Round Rock Edition | May 2025

Dining

BY DACIA GARCIA

Antonio Giner opened Palermo Pasta House in 2015 after relocating from West Texas to Round Rock.

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In addition to pasta, customers can enjoy calzones and pizzas available with a range of toppings from gorgonzola cheese and prosciutto to hot peppers and meatballs.

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Palermo Pasta House provides family atmosphere In May 2015, Antonio Giner brought his cooking skillset to Downtown Round Rock and created Palermo Pasta House, a family-owned restaurant. The backstory After owning a wood-red pizza restaurant the people are of Italian descent,” Giner said. “It’s very ingrained in our culture.” On the menu

The restaurant oers 28 pasta sauces and six pasta shapes, made in-house, that customers can combine.

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Diners can enjoy appetizers, salads, pizzas, cal- zones and a variety of pasta dishes. The restaurant oers 28 pasta sauces and six pasta shapes which can each be paired however the customer desires. “We make all the sauces, we make all the pastas, we make all the pizza dough and we grate all the cheeses. So we have a lot to do just to open up on time every day,” Giner said. Customers have requested to purchase the restaurant’s pasta noodles to make their own dishes at home, which Giner said the team is working toward oering in the near future.

for 10 years in El Paso, Giner and his family were interested in moving to Central Texas. They looked into a handful of Austin’s neighboring towns before connecting with Round Rock’s charm. Giner, a chef, was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, making fresh pasta with his father. After feeling nostalgic for the pasta he grew up eating, Giner opened the restaurant. “We’re known for grilling in Argentina, but when we’re not grilling, we’re eating pasta because half

121 E. Main St., Round Rock www.palermopastahouse.com

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