mona Fresh Italian Food Celebrates Grand Opening Near Katy With Free Pasta
In January, Sidney Degaine and his wife Maria announced the sale of their popular Montrose French restaurant Cafe Azur with plans to open a new concept later this year. The resulting project is mona Fresh Italian Food, a place where pasta, sandwiches and salads are prepared in a fast-casual counter setting where customers go down […]
Fresh Look: Chef Maurizio Ferrarese Puts His Stamp On Sud Italia
Sud Italia recently landed Maurizio Ferrarese, the well known Italian chef from Quattro at the Four Seasons. Owner Shanon Scott brought Ferrarese on board in December, and over the past month the chef has been focusing on new dishes inspired by Italian coastal cuisine, fresh seafood and fresh pasta. New items are sprinkled throughout the lunch and dinner menus […]
Cane Rosso’s Menu Gets The Houston Chef Treatment
When Dallas-based pizza purveyor Cane Rosso announced in April that it had tapped acclaimed Houston chef Jonathan Jones as executive chef of the company’s Houston and Austin locations, fans of the daring chef likely started salivating. Jones is known for his memorable cuisine at the original Max’s Wine Dive, Beaver’s, Xuco Xicana and, most recently, as culinary director of […]
Delivery Italiano, Curated By Houston Chef Luca Manfé, Now Taking Orders!
SPONSORED Winner of MasterChef Season Four on FOX, Chef Luca Manfé will serve as lead chef and box curator for Delivery Italiano a new, Houston-based Italian food subscription service. Chef Luca will inspire the culinary vision of the brand and hand-select many of the products, which will be shipped on a monthly basis to subscribers. The […]
Italian Restaurant On Houston’s North Side Is A Survival Story—And Dishes Out A Fine Lasagna
Matt Vernon was running Lasagna House III at 217 Cypress Creek Parkway when in a neighboring business left the entire restaurant with severe water and smoke damage. The restaurant had to close, leaving him and his wife, Mary, scrambling for a new workplace. For a time, Vernon ran the Rustica food truck at Bernie’s Backyard […]