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Tony Vallone

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Is Great Pizza in Houston Finally on the Rise?

    Let's face facts: Houston isn't known as a great pizza town. We don't attract heavy-hitters like Il Cane Rosso, in Dallas. Hell, we don't even have one outstanding, nationally recognized pizza place here -- no Pizzeria Bianco like Phoenix, no Pizzeria Mozza like Los Angeles. Last year, Greg Morago ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    First Look at Don Julio's

    Credit where it's due: The margaritas are very good.​As often as I feel exhilarated with the state of the food scene in Houston, I feel exasperated just as frequently. Such is life in our city, and you take the good with the bad. And such is life at Don Julio's, the suburban import Tex-Mex re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Openings & Closings: Familiar Faces Edition

    Hubcap Grill's new fence outside its soon-to-be-open restaurant on 19th Street.​Some familiar faces will soon be popping up around town, from the Heights to Montrose and back again, starting with the news that Olivier Ciesielski -- the former executive chef at Tony's -- will be opening his ver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Openings & Closings: The Chock Full o'Nuts Edition

    Yeah, I don't understand this either.​Remember last week, when we blithely reported that it had been such a wonderful week of good news? Prepare yourself for a mixed bag this week -- and it's a big bag -- starting with the ugly stuff. After Caffe Bello's abrupt closure, there were rumors that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Openings & Closings

    The chopped brisket sandwich at Ray's Real Pit BBQ.​It's been a week of changes for Houston restaurants -- menu changes, chef changes, location changes -- and some of those changes include at least one shocking closure. That closure was Caffe Bello, which quietly closed its doors on Monday. T ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 21, 2011

    Capri in Spring

    Little restaurant outside town turns out spectacular Italian food.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Twenty Ways to Please Your Lover on Valentine's Day

    ​*17 - Alden Hotel (February 14) Chef Sam Beier has created a lust-worthy Valentine's Day menu featuring Sunchoke Veloute, Roasted Lobster Salad, Shrimp-Crusted Flounder, Cane Sugar Cured Duck Breast, Petite Filet with Favas and Lobster Ravioli, and Caramelized Halibut, among others. The mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Openings & Closings

    Still one of my favorite photos. Welcome back, Leon's.​More great news for the Heights this week as it was announced that D'Amico's Italian Market has set its sights on White Oak Boulevard for its second location. The popular restaurant has been operating at 5510 Morningside in Rice Village si ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 30, 2010

    Montrose Match

    The Vallones somehow fit right in with Houston's funkiest neighborhood.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Mini-Tinis and Mini Pizzas at Caffe Bello

    The bianca pizzetta.​Happy hour at Caffe Bello draws all types, from the two gay men on my left last week who were in search of a good cigar bar to the older, well-dressed couple who were quizzing the bartender about where he'd worked in the past over a bottle of white. "You look so familiar, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Openings & Closings

    Jazzie's played out; Gatlin's takes the stage.​As mentioned earlier this week, the latest Tony Vallone outfit -- Caffe Bello (322 Westheimer) -- has finally opened in the old La Strada location in Montrose. Early indications are that the fabulous pizzettas are the restaurant's strong point, wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    First Look at Caffe Bello

    Papparedelle and mixed seafood linguine at Caffe Bello.​Tony Vallone has officially invaded Lower Westheimer. The Montrose dining scene has long been a bastion of quirky restaurants -- whether upscale or ultra-casual -- and seeing an old-school, old guard River Oaks restaurateur like Tony Val ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Finding a New Voice

    Coca-Cola braised beef cheek and cassoulet.​"I just picked up a knife for the first time today about an hour ago," an exasperated but happy-looking Greg Lowry gushed yesterday evening at Voice. The new chef at the downtown restaurant in the sumptuous lobby of the Hotel Icon has been spending h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #47 Pasta with Fresh Peas, Ham and Mushrooms at Ciao Bello

    ​Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Top 10 Restaurants in the Galleria Area

    Photo by Erika RayStocking up on salsas at Chacho's.​The Galleria has more than 26 million visitors per year. While a significant amount of those people are tourists -- what wouldn't we give to visit a city just to shop there! -- many are Houstonians who gravitate toward the Uptown Park area o ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 1, 2009

    Ciao Bello

    Photo by Erika RayStocking up on salsas at Chacho's.​The Galleria has more than 26 million visitors per year. While a significant amount of those people are tourists -- what wouldn't we give to visit a city just to shop there! -- many are Houstonians who gravitate toward the Uptown Park area o ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Food Fight and Common Decency

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Ain't No Feud Like A Food Feud. Or Maybe There's No Feud At All

    ​Cleverley Stone is a Houston food institution. Of sorts.For some, she's a lively, well-informed foodie who offers great discounts and tips on her blog, on a weekly radio show on CNN 650 AM (Proposed Station Motto: You've Probably Never Heard Of Us), on local TV morning shows and on her Twitter.Fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Ain't No Feud Like A Food Feud. Or Maybe There's No Feud At All

    ​Cleverley Stone is a Houston food institution. Of sorts.For some, she's a lively, well-informed foodie who offers great discounts and tips on her blog, on a weekly radio show on CNN 650 AM (Proposed Station Motto: You've Probably Never Heard Of Us), on local TV morning shows and on her Twitter.Fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Victory Over The River Oaks Shopping Center! Kinda

    That proposed restaurant in the River Oaks Shopping Center that had everyone up in Armani-clad arms?It's not going to happen.It wasn't the Lexus Revolution that killed it, though -- the city gave Weingarten Realty pretty much everything it asked for in the way of variances.No, it was the economy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

    Robb's Review: On the Menu

    That proposed restaurant in the River Oaks Shopping Center that had everyone up in Armani-clad arms?It's not going to happen.It wasn't the Lexus Revolution that killed it, though -- the city gave Weingarten Realty pretty much everything it asked for in the way of variances.No, it was the economy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

    Robb's Review: On the Menu

    That proposed restaurant in the River Oaks Shopping Center that had everyone up in Armani-clad arms?It's not going to happen.It wasn't the Lexus Revolution that killed it, though -- the city gave Weingarten Realty pretty much everything it asked for in the way of variances.No, it was the economy ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 25, 2007

    Tex-Mex Makeover

    Sabor morphs into 1308 Cantina

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Service

    Sabor morphs into 1308 Cantina

  • Dining

    January 15, 2004

    And Then There Was One

    Vallone sheds several restaurants — but keeps Tony's

  • Dining

    May 15, 2003

    Chipotle off the Old Block

    Austin's Serranos Café and Cantina tries out its Tex-Mex on Houston

  • Dining

    April 3, 2003

    Adiós, Los Tonyos

    Tony Vallone sells his Tex-Mex concept to Serrano's

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2003

    Barfin' Green

    Hangover planning for St. Patrick's Day

  • Dining

    February 27, 2003

    Gem on Jones

    Get to A Taste of Portugal before Tony Vallone tells everybody about it

  • Dining

    December 19, 2002

    The Pig's Nose Knows

    It's time to try a tiny bit of truffle

  • Dining

    November 14, 2002

    Steak House Shuffle

    Vallone's takes a break just in time to give Fleming's a shot

  • Dining

    September 5, 2002

    Where's Chango?

    The "San Phillipy" set swears by Tony Vallone's first Mexican restaurant, but don't go looking for authenticity

  • Dining

    July 18, 2002

    New World Order

    Tony Vallone is searching for his lost shaker of salt at the new Los Tonyos

  • Dining

    October 25, 2001

    Patriotic Excess

    Luxurious Vallone’s most interesting new menu items arean early casualty of the war

  • Dining

    September 20, 2001

    Fall For It

    La Griglia

  • Dining

    March 2, 2000

    Wrap It Up

    La Griglia

  • Dining

    December 11, 1997

    The Boom Is Back

    At Vallone's: Big hunks of meat and other people's money

  • Dining

    September 4, 1997

    Sold American

    With his eponymous new cafe, Mark Cox sheds his Tony's past

  • Dining

    April 10, 1997

    What's in a Name?

    If the name is Russo's Cafe Anthony, it's memorable Italian eating

  • Calendar

    January 9, 1997

    Press Picks

    If the name is Russo's Cafe Anthony, it's memorable Italian eating

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    If the name is Russo's Cafe Anthony, it's memorable Italian eating

  • Dining

    May 2, 1996

    Vallone (Jr.) Does Dallas

    If the name is Russo's Cafe Anthony, it's memorable Italian eating

  • News

    February 1, 1996

    The Insider

    If the name is Russo's Cafe Anthony, it's memorable Italian eating

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Clash of the Caterers

    Was it one too many chicken empanadas? It's Jackson vs. Jerry in the battle of the high-society foodmeisters.

  • Dining

    June 22, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Slippage Report

  • Dining

    June 15, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Restaurant-Go-Round

  • Dining

    February 2, 1995

    The Real Thing

    Direct from the People's Republic, Dong Ting stages an imperial epic in nine courses

  • Dining

    April 7, 1994

    Room with a Voodoo

    With good reason do the see-and-be-scenesters flock to Tony Vallone's reorchestrated Anthony's

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