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by Nick Panzarella   If you're strolling down Kelvin in Rice Village, you'll eventually encounter an upscale coffee shop that seems in line with the entire Village vibe—that is until you realize the customers inside are all speaking in Italian. And those customers aren't just one Italian family in Houston by rare accident. You'll notice grou...

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Si colloca all'indomani della cerimonia di consegna degli "oscar americani della scienza'', la IX Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo,organizzata dal Comites della circoscrizione consolare di Houston in cooperazione con il CTIM ed il Consolato Generale d'Italia tra i patrocinatori dell'evento.   Una giornata piena d'Italianità cara...

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Get the limoncello ready because B4-U-Eat's newsletter reports that former Arcodoro Ristorante Italiano chef Giancarlo Ferrara is getting ready to debut a restaurant of his own. Amalfi Ristorante Italiano & Bar is expected to open this spring in the Galleria area, "just doors down from The Palm," according to B4-U-Eat.   Ferrara is a Sal...

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Sono finiti i tempi di " mafia, pizza e mandolino" : un trinomio che spesso identificava gli italiani all'estero, specie quando gli italiani erano di origine meridionale o, peggio ancora, siciliana.   Oggi vogliamo parlare di una donna siciliana di Palermo che siede su poltrone importanti d' oltre oceano, e che porta la cultura italiana, e s...

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The Dallas Opera is proud to announce the five phenomenal mainstage productions of the 2015-2016 Season, "Seeking the Human Element," to be presented in the magnificent Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center located in the Dallas Arts District.   The season line-up was announced this afternoon by Dallas O...

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by John Rigg The Rossa family has been involved in the restaurant business for decades, operating five restaurants in Boston and now—thanks to the efforts of Roberto Rossa and his staff—three in Houston. Antonia's Italian Ristorante, which is named for Rossa's grandmother, has locations in Katy, Sugar Land and Cypress. "Being in the business my w...

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An Italian restaurant that recently closed up shop in Amarillo, Texas, appears to have left behind a sign explaining in graphic detail exactly why it went out of business.   "You sorry assed, rednecked sacked of goat sperm had no idea what you had here!" reads the "We're Closed" sign. "Good luck with your pre-packaged frozen shit food in thi...

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March 3 is the date North Italia has set to open its doors at BLVD Place Phase II, making it the second Fox Restaurant Concepts restaurant to open at 1700 Post Oak. The Phoenix-based Fox opened True Food Kitchen in the same development last July.   North Italia, the second location in Texas after Austin, boasts a menu built on hand-made...

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On a warm saturday evening at the Hilton UH, 12 talented young chefs of "La Piccola Cucina" battled it out for a great cause: supporting the programs of the Italian Cultural and Community Center Language School. The following four teams, listed in order of final placement, took part in a competition designed to challenge the youths' culinary and n...

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Salvatore Albelice, born in Catania and raised in Milan at a very young age opened his first "gelateria" in Milan. Then, in 1982 he decided to move to USA where he first open Sunbelt imports,inc., a local distributor of Italian-branded coffee and coffee equipment and in 2014 he opened the first Italian Cafe in Houston.   If you enter at Fell...

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