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    Katy Closure

    Popular Italian restaurant shutters Katy location with different kind of concept on the way

    Eric Sandler
    Feb 29, 2016 | 1:18 pm
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    Brina D'Amico and her father Nash are closing their Katy restaurant.
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    Bad news, Katy residents. Residents of the west Houston suburb only have a few hours to get one last fix of crawfish ravioli and snapper D'Amico.

    HUSA, the restaurant group behind Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub, Local Pour, and other bar-forward concepts, announced that it will be closing the Katy location of D'Amico's Italian Market Cafe after service on February 29. In a statement, the company says the restaurant "has not been unsuccessful, but the partnership which owns it believes the restaurant has reached its growth limit and a different type of concept can do much better."

    The restaurant was a partnership between HUSA and ​ D'Amico's owners Nash D'Amico and and his daughter Brina D'Amico. The company is not ready to reveal the new concept quite yet, but the D'Amicos will not be involved in it. Although the D'Amicos do not currently operate any restaurants with HUSA, a spokesperson says the family and the company may still work together again in the future.

    The original D'Amico's Italian Market Cafe in Rice Village remains open, which is good news for vice president Joe Biden, who dined there in 2013.

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    YouTube star Mark Wiens gets a taste of Texas at iconic Houston steakhouse

    Eric Sandler
    Mar 12, 2026 | 2:00 pm
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    Mark Wiens and Houston influencer Steven Autry visited Taste of Texas.

    One of Houston’s most successful steakhouses is the star of a new clip on YouTube. In a video posted on Thursday, March 12, Mark Wiens visited iconic Houston restaurant Taste of Texas.

    Recorded in January, Wiens is a Thailand-based YouTube star with more than 11 million subscribers. He visited the steakhouse with Steven Autry, who operates the popular Houston’s Got Spice influencer account with his wife Christina.



    Over the 30 minute episode, Wiens explores everything that makes the almost 40-year-old restaurant so special. It includes a visit to the restaurant’s butcher shop to select the specific tomahawk ribeye and filet — all of which are Certified Angus beef that’s wet-aged for 45 days — Wiens and Autry will dine on. The video also illustrates how large the restaurant’s kitchen is, fitting for an establishment that seats over 300 people and regularly serves more than 1,000 diners per day.

    From there, Wiens visits Taste of Texas’ salad bar, where he’s impressed by both the quality of the produce and the variety of dressings and toppings to choose from. Once the steaks hit the table, Wiens and Autry rave about what they’re eating.

    “Oh wow. Extremely tender. And so even. No little tough bits, no gristle. It’s just smooth, buttery, cooked perfectly,” Wiens says about his filet. “That’s incredibly tasty,” he adds. They also sample a number of sides and desserts.

    After the meal, co-owner Nina Hendee guides Wiens and his son through some of the restaurant’s Texas history artifacts, including firearms and two doors from the Alamo.

    “It’s more than a restaurant here,” Wiens concludes. “It is a destination, an icon, delicious food, warm hospitality.”

    Wiens isn't the only YouTube star to visit Taste of Texas, which touts itself as the busiest, single location restaurant in Texas. Mike Chen, who has more than 4 million subscribers to his Strictly Dumpling channel, posted a video in December of his visit to the West Houston favorite.

    As Christina Autry notes in her Instagram post about meeting Wiens, they dined together at a number of Houston restaurants, including The Original Ninfa's, Cleburne Cafeteria, and Lankford Grocery. Stay tuned for videos from those meals.

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