A North Dallas Italian spot is expanding north: Momo’s Pasta, which has been dishing out pasta for many years, most recently at Preston-Forest, is opening a location in Frisco.
According to a release, Momo’s will open in Legacy Commons at 1279 Legacy Dr. #100, in the same center as restaurants such as III Forks, Kenny’s Burger, and Cantina Laredo. A Momo’s representative says they hope to open in late November or early December.
Momo’s Pasta is an old-school Dallas Italian place with a goal to emulate a neighborhood trattoria you might find in Naples or Venice. It was founded in the early ’90s by Antonio “Momo” Gattini, who moved here from Tuscany, with partner Hoss Ghomi. It started out on Knox Street, moved to the Quadrangle, then relocated to its current residence in the former Sallio’s Bistro space at 11910 Preston Rd. in 2020, by which time Ghomi had sole ownership.
Gattini also owned Momo’s Italian Kitchen, a restaurant in Lake Highlands, which he sold in 2017 to current owners Aaron and Wende Gross. Beyond that history, there is no connection between the two Momo’s.
At Momo’s Pasta, the menu is centered around 30 pasta dishes such as linguine carbonara, lobster ravioli, and tortelli stuffed with asparagus, ricotta, and proscuitto in a cream sauce, priced from $23 to $32. As is proven by one of the fun videos on their website showing them making pasta and pizza, they make most of their pastas in house. (Weirdly, they add milk to their pizza crust dough.)
Appetizers include Caprese salad, meatballs, proscuitto with melon, crab claws, and a homey oddity called “pink bread” — French bread topped with sundried tomato spread and melted mozzarella cheese.
There are also pizzas as well as steaks and chops, topping out at the tenderloin medallions in a gorgonzola mushroom cream sauce for $60.
They host a weekend brunch on Saturdays and Sundays with eggs benedict, crepes filled with crab and mushroom, and an omelet pizza topped with scrambled eggs, housemade salciccia, tomato, and onion. They have a full bar, with half-price on bottles of wine under $50 on Mondays.
To secure this premier location, Momo’s was represented by Andy Anderson at Restaurant Properties Group.
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