Palato offers approachable Italian fare to community, hotel guests in Frisco
Although Palato Italian Kitchen and Lounge is located on the ground floor of Hall Hotel in Frisco, General Manager Hans Ritten and Director of Food and Beverage Carl Rogers are pleased to see a balanced mix of local diners and hotel guests enjoying the restaurant. Ritten describes the ambiance as elegant yet approachable.
“This is for families, first dates and business [meetings],” Ritten said. “We want to make sure it's not a special occasion restaurant, it’s for everyone. We don’t want people to feel intimidated.”
On the menu: Palato, which opened in October 2024, offers breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and drink menus. Popular brunch items include lobster Benedict and avocado toast. A bellini bar, featuring eight types of bellinis, has also been a favored brunch offering.
What else?: A Palato food truck is parked in Kaleidoscope Park, and is viewable from the restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling windows. The food truck menu is called ‘Parkside’ and features Palato menu items including pizzas and salads.
Haruhi Head Spa offers skincare treatments, products in McKinney
Skin care spa and retailer Haruhi Head Spa had a soft opening in late August, manager Tracy Le said. The business will host a grand opening event on Sep. 6, featuring food, a live DJ, dragon dancing and skin care product giveaways.
Prosper ISD opened four new campuses for the 2025-26 school year as the region continues to see growth.
What you need to know: The new campuses, which opened to students Aug. 12, includes two elementary schools, a middle school and the district’s fourth high school. The district now has 30 campuses with more on the horizon.
With the new campuses, PISD also increased nearly 7% in student enrollment when comparing first days of school from the 2024-25 school year to the 2025-26 school year.
The details: The four new campuses include: Thomson Elementary School, Smothermon Elementary School, Moseley Middle School and Richland High School.
