Monday was a day to experience two of my must-do things whenever I’m in Houston. Lunch at Mandola’s, dinner with Nancy Sue.
Mandola’s is an Italian deli near the University of Houston. Nancy Sue is my former colleague, Stephanie Kuzydym, who now works down here. In between was Thunder practice and work.
But first, the deli. David Bassity, the UofH publicist who went to OU and grew up in Chickasha, turned me on to Mandola’s several years ago, so now I try to go every time I’m in town. The Mandolas immigrated from Sicily, opened the deli in 1975 and now it’s a Houston staple.