Mio Nonno Trattoria expands to Highland Village with handmade pasta

Mio Nonno Trattoria expanded into Highland Village at 4061 Barton Creek #110 in The Shops at Highland Village, putting its handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza closer to Denton County diners who had been driving to the brand’s other locations. The new space sits in the same building as Ben & Jerry’s and takes over the former Rockfish Seafood Grill spot.

Owners Chris Krasniqi and chef Ati Mala opened Mio Nonno in Flower Mound in 2017, then grew the concept into Allen and the Dallas Victory Park area. The Highland Village outpost extends that footprint with the same central and southern Italian focus that helped the restaurant build a following in southern Denton County.

Mio Nonno’s menu centers on house-made pasta, pizza baked in a custom oak wood-fired oven, and fresh salads, with brunch, lunch, private events and gift cards also part of the offer. That mix gives the restaurant a wider pull than a dinner-only trattoria, especially in a shopping center setting where families and date-night diners often want a broad menu and a room built for repeat visits.

A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing listed Mio Nonno - Highland Village as a renovation and alteration project with a June 1, 2026, start date, a December 31, 2026, completion date and an estimated cost of $225,000. The Highland Village location continues a familiar reuse pattern at The Shops at Highland Village, where Rockfish Seafood Grill had been an original tenant when the center opened in September 2007.

Mio Nonno has also tied its name to local giving, including an annual Christmas Eve charity dinner that benefits CASA of Denton County. For diners in Highland Village and the surrounding part of Denton County, the expansion meant less of a trip and more of the same draw that made the Flower Mound original a regular stop: pasta made in-house, Italian cooking with regional roots, and a dining room now planted squarely in the neighborhood.