Popular Houston restaurant owner Vincent ‘Bubba’ Mandola dies

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HOUSTON — A man who brought several popular restaurants to the Houston restaurant scene has died, those close to the family confirmed.

Vincent “Bubba” Mandola was 77.

Mandola owned Nino’s, Grappino’s and Vincent’s restaurants in Houston.

“I never thought in a million years I would be writing this right now but life doesn’t always go the way you want it to,” his granddaughter Julia…