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    Truck Stop Dining

    Fort Worth celebrity chef Tim Love gussies up gas station food

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 13, 2017 | 4:18 pm
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    Chef Tim Love is bringing his food to truck stops.
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    Fort Worth's celebrity chef Tim Love is taking on a surprising and expansive new project: creating food for truck stops. Love has entered into a partnership with Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, wherein he will create signature food items available at all Pilot Flying J locations across the country.

    The goal is to provide fresh, convenient food options for interstate travelers. Love will also develop food items specifically for Pilot Flying J's Southwest region locations, focusing on the flavors and specialties that represent the region's fare.

    The collaboration between a chef of Love's caliber and a major travel center network marks the first of its kind, and seems destined to give travelers a more diverse and notable selection of food.

    Love, who initiated the collaboration, says in a release that he's thrilled to be partnering with Pilot Flying J.

    "They truly want to provide a better food experience for their guests," he says. "Our mission will be to create nutritious options that are easy to carry and easy to eat – that criteria tends to be top of mind for most travelers, but hard to come by on the road."

    Love's career began in a kitchen in Knoxville while he was a student at the University of Tennessee; Pilot Flying J is headquartered there.

    "I've always been a big fan of the brand, especially their Knoxville roots, and have been visiting locations regularly over the years while traveling," he says. "I thought there might be an opportunity to see what we could do in this type of setting, as it's very different from the dining experiences I usually oversee and operate. There is certainly a need to challenge the status quo for those on-the-go and provide wholesome options."

    Love will work with Shannon Johnson, Pilot Flying J's vice president of innovation, with the belief that travelers and professional drivers deserve better food options and more variety while on the open road.

    The company's PJ Fresh concept is based on the fast-casual restaurant idea of delivering fresh-made food to consumers, with everything from green salads and fruit bowls to sandwiches and dinners.

    Pilot Flying J has more than 750 retail locations, 44 Goodyear Commercial Tire and Service Centers, and 35 Boss Shops. Its network provides drivers with access to more than 70,000 parking spaces for trucks, 4,900 showers, and more than 5,000 diesel lanes.

    Chef Love's accolades run deep, from outlets that include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, and Food & Wine. He's a TV favorite, having appeared on Bravo's Top Chef: The Cruise and Top Chef Masters, as well as Food Network's Iron Chef America. And he's been the gracious and deft host of CultureMap's Tastemaker Awards, both in Austin and Dallas.

    Love, who lives between Austin and Fort Worth, will also be expanding his portfolio to Houston, with three concepts in the works to open at Levy Park, including a second location of his acclaimed Woodshed Smokehouse.

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    Italian Food News

    International Italian restaurant Sant Ambroeus to debut in Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 16, 2025 | 3:02 pm
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    Sant Ambroeus

    An international Italian restaurant chain is debuting in Dallas: Sant Ambroeus, the Italian hospitality group will open a location in the Knox Street development, the mixed-use project under construction next to the Katy Trail.

    According to a release, it'll open in 2026.

    The Dallas location will join a portfolio of Sant Ambroeus restaurants, coffee bars, and gelaterias in high-flying cities such as New York, Aspen, Palm Beach, Milan, and Paris.

    The original Sant Ambroeus opened in Milan in 1936. Partners Gherardo Guarducci and Dimitri Pauli have translated the sensibilities of the original to appeal to American diners, importing generations of Italian culinary tradition via its restaurants and coffee bars to New York's Upper East Side, Soho, West Village, The Hamptons, and Brookfield Place, as well as Palm Beach, Florida and two locations in Aspen, a coffee bar and restaurant.

    The Dallas location will span 7,800 square feet and will offer all-day dining and dedicated outdoor patio seating. The restaurant is the first restaurant tenant to be announced in the Knox Street development, which will be anchored by an Auberge Resorts Collection hotel and private residences, and will also include a luxury multifamily residential building, office building, restaurants, and retail.

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    Stephen Summers, head of retail leasing for Knox Street calls Sant Ambroeus "one of the top restaurant operators in the industry and the perfect addition to Knox Street."

    Guarducci and Pauli have since expanded Sant Ambroeus Hospitality Group’s offerings with the addition of Casa Lever, a fine-dining Italian restaurant located in Midtown Manhattan’s landmarked Lever House building. Additionally, the hospitality group includes Felice Ristorante & Wine Bars, a collection of four Tuscan-inspired neighborhood favorites in partnership with Jacopo Giustiniani.

    “We are thrilled to announce the opening of the first Sant Ambroeus in Texas, marking a significant milestone in the continued growth and evolution of our brand. Knox Street has long been a treasured part of Dallas, and as it grows, we’re excited to help shape its vibrant future.” Guarducci says.

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