{"id":470953,"date":"2026-10-19T22:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470953\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:36:07","slug":"italian-restaurant-with-pizza-slice-window-to-open-near-smu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470953\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian restaurant with pizza-slice window to open near SMU"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Italian-American restaurant, pizzeria, and late-night cocktail bar with a walk-up “slice window” is headed for the neighborhood near Southern Methodist University: Called Barsella<\/a>, it will open this winter at 5600 SMU Blvd. Ste. 120, at the base of the Belclaire Apartments, close to Greenville Avenue. <\/p>\n

The restaurant \u2014 from Dallas native and first-time restaurateur Oliver Steinberg \u2014 combines a full-service restaurant, pizzeria, and cocktail bar, with different options depending on the time of day. That might mean a quick stop at the window for a New York-style slice while out running errands; an intimate meal with wine by the bottle; or friends gathered for live music, light bites, and drinking on the patio until wee hours. <\/p>\n

\u201cBarsella was designed in hopes of becoming a neighborhood institution, elevated enough for a great dinner or date night, approachable enough to become your regular spot, and lively enough to be where you want to end the night,” Steinberg says in the release. <\/p>\n

Dishes and drinks were largely inspired by New York City restaurants and speakeasies the Barsella team visited while developing the menus, the owners say.<\/p>\n

\"Barsella\"\/ Barsella will serve familiar Italian recipes near SMU. Photo courtesy of Barsella <\/p>\n

The menu will feature familiar Italian-American fare, such as rigatoni alla vodka, ravioli, lasagna, and other \u201cdishes people know, love, and want to order, executed at a high level,\u201d Steinberg says. Drinks will include an expert-curated wine list, craft cocktails, and a selection of spritzes. <\/p>\n

Barsella will also tap into one of the biggest trends of 2026 in Dallas: pizza by the slice<\/a>. The restaurant’s most distinctive feature will be its walk-up “slice window,” situated beneath a brightly lit Broadway-style marquee. Customers will be able to order individual New York-style slices from a mix of staple pies and rotating specials.<\/p>\n

At a seven-seat pizza bar inside, guests can sit and enjoy slices and other small bites available at the takeaway window.<\/p>\n

A main dining room will seat 80, and a private dining room will have 16 or so seats. A pergola- and lemon-vine-encased patio that’s meant to feel like an Italian escape will have sliding windows that connect it to the indoor bar.<\/p>\n

After dark, Barsella will transform into a true nightlife destination featuring live music Thursday-Saturday until 2 am. <\/p>\n

The restaurant design (Wallace Johnson Studio) draws on Europe’s aperitif tradition of socializing, sipping, and lightly snacking in anticipation of the meal ahead, as well as classic Italian-American and NYC cafe concepts, the release says. The 3,100-square-foot space is meant to feel bright and colorful, with hexagonical mosaic floors and red accents including dark cherry pleated booth seating. <\/p>\n

Barsella is aiming for a winter opening. Additional details on the menu and opening date will be announced closer to opening, the owners say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Italian-American restaurant, pizzeria, and late-night cocktail bar with a walk-up “slice window” is headed for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-470953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}