About ORG

Crafting remarkable culinary experiences ™

The Orioli Restaurant Group (ORG) is a third generation, family-owned and operated restaurant group with a collection of boutique neighborhood restaurants. The ORG was founded over two decades ago by the Orioli family, originally from Ravenna, in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. Beginning in 2000 with our flagship restaurant, Via Emilia, our award-winning family of restaurants has expanded to three different concepts and four different locations. At ORG we love what we do and are passionate about crafting made-from-scratch remarkable culinary experiences with great hospitality.

Meet Nonna Elda

We hope you enjoy our family recipes passed down from many generations as much as we enjoy sharing them. Our house-made pastas, braised meats, fresh seafood, and delicious desserts will transport you to Italy, from which our family emigrated more than eight decades ago. We look forward to serving you soon. Buon Appetito!

Elda Orioli, Co-Owner

OUR RESTAURANTS

Our restaurants timeline

A history of ORG restaurants
  • 2000

    Our flagship restaurant, Via Emilia Italian Restaurant opens in Cypress Creek Parkway in 2000.

  • 2019

    Avanti Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar opens in Creekside Park in December 2019.

  • 2021

    Our second Avanti Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar opens in Research Forest in June 2021.

  • 2023

    Azzurro Italian Coastal Cuisine opens in Hughes Landing, The Woodlands in March 2023

  • 2023

    New Latin-inspired concept with a coastal twist is coming soon to Creekside Park.

  • 2024

    New Italian concept coming soon to Pine Market Plaza at Woodforest!

At ORG, each of our restaurant concepts has a simple approach — using only the best ingredients and letting them speak for themselves.
- ENRIQUE ORIOLI Co-owner, Orioli Restaurant Group

Executive Leadership

Meet the leaders who continue to raise the bar, develop our teams and the future of the company.

ELDA ORIOLI

Owner

CARLOS ORIOLI

Owner

ENRIQUE ORIOLI

Owner

MATTHEW WOLLENBURG

Director of Operations

MILEIVY ONATE

Administrative Manager

MATT STEVENSON

Beverage Director / Sommelier

KEITH HIGHTOWER

Director of Accounting

JENNIFER KOCUREK

Executive Administrative Assistant

SHERRI SEGARI

Marketing Director

BRAND LEADERSHIP

Get to know the people behind Via Emilia.

JANIEL ORIOLI

Executive Chef

MICHAEL ROBINSON

General Manager

DANNY GABALDON

Manager

Get to know the people behind Azzurro.

CRISTIAN ARGUETA

Executive Chef

NOE RODRIGUEZ

Executive Sous Chef

MICHAEL THOMPSON

General Manager

CHRISTINE CROTT

Manager

ROBERT FULTON

Manager

Research Forest - The Woodlands

Get to know the people behind Avanti, The Woodlands.

JOSE ACOSTA

Executive Chef

BRITT WIEGAND

General Manager

Creekside Park - Tomball

Get to know the people behind Avanti, Tomball.

LUIS GUTIERREZ

Executive Chef, Tomball

ERIK SANCHEZ

Executive Sous Chef, Tomball