Restaurant roundup: Italian restaurant shutters after nearly 30 years, new eatery-entertainment venue on Memorial

While restaurant closures related to the effects of Covid-19 continue, some openings brighten this week’s roundup. 

Italian restaurant shutters after nearly 30 years

Patrenella’s Italian Restaurant, at 813 Jackson Hill St. just south of Washington Avenue, has closed. 

Owner Sammy Patrenella had considered closing the restaurant since last December, he told the Houston Chronicle. However, the coronavirus pandemic was ultimately the cause of the closing. The property, originally a home that…