Timster

The mushroom caps were easy. Remove the stems and dice them with an equal quanity of onion. Saute in butter, add cream cheese, lots of chopped fresh dill, salt and pepper. Stuff the caps, and dust with parmesan and drizzle with melted butter. Very hot oven. Enjoy!

Wow - I just today googled Arno's and saw your post. I used to cook at Arno's at the Bellaire location. In fact, I'm making the dill-stuffed mushrooms for a dinner party tonight! I haven't been in touch with the owners for years and now am a lawyer in Washington, DC but still make lots of our old favorites from those days!

My favorite restaurant that has gone missing in Houston is Arno's. They were originally located on Cedar St. in Bellaire, adjacent to the Bellaire Triangle. Though nothing more than a hole in the wall in a non-descript strip center, they had Nothern Italian cuisine to die for. I especially enjoyed the stuffed mushroom caps appetizer and any of the main entrees. I recollect that Arno's moved to Montrose Blvd. in the early 80's and most of the ambiance and great tasting food did not make the move with the restaurant( I always wondered if someone else bought the restaurant because the food just wasn't the same). I would be thrilled if the original owners recreated the original Arno's again