Recognition from the Press

"... socialites in fur coats stepped past the cascading sheets of water at the glass entrance, into an airy room adorned with vibrant Robert Rauschenberg paintings..."

-- Miguel Bustillo, Los Angeles Times

"... Vallone has cannily aimed at a younger, hipper crowd, and it's arrived ..."

-- John Mariani, food and travel columnist Esquire Magazine

"... Tony Vallone brings his impeccable culinary instincts and a hands-on approach ... food doesn't get much better or more elemental than this..."

-- Alison Cook, restaurant critic Houston Chronicle

"... it is clearly the most exciting, best designed, and most gastronomically sophisticated restaurant in Houston..."

-- John Mariani, Wine Spectator Magazine