Via Emilia Group Announces Orioli’s Cucina Italiana, Their Fifth Area Italian Restaurant

Orioli Restaurant Group, the group behind Via Emilia, two Avanti locations, Azzurro, and another upcoming Woodlands area restaurants, has announced a sixth location in the Woodlands area. To be called Orioli’s Cucina Italiana, the establishment is expected to open in the spring of 2024 in Woodforest’s Pine Market, 791 Fish Creek Thoroughfare. Construction is underway.…

Flippin’ Pizza – A Pleasant Surprise

There’s a unique, family-run pizza parlor located on FM2978 near the Woodlands Parkway intersection. Called Flippin’ Pizza, it’s technically a franchise from the east coast (it’s the only one in Texas). But to us, it feels much more like an independent pizza spot. Flippin’ Pizza is owned and operated by Sweta Bharodia; she’s there pretty…