Fiori, a family-owned and operated casual Italian restaurant, is preparing to open soon in south Flower Mound. Brothers Sam and Michael Billelo have grown up eating delicious, authentic Italian family recipes, Sam said. Their grandparents are from Palermo, Italy, and their father, a chef, is from New York. Sam said he’s been working in Phoenix for the last 10 years, helping run his father’s restaurants: Bella Luna and Sal’s Tuscan Grill.
But recently, Sam wanted to move to North Texas to be closer to his siblings and their families, and he and Michael — who has also been working in restaurants for the last 10 years — decided to open their first restaurant together. “We like Flower Mound, we like the neighborhood,” Sam said. “We didn’t want to be in a big city, but we wanted a place we can settle down.”
