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Italy’s biggest utility Enel Spa said on Tuesday it will supply retail electricity generated by its wind farm to Eaton’s manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas. The renewable energy supply deal builds upon the partnership between the two companies dating back to 2016. Enel said the deal would support power management company Eaton’s 2030 targets...

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Passerella, one of Houston Food Finder’s best new restaurants of 2022, has opened a second location. The new spot is located at 6011 Washington, near the roundabout and away from the street’s heaviest traffic. It features the same menu as the original at The Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Cypress, so guests can enjoy the same great Italian and Italian-...

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Step into the world of refined dining at 61 Osteria, where elegance takes center stage in every aspect of the experience. This new Italian venture, led by executive chef Blaine Staniford and restaurateur Adam Jones, has captivated Fort Worth with its exquisite offerings. Among them, the Serpente, a visually stunning sixteen-inch-long pasta creation...

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An Italian restaurant with a focus on Tuscan cuisine is expected to open this month in Lowest Greenville. Via Triozzi is owned by Leigh Hutchinson, whose family is from Sicily. Hutchinson has spent more than two years living in Italy. As an undergraduate, she spent a semester in a town called Scandicci, which is just outside Florence in Tuscany; th...

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The Colony is now home to a new authentic Italian neighborhood restaurant, pizzeria and wine bar.  “Quartino selected the Colony as its first home in Texas because of its friendly people, incomparable growth, culture and diversity,” said Erick Starke, general manager of Quartino Ristorante and Wine Bar.  “Our goal is to serve up southern hospitalit...

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The coastal Italian restaurant Pastore is unlike any other in Underbelly Hospitality’s portfolio. On the design side, shades of mocha-colored leather and wood panels fit for a corporate boardroom fill the spaces at Georgia James and GJ Tavern. The menu at both restaurants and the group’s more casual Wild Oats is a meat-lover’s paradise: a Flintston...

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Time to extend another congratulazioni to Il Forno. The Southtown staple has again been named one of the best U.S. pizzerias by Italian rating guide 50 Top Pizza. This is the second year in a row the San Antonio-owned and -operated restaurant has landed on the list — and this time with a higher ranking. In 2022, the wood-fire oven operation was ran...

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Houston has seen an influx of Italian restaurants over the past few years. The latest has taken up residence in the River Oaks District at 4444 Westheimer. Bari Ristorante opened its doors on May 15. Houston restaurateur Thomas “Tommy” Nally, who has owned and developed restaurants, bars, and nightclubs around the city as well as in New York, the C...

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Italians have a long history in Texas. The earliest Italians arrived during the years of Spanish exploration. 300 years before ports opened up along the Texas coast. Although they did not settle, these explorers arrived in Texas with Spaniard Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541. Italian settlers first arrived in the late 1700s as merchants. Settl...

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Fort Bend County Libraries’ “Ancient Civilizations Art & Architectures” series continues this summer with an educational program on Rome and the Roman Empire on Saturday, July 1, from 2-4 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the Sugar Land Branch Library, located at 550 Eldridge. In this segment of the series, architecture professor Sheba Akhtar will talk...

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