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Piattello-I think He’s Italian!

Good Day Chow Hounds,

Trey & Chef Marcus

Two years ago, my buddy and creative genius – Celebrity Chef Marcus Paslay, told me he had an idea for an Italian restaurant. As most of you may know, my family owned an Italian restaurant and my father Barney married an Italian lady twenty-five years ago. Half of my family consists of genuine, authentic Italians. They speak Italian, live in Italy, raise children in Italy, have businesses in Italy, and we have a family home in Italy. I’ve traveled all over Italy. I’ve gotten to eat and chow down on some of the most amazingly fresh Italian food you could possibly have by some of the most incredibly talented Italian Chefs of the world. One of them-my father Barney, dedicated his life to studying the history, food, and general way of life in Italy.

Mercury Chop House Grand Opening

 

Fort Worth Business Press Article Nov 21, 2016!

Mercury Chop House restaurant will be back in downtown Fort Worth, opening in the former Vivo 53 space at the corner of Taylor and Fifth streets.

Owner Zack Moutaouakil found the spot a few blocks west of his former site at 301 Main, where Mercury Chop House had been for more than 15 years. The restaurant will be open Thanksgiving Day to feed the Fort Worth Police Officers Association, then will be closed to complete the remodeling.

“I’m thinking we’ll be open the second week of December,” Moutaouakil said. Mercury Chop House is an upscale, wood-paneled steakhouse that serves classic cuts of Allen Brothers beef and fresh seafood.

“I have 23 years downtown…our regulars, our name downtown give us a large base and they’re happy we’re coming back,” said Moutaouakil,

ZM Investment was represented by Jim Austin with Austin Company Commercial Real Estate.

The landlord is Throckmorton Properties II LLC, represented by Chris Flesner of Retail Solutions

Fort Worth Business Press Article Nov 21, 2016!

http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/mercury-chop-house-to-re-surface-in-downtown/article_83806a3a-b046-11e6-ab0d-1fcca510369f.html

Donut Fear, Gourdough’s Here!

The night air was cold in Austin and with no groceries in the fridge, my brand spankin’ new roommate and I decided to skip out on an H.E.B. trip so we could try out an apparent “Austinite” favorite for dinner, Gourdough’s Public House, the South Lamar location. We were celebrating surviving our first month in Austin and getting our rent paid on time. I honestly can’t name a better occasion for a “donut burger” than that. Oh yeah, you totally read that right, a donut burger. Gourdough’s-with its laid-back, dim, cozy cabin vibe, is all about donuts. From various burgers with donut buns to donut-battered and fried entrees to belly busting dessert donuts. You name it, they got it here.