Leander - Liberty Hill Edition | February 2025

Dining

BY CHLOE YOUNG

Bella Sera Chicken features fresh herbs and vegetables in a lemon sauce served over spaghetti. ($20.99)

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Bella Sera serves a wide variety of Italian dishes, including pasta, salads and soups, alongside a selection of wine.

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Bella Sera serves Italian cuisine in Liberty Hill Bella Sera has been serving Italian food with Sicilian roots to diners in Liberty Hill for nearly two years. The backstory

Bella Sera in Liberty Hill is owned by Niki Granit, who opened the business in 2023.

Granit said he was inspired to open Bella Sera in Liberty Hill after witnessing the area’s growth. What’s on the menu The restaurant serves fresh bread and pasta made in-house, including the pasta sampler featuring lasagna, cannelloni and manicotti. Bella Sera serves desserts, oers a selection of alcohol and can cater large groups. The restaurant also hosts live classical music, General Manager

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The Liberty Hill restaurant is owned by Niki Granit, a third-generation Italian chef whose family moved to Texas from Sicily in the 1980s. Granit’s uncle Johnny Vebi started the fami- ly-owned business in 2003 when he opened the rst Bella Sera restaurant in Marble Falls. Over the last 22 years, the family has opened several locations across the Central Texas area, including Boerne, Fredericksburg, New Braunfels and Kerrville. Bella Sera also has a franchise location in Leander, Granit said.

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Frank Grabovci said. What they’re saying

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“We put our eort, our love and our passion into each of our dishes—our pasta and pizza that we make on a daily basis,” Grabovci said.

13750 TX-29, Ste. 104, Liberty Hill https://www.bellaseralibertyhill.com/

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