The restaurant specializes in Italian dishes, including authentic New York and Chicago-style pizzas.[/caption]

The New York & Chicago Pizza Company is relocating within the shopping center at 12361 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress, from Ste. 100 to Ste. 900, where WineStyles was formerly located. A second location is also in the works along Hwy. 290 in Cypress.

Owner and New York native Dominic Catalano, who opened the restaurant in 2011, said the new location will provide additional dining space, including space on an outdoor patio. He said renovations began this week and he hopes to open at the new location around Sept. 25. 

Catalano said he started out cooking with his grandfather in New York 60 years ago, and a lot of the shop's recipes, including pizza recipes, come from him.

"People from New York and Chicago are coming in all the time because it reminds them of home and there aren't many places like it around here," he said. "We've been very successful on Barker Cypress."

Dominic Catalano, owner of the New York and Chicago Pizza Company, is planning a new larger location off Hwy. 290 in Cypress.[/caption]

Catalano said he is also aiming to open a second location of the eatery in November or December in a new strip center off Hwy. 290 near the Mueschke Road intersection.

The new location, which will seat roughly 120 people, will include a fully stocked bar and a full breakfast menu with New York coffeeshop items, such as bagels with cream cheese, large cinnamon rolls with fruit and eggs benedict.

"We're going to fix the bar up as a sports bar with with TVs," Catalano said.

Lunch and dinner menus will be similar to the original location on Barker Cypress Road, including authentic New York and Chicago-style pizzas and pasta dishes. The new location will also be open seven days a week, Catalano said.

In the meantime, customers can dine in, order take out or delivery at the original location.

281-246-1222. www.nychicagopizza.com