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Gayot for MSN
America's Best Pizza Restaurant 2011
Chef Marco Wiles showcases wine and handmade rustic pizzas at this shabby-chic destination. Order the innovative Taleggio cheese, arugula, pear and truffle oil-drizzled pizza with a fruity lush Chardonnay and you'll appreciate the concept. read more...
Saveur 100
Parsley and Pancetta Salad 2011
I've been a regular at Dolce Vita, chef Marco Wiles's casual pizzeria in Houston, since it opened in 2005. I always get the parsley and pancetta salad: a mound of parsley leaves with Parmigiano-Reggiano, over which the server ladles hot, crispy pancetta and pancetta fat from a tiny copper pot. The tableside drama of pouring hot fat onto a green read more...
Houston Press
Dolce Vita Open for Lunch January 2010
After four years, Dolce Vita (500 Westheimer) has finally expanded its hours. This casual wine bar and pizzeria has been feeding the hip Montrose crowd since January 2006 -- but never for weekday lunch. "We had a lot of requests to open for lunch, and we've been open for four years now," Marco Wiles, owner of Dolce Vita, told us. "It took some time, but now we have some great people in place, so we are ready."read more...
Texas Monthly
The Mark of Marco November 2007
You need to know this the next time you're in Houston: You can have a smaller, selected edition of Marco Wiles' fantastic food for a little more than half the price he charges at Da Marco. All you have to do is sashay down to 500 Westheimer Road to Dolce Vita, his casual pizzeria and pasteria (is that a word?). read more...
The New York times
Houston: "We have a pizza!" March 2007
It turns out that, since my last visit, "Houston pizza's come a long way", as Robb Walsh emailed me. In fact, Alison Cook, the restaurant reviewer for The Houston Chronicle, believes that "Houston now lays claim to some of the best handmade pizzas served in America."read more...
Food & Wine
Where to Go Next: Texas November 2006
Marco Wiles secured his reputation as one of Houston’s best Italian chefs with his celebrated restaurant Da Marco. But the venerated chef-owner wanted something more elemental. So in January, he opened Dolce Vita, an unbuttoned pizzeria and enoteca in the decidedly bohemian Montrose area. read more...
Houston Press
Houston Restaurants Get National Attention May 2011
Chef Marco Wiles showcases wine and handmade rustic pizzas at this shabby-chic destination. Order the innovative Taleggio cheese, arugula, pear and truffle oil-drizzled pizza with a fruity lush Chardonnay and you'll appreciate the concept. read more...
Houston Chronicle
A slice of the 'sweet life'
My favorite place to be these days is parked on a bar stool at the smallish Dolce Vita Pizzeria Enoteca, the new hot spot on lower Westheimer. In my mind's eye, I have a serrated knife in hand and an uncut wheel of chef Marco Wiles' thin-crust pizza before me. That's the moment of keenest anticipation. read more...