Angelo's third location opens in Texas Corners

Kathy Jennings | Thursday, December 4, 2014

Angelo's in Texas Corners

For the past six to seven years, Patrick Barnhart's customers at his Portage Road restaurant have been telling him he needed to open another location in Texas Corners.

Turns out they were right. Since he opened Angelo's Italian Eatery at 6997 West Q Ave, at the corner of Q Avenue and 8th Street there has been plenty of demand for his grinders and pizzas.

Eventually he hopes to be able to add the pasta and soups that provides the diversity to the menu that customers have come to expect at his two other locations. The size of the kitchen at the Texas Corner's location means it will be awhile until that happens.

Meanwhile, "We're selling lots of pizza," Barnhart says.

In mid-November, the restaurant opened in the 2,000-square foot space that was the former location of Asiago's. The restaurant has five employees--two full-time and three part-time. That brings the total number of employees for the company to 16.

These days, Barnhart is spending 99 percent of the hours the new restaurant is open at the Texas Corners location as he works to sort out the logistics unique to his third restaurant.

Currently the newest Angelo's is open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday as Barnhart looks for the right employees to staff the restaurant for lunch. Friday and Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The restaurant is closed on Sunday. "I'm trying to find adequate lunch help. After the holidays things may change."

It also could be spring before the right employees are found, Barnhart adds.

Barnhart expects the restaurant eventually will have largely the same menu as that in the other two locations. "We have a winning formula so we're not going to mess with it too much," he says.

Angelo's is known for its gourmet pizzas, 25 different grinders, and the business prides itself on making its own sauces, breads, and pizza dough. Gluten free pizza and grinders are available.

Though the decor of the previous restaurant is largely unchanged, Barnhart is on the lookout for a number of tables that will seat families and larger groups.

Angelo's Italian Eatery also has locations at 5401 Portage Road and 3320 Ravine Road. Call 269.312.800 for the Texas Corners location. Angelo's is also on Facebook.

Writer: Kathy Jennings, Second Wave Media
Source: Patrick Barnhart, Angelo's Italian Eatery