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COURTESY VALLONE RESTAURANT GROUP Lady in Red: Abby Williamson on the May 2016 cover of Harper's Bazaar Brasil A TRUE CULINARY LEGEND, TONY VALLONE HAS OWNED TONY'S, THE CAFETERIA FOR THE WELL- BRED AND WELL-SHOD, FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES. HE'S WELCOMED PRESIDENTS, ROYALTY, AND HOLLYWOOD AND ROCK 'N' ROLL STARS TO HIS TABLE, AND HE'S A MEAN SAUCIER. VALLONE IS CAUGHT DUI — DISCUSSING UNDER THE INFLUENCE — HIS PASSION FOR ART AND AMATRICIANA. JAMES BROCK INTERROGATES. 120 What profession other than your own would you like to excel in? Psychology. Have you ever been in handcuffs? No, and I don't ever want to be. Kanye and Kim show up in ripped jeans, T-shirts, and baseball caps. Yes or no? If they put on a coat, then yes. Name all the restaurants you have owned in Houston. Grotto, La Griglia, Los Toños, Ciao Bello, Vallone's, and Tony's. Favorite painter. Caravaggio. Favorite food. Amatriciana sauce, with pasta. How high have you been? At the top of the World Trade Center in Windows on the World. Favorite bird. The peacock. Real-life heroes. Gerald Hines. And my grandmother, Maria. Favorite poet. Robert Frost. The best meal you've ever had. Many at my grandmother Maria's table. Most beloved expletive. Cazzo! What are you most likely to be arrested for? Trying to procure a work of art. If there could be one building in the world only, which one would you choose? The opera house in Palermo. Favorite novels. The Godfather and The Chosen. What you do to relax. Listen to music. And garden. Favorite drug. Pasta (and espresso). Favorite word. Wonderful (as in Donna). Profession you'd least like to do. Surgeon. I can butcher, but I would not like to cut a human. Favorite fi lm and actor. The Godfather is the fi lm. I have two favorite actors: Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Most life-altering experience. West Nile disease. Quality that should defi ne a man. Honesty. Quality that should defi ne a woman. Honesty. Quality that should defi ne a pasta. Pasta should sing to one's inner self. You are free to go. DUI DISCUSSING UNDER THE INFLUENCE TONY VALLONE Tony Vallone with Luciano Pavarotti and attorney Bob Piro at Tony's on Post Oak, early '80s.