by Steven Doyle
The Gene and Julie Gates restaurant, Battuto Italian Kitchen, is days away from opening and last night we were invited guests to check out the menu and to soak up the ambiance of the new North Dallas restaurant, and what we found you are going to fall in love with.
We were offered a small variety from the menu which includes house-made pastas, stone-fired pizzas, a variety of interesting salads and one particular entree that you will not care to miss. Continue reading
Filed under First Look, Italian, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
Gene and Julie Gates are a few steps closer to opening their North Dallas rustic Italian eatery, Battuto Italian Kitchen. They have been keep their Facebook fans in tune with each step of the restaurants construction, and today send a photo of their Certificate of Occupancy which allows them to actually start cooking in their kitchen. Continue reading
Filed under Restaurant Opening, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
This past weekend I scored an invite to Gene and Julie Gate’s home where they said they were cooking up a few recipes that they will possibly offer at their new restaurant, Battuto Italian Kitchen which opens mid-February in the shopping center at Preston and Frankford. I broke that story back in September and you can read about that here.
When I arrived I met their opening chef, Gustavo Herrera, who was last seen working at The French Room in Dallas. Gustavo is a man of culinary talents who hails originally from Peru where he met his wife who is a professor at SMU. In the kitchen Gustavo was busily tossing a pounded chicken breast in a bath of porcini mushroom dust that would eventually be grilled and tossed into a special salad he has concocted. The salad also has grilled Asian pears and strawberries. Delicious. Continue reading
Filed under fun with food, restaurant news, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
Back in September we reported that Gene and Julie Gates were closing in on a location for their new rustic Italian restaurant. I was privileged to join them for a test run with a chef in their home and had a chance to discuss their plans. Yesterday Julie sent word that they would no longer be working at 103.7 after a long and successful eight year stint in this community and planned to stoke the restaurant fires a bit deeper and open sooner than expected. Continue reading
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