Lomonte’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria has been serving Italian cuisine at 815 Plantation Drive, Richmond, for 10 years. After working at his mother’s restaurant near Katy, Braden Lomonte decided to follow in his mother’s footsteps and open his own location.

“The original Lomonte’s is his mother’s restaurant,” General Manager Bruce Bell said. “Our menus are different, but we have some of the same [dishes], because his recipes—he got them from her.” The restaurant is decorated with family photographs, while the menu uses dishes and sauces made from scratch and based on original family recipes.