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    Opening News

    Handsome new restaurant north of Dallas brings back clubby pre-COVID vibe

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 9, 2020 | 5:19 pm
    Seven Doors shrimp
    Seven Doors shrimp.
    Photo by Seven Doors

    There's a restaurant newly open to the Grandscape development of The Colony named for its distinctive decorative element: Called Seven Doors Kitchen & Cocktails, it features a collection of stunning French colonial doors placed strategically throughout the restaurant to establish zones and also serve as works of art.

    Husband-and-wife owners Kevin Brown and Dianna Lynn have decades of experience including their work for Denver-based Concept Restaurants, parent company to Rialto Café, Table Mountain Inn, and others.

    Seven Doors is a modern American grill that emphasizes all of the things we used to do in the pre-coronavirus days: sharing plates, interaction at the table, hospitality, engagement, and connection. It all sounds so racy now.

    In a release, Brown says he has confidence in the resilience of the local economy. "That's one reason we chose this location," he says. "We build all of our unique restaurants to last the test of time, and look forward to our long-term commitment to North Texas' people and economy."

    Their team includes general manager Charles Bruen, whose resume includes Ruth's Chris Steak House, Capital Grill, Jasper's, M Crowd, and Artin's Grill; and chef Jacob Quintana, a graduate of Johnson & Wales who worked with the couple in Denver.

    Quintana's menu includes beef, seafood, and lots of sushi.

    There's short rib chili, Tuscan white bean soup, and classic steakhouse salads that include a Caesar and a wedge. Appetizers aka sharing plates include calamari in a tempura crust, burrata, chicken tenders, mussels, fried clams so New Englandy, tuna poke tacos, and Korean BBQ tacos.

    Unique starters include candied bacon and caviar chips — house-made potato chips with caviar and crème fraîche.

    Entrees include ruby trout with wild rice, eggplant rollatini, airline chicken, filet mignon, steak frites, and a New York strip.

    Sandwiches include burgers, a veggie burger, a Cubano, a fried clam po' boy, and a French dip. Most sandwiches are about $15, and entrees top out at $38 for an 8-ounce filet.

    The restaurant is at 5774 Grandscape Blvd., near Nebraska Furniture Mart, off Highway 121, and is ambitiously mounted, with a spacious bar, three outdoor patios, and a room for private parties and business functions with multimedia equipment in a metallic-trimmed décor.

    The doors are from the 1800s, imported from South America, Egypt, Italy, and France; some are made from solid mahogany, some 12 feet tall. All have a see-through aspect, creating a nifty dividing element while maintaining visibility, says Lynn, a designer who has incorporated some of her signature motifs such as 360-degree booths with cool circular banquettes.

    They're opening with a series of specials that include two-for-one burgers and $2 margaritas through July 5. Go get you a burger and a cheap margarita.

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    Small specialty grocer in Celina is a go-to for imported foods

    Raven Jordan
    May 14, 2025 | 6:34 pm
    Di Mantzios Greek & Italian Gourmet Market
    Di Mantzios Greek & Italian Gourmet Market
    Di Mantzios Greek & Italian Gourmet Market

    There's a gourmet shop in downtown Celina offering imported European foods: Called Di Mantzio’s Greek and Italian Gourmet Market, it's a small grocery and cafe at 204 E. Pecan St., Ste. C, where it's bringing in goods you might not find elsewhere in town.

    Owner Vasilios Mantzios is a native of Greece and former NATO military serviceman who moved to the U.S. in 2008. Missing the foods he'd enjoyed in Greece and Italy, he started a booth at the Frisco Fresh Market in 2015 selling olive oils, Balsamic dressing, olives, and Mediterranean salt. In late 2024, he made the move to open the storefront in Celina (coincidentally down Pecan Street from Mangiamo Italian Market & Deli, another highly personal deli and market, making pecan Street a fun destination for a foodie field trip).

    Di Mantzio's carries olive oils, pizza, cheese, charcuterie boards, flour, refrigerated meals, and meatballs with a Greek red sauce, made from a family recipe from Mantzios' aunts and their grandmothers. He also imports marinated lamb and beef meatballs from Greece.

    "I only have things that I would put on my table to personally eat — I pick out my items by the quality because I don't want people to have issues with the food," Mantzios says. "I have my mother test everything, so if you pass her, you're in the store."

    While he does offer Greek foods such as a recent special with beef kebabs and pita bread, there's a big demand for Italian items. He has a big selection of cheese: parmigiano reggiano, feta, mozzarella, and cheese from Il Forteto. Dry goods include Molino Paolo Mariani Manitaly flour, Caputo gluten-free flour, and Hellenic Farms and Lia extra virgin olive oil.

    Mantzios prioritizes small, family-owned businesses because they enjoy what they're providing to customers and value quality.

    Di Mantzios Greek & Italian Gourmet MarketDi Mantzios Greek & Italian Gourmet MarketDi Mantzios

    On the prepared food front, he does pizza using a wood-fired crust imported from Pizza Food Love in Italy, delivered to the shop every three weeks. The base can be topped with ingredients from Tuscany, Italy for a truly authentic experience. More prepared foods are one of the biggest requests he gets from customers, and it's a category he's continuing to expand, as well as adding wine and beer.

    They also have cakes and desserts such as cannoli, baklava, Greek rice pudding, French macarons, and gelato from Gelatys.

    The interior is neatly organized, with refrigerated foods as well as Greek and European decor such as pestle and mortar, a gladiator helmet, and Greek and Italian flags pinned to the walls.

    Mantzios thrives from the personal contact he gets with customers, and they find him equally charming as well.

    "The bulk of my customers come from Prosper and Celina, and Celina is the number one growing city with people coming from all around who can appreciate what we are doing," Mantzios says.

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