Phil Romano's recipe for success
Fuddruckers. Romano's Macaroni Grill. Cozymel's. These are some of the 25-plus restaurant concepts that Phil Romano, 75, has created, producing some $1.5 billion in annual sales. (There have been some flops too, including a lobster restaurant in Dallas.) Romano, who survived malignant lymphoma, has branched into other realms. His latest is Trinity...
A “Magical mistery tour” at the Four Seasons Houston
by Phaedra Cook Think you know everything about Houston's venerable, high-class hotel Four Seasons? The hotel is full of nooks, crannies, kitchens, wine rooms, special suites and ballrooms. Every Friday in July starting at 7 p.m., executive chef Maurizio Ferrarese and his staff of the hotel's restaurant, Quattro, are taking culinary advent...
Barter just bailed from Uptown but already there's an Italian successor
We barely got a chance to say goodbye to Barter, the just-closed restaurant on McKinney Avenue from brothers Patrick and Michael Halbert, and already we are saying hello to its replacement: Italian restaurant Patrizio. A manager at the Patrizio in Highland Park Village confirmed that it would be relocating after its closure on February 28....
Ilario’s Italian Cuisine
by JJ Velasquez Steve Swindell said his business grew 47 percent from 2013 to 2014, but it was not long ago the Kyle restaurant owner had to go back to the drawing board. Swindell opened Panhandler's Pizza in Kyle in 2011, a buffet featuring Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. But he later realized it was not the right business model, he s...
Review: The Original Fiorellas’ Cafe in Gentilly
At the Original Fiorellas' Cafe, tradition is everything. Though it sits in a nondescript strip mall on Franklin Avenue, the bright red and white awning with the signature script is an easy giveaway of what's in store. Brothers Kelly and Calcie Fiorella opened the Gentilly restaurant in early 2016, pledging to honor their father's French Q...
Extraordinary Italian Taste promuove a Houston il Made in Italy di qualità
Wine&Food Week, giunta alla sua dodicesima edizione, è l'evento culinario per eccellenza di Houston. Ogni anno attrae oltre 10.000 visitatori provenienti dall'intera area metropolitana, la quarta più grande d'America. Extraordinary Italian Taste e Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas, sono state protagoniste di numerosi eventi di...
Cypress “Cipresso” integrates Italian style with southeast Texas flavor
by Connor Hyde Located at the corner of Louetta Road and separated by noisy traffic and developing shopping strips, a quaint lunch bistro adapts to the diversity of Houston by offering a blend of home style Italian entrees tangled with southeast Texas spice.Native Houstonian John Gentempo opened Cipresso Restaurant and Grille, at 11910 Louetta Roa...
New Orleans Dining Guide | Essential 100: Italian
Avo has a one-of-a-kind setting deep in its Uptown neighborhood, where the courtyard dining room, flickering candles and overarching trees make the space feel like a town square (with a retractable roof when the weather doesn't cooperate). Still, the really distinctive draw is chef Nick Lama's contemporary ideas for high-end Italian cuisine. ...
Foodie Friday: Bari’s Italian Restaurant, A Flower Mound Institution
Kari and I both have loved going to Bari's for great Italian food for years. It's a local staple in Kari's life and she even has a sister who will drive an hour from Mansfield just for their delicious rolls. But we realize that perhaps not everyone is as familiar with Bari's as we are! So, this week we decided to take on a Flower Mound ins...
Chamber member Giacomo Butera brings top Italian wines to Texas
Over the last two decades, the Italian wine "renaissance" has taken the United States by storm. Since the mid-1990s when the first all-Italian fine wine lists launched in New York City, Italian wine has become one of the hottest categories in wine in North America thanks to its variety, value, and versatility at the dinner table. But even...
Get Ready For An Italian Gelato Fix in Southtown
By Jessica Elizarraras Last year as the Spurs gathered a few thousand of their most passionate fans at the Alamodome to celebrate a fifth championship, a few hundred foodies gathered to support the Hot Wells Conservancy's second Harvest Feast. Let's just say organizers chef Robbie Nowlin and artist best friend Justin Parr won't ha...
L'Arte del Gioiello Italiano - Lecture and Trunk Show
How has Italy influenced the world of Jewelry? Join us for a special lecture on the art of Italian Jewelry led by Italian designer Pascal Fusco of Angelo Fusco Jewelry and the exhibition of Mrs. B Collection by Cathy Borlenghi Italian Handcrafted Jewelry. Special discounts of Mrs.B Collection fo...