concura Italian Bites will open later this summer in the same shopping center at Eloise Nichols and Bosscat Kitchen (4340 Westheimer Rd. #150). Owner Jessica Biondi has been developing the idea for her restaurant for almost a decade, acc...
An exciting new Italian restaurant, il Modo, goes against the grain of typical Italian fare — and that’s a good thing.
The first thing you’ll notice about new Italian restaurant il Modo is how much it doesn’t resemble an Italian restaurant. There’s no Sinatra music wafting through the air, no checkerboard tablecloths. Scan the menu, and instead of spaghetti and meatballs, you’ll find spaghetti made with ricotta cheese, heirloom tomatoes, and basil, with not a drop...
Former Cowgirl Erika Piancastelli going to Olympics
Right now former McNeese two-time All-American Erika Piancastelli is on a plane with her Italian softball team headed to Japan for the 2020 Olympics. ”I think the word everyone can agree on right now is FINALLY,” said Piancastelli. “We’ve been waiting so long for this moment and its finally here. It feels unreal right now. My teammates and I have b...
San Lorenzo is an elegant new Italian restaurant in the Lower Garden District
What a difference a clam makes. The fresh linguine vongole on the menu at San Lorenzo restaurant in the recently opened Hotel St. Vincent is revelatory. Beyond the house-made pasta — and beyond the heft of the toasted garlic in buttery sauce topped with ribbons of parsley and fried breadcrumbs — there are those clams. Although littleneck clams are...