We were recently invited to check out the new concept from Houston-based Schiller-Del Grande Restaurant Group, Ava Kitchen & Whiskey Bar. Located in the ultra-chic West Ave complex, Ava is definitely ...

Robert Del Grande asks that question on a Friday morning over a cup of black coffee while seated on a fuchsia velvet banquette under the soaring ceilings of Ava Kitchen & Whiskey Bar, the latest ...

One is a highbrow full-fledged restaurant — a “brick-and-mortar” place, to use the parlance of the day — owned and operated by heavyweight restaurateurs. The other is a cobbled-together food truck, ...

Opening one restaurant is difficult enough; two at one time is positively suicidal. But the Schiller-Del Grande Restaurant Group, in spite of what may seem like a death wish, embarked on a twin ...