La Balance general manager Manuel Atenco noticed that the Katy area does not have many fine dining options. Instead of simply lamenting the lack of fine dining, Atenco, an experienced restaurateur, and his business partners decided to fill the gap themselves by opening La Balance last August.
"I live nearby, in Mission Bend. I come this way, but there was nothing, only chain restaurants. We decided to bring something unique," he said.
Atenco and his partners are veterans in the restaurant business, having worked at and managed restaurants all over the country. Atenco moved to the Houston area in 1997 to open a restaurant in the Galleria area.
He had a lot of experience running Italian restaurants, however, there is not a dearth of Italian dining options in Katy, he said.
