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In order to meet Cupid and Psyche, as is only right since they are two mythological figures, one has to penetrate into the ancient heart of the capital, in Trastevere. Beyond a small secret garden, crowned in the center by a citrus tree, is a room with a very high ceiling where the mortal Psyche, who in beauty equaled Venus, forever holds in her ma...

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Modern-casual meatball and butchery-inspired concept The Sicilian Butcher has announced its regional expansion with three new Texas locations slated to open across Texas through 2025. Leading the way, the newest restaurant located at 3200 Tracewood Way in Fort Worth, Texas is set to open Saturday, July 20, 2024, with a grand opening celebration to...

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Though the area is very touristy these days, there still exists a certain kind of Italian restaurant there that I’ve grown to love, and that many others have, too. These are small, intimate, unflashy places that put a pure, uncut focus on the food. Chances are, the chefs are more like cooks, working every day with little fanfare, and the decor and...

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The Kimbell Art Museum announced on Friday that it has acquired a long-lost 17th-century painting depicting the Christian saint Mary Magdalene. For perhaps the first time since its creation, the work will be on public view, starting today in the Fort Worth museum’s Louis I. Kahn building. The painting, called Penitent Mary Magdalene, was made by It...

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Before carving “David” or covering the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling in frescoes, Michelangelo Buonarroti painted “The Torment of Saint Anthony.” Created when he was either 12 or 13 years old, it is the Renaissance artist’s first painting — and the piece hangs on a wall at the Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth. The prolific artist thought of himself prim...

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The meatballs are coming the meatballs are coming: The Sicilian Butcher, the modern Italian restaurant from celebrity chef and concept king Joey Maggiore, has a date for its big Texas debut. The restaurant known for its innovative yet traditional Italian cuisine will open in Fort Worth at Alliance Town Center, at 3200 Tracewood Way #110, in the sam...

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A new family-owned Italian restaurant specializing in freshly made pastas will soon open in the South Main area. Called Bocca Osteria Romana, it will open this summer at 411 S. Main St. #104 in the space last occupied by Rancho Loma Vineyards. The restaurant will be the first stateside concept from a trio of Texas-born family members - brothers Alf...

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Renowned restaurateur Adam Jones’ 61 Osteria, the elegant and innovative Italian eatery in downtown Fort Worth, is celebrating its first full year in business by adding two new rooms for private events and stirring up a little fun: a $10 “Aperitivo Hour” every afternoon. “It’s like an Italian happy hour, with your choice of wine – bubbles, white or...

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As 400 Gradi grows across Dallas-Fort Worth, its Italian partners want you to know: 400 Gradi is not just a pizza place. That’s how the world has known it since 2014, when 400 Gradi’s founder Johnny DiFrancesco’s Neapolitan pizza was named the best in the world by the Campionato Mondiale della Pizza (Pizza World Championship) in Italy. In an intere...

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A good time was held by all at the grand opening of the new Natuzzi Italia furniture showroom located at 5130 Monahans Avenue in the Shops at Clearfork Wednesday evening. Attendees at this event were greeted by two luxury Italian cars, which included a red Ferrari, and a silver Maserati provided by the Boardwalk Auto Group. Inside the store, patron...

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