{"id":84407,"date":"2025-12-11T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/84407\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:44:12","slug":"acclaimed-team-opens-tutto-gustoso-italian-in-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/84407\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed team opens Tutto Gustoso Italian in Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Italian restaurant with a high-powered culinary team has opened in Allen at Watters Creek Village: Called Tutto Gustoso Italian Restaurant<\/a>, it’s a contemporary Italian spot located at 842 Watters Creek Blvd., in the former Cru Wine bar space which closed<\/a> in mid-2025 after 16 years.<\/p>\n

Tutto Gustoso is from General Manager Leo Gravina, a native of Italy who is well known to Allen diners via Numero 28, the Italian restaurant he oversees<\/a> at The Village at Allen; and executive chef Enrico Glaudo, a global culinarian, also from Italy, who previously helped open<\/a> Ocean Ranch, an Italian restaurant on Greenville Avenue which has since closed.<\/p>\n

Credentials
The famously charming Gravina previously worked for the Bice Group, the acclaimed Italian restaurant company founded in Milan in 1926, and was part of a team of Italians who opened a location of Bice in Uptown Dallas in 2006. He’s since worked for hotel groups including Hilton and the Gaylord, and served as director of operations for the Lombardi Group for five years.<\/p>\n

Glaudo started his career in the kitchen at age 14, and is well known in southern California’s cosmopolitan Italian restaurant scene, having earned acclaim as a chef at restaurants such as Primi where his authentic Italian cooking dazzled critics. He first came to Texas nearly a decade ago by way of Houston, where he served as executive chef of Hotel Granduca Houston.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is simple,\u201d said Gravina, \u201cto make our guests feel like they\u2019ve stepped into a trattoria in Italy, where every ingredient is fresh, every pasta is handmade, and every meal is shared with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Menu
The menu at Tutto Gustoso celebrates Italy\u2019s regional diversity, featuring handmade pastas, fresh seafood, Italian meats, and artisanal breads prepared daily.<\/p>\n

Highlights are as follows:<\/p>\n

Antipasti: Focaccia and dips featuring olive tapenade and spicy whipped ricotta, or Burrata Caprese \u2014 burrata mozzarella with basil oil and balsamic pearls. Polpette al Sugo (beef meatballs in marinara); Olive Ascolane (stuffed fried olives), and Fritto Misto with crispy calamari, zucchini and oyster mushrooms.<\/p>\n

Pasta: Tagliatelle Bolognese with beef sauce, Ravioli Pere e Ricotta pear and ricotta-stuffed ravioli in a creamy walnut sauce, and Spaghetti Chitarra alle Vongole Rosse with Italian clams and Calabrian chili.<\/p>\n

Risotto: Barbabietole Pistachio e Gamberi (roasted beet risotto with shrimp and Sicilian pistachio) or Porcini e Mirtilli (porcini mushrooms and blueberries).<\/p>\n

Secondi: Main courses include Brasato al Barolo\u2014tender short ribs braised in Barolo wine; Tagliata di Manzo, a 14-oz grilled New York steak with Tuscan beans and balsamic arugula salad; Salmone alla Senape Dolce; Filetto di Branzino; Pollo alla Milanese.<\/p>\n

Pinsa & Piadine: By day, Tutto Gustoso serves light piadine\u2014Italian flatbread sandwiches with gourmet fillings such as Parma (prosciutto, goat cheese, and candied figs) and Mortadella (burrata and pistachio pesto). At dinner, Roman-style Pinsa flatbreads take center stage \u2014 crispy, airy, and topped with Calabrese (spicy salami, San Marzano tomato, honey drizzle) or Modenese (prosciutto di Parma and stracciatella cheese).<\/p>\n

Designed for both casual lunches and refined dinners, Tutto Gustoso offers a warm, contemporary setting with Italian charm, perfect for date nights, family gatherings and weekend aperitivos on the patio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Italian restaurant with a high-powered culinary team has opened in Allen at Watters Creek Village: Called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[423,160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-84407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-openings","9":"tag-plano","10":"tag-plano-headlines","11":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84407","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=84407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}