It’s getting closer to the holiday season and that means calories are being counted less and less (as they should be); for Texas, the fall temperatures are finally dipping away from the 80s (for now) so it’s time to down bowls and plates of pasta.

National Pasta Day is being celebrated on Monday, October 17 and it’s time to venture to a new restaurant, and maybe even find some of the best Italian restaurants in the country right in the home of Texas.