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That's Amore Ristorante (pronounced /Thats əmôrē/) is a romantic restaurant in Arlen, Texas. They specialize in Italian food, and according to Peggy, this restaurant is the most romantic restaurant in Heimlich County which has live music and dancing. Mr. Winston is the restaurant's owner as shown in "Nancy Boys" when Hank freed him from the restaurant's walk-in freezer, showing that Strickland Propane is a supplier of the restaurant. The restaurant makes several appearances in the series between Season 4 and Season 13.

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Season 4[]

In the episode "Nancy Boys", this restaurant debuted after Hank was doing an unannounced service check on the restaurant's service storage tank. When he went into the restaurant's kitchen, he finds the restaurant owner, Mr. Winston, in the restaurant's walk-in freezer. Thanking Hank for freeing him, Winston rewards him a dinner for four at the restaurant. Hank's plan was to take Bill, Dale, and Boomhauer, but Peggy wanted to bring another couple instead. When Dale learns of this, he invites himself and Nancy as the second couple. At the restaurant, the two couples have dinner, with Nancy trying to call John Redcorn during the dinner. When he does not pick up, Nancy agrees to dance the night away with Dale using the restaurant's live music and dancing.

Season 6[]

In the episode "Father of the Bribe", Hank, PeggyKahn, and Minh take Bobby and Connie to dinner at the restaurant for a date after Kahn and Minh let Bobby and Connie date, and they then make the couple dance to the restaurant's live music.

Season 7[]

In the episode "Queasy Rider", Peggy mentions that the restaurant has a chef's table in the kitchen which she was able to make reservations for, and it took her two months to get a chef's table reservation.

Season 11[]

In the episode "Luanne Gets Lucky", this restaurant is used for the prom dinner that Luanne gets invited to by Kevin, a 15-year-old boy who was getting a haircut and agreed to take her to the prom after hearing that she never got a chance to attend prom.

In the episode "The Passion of the Dauterive", when Bill is having a secret relationship with Reverend Stroup, Bill tricks Hank into thinking that he will take him to a steak dinner, but instead Hank is forced to cover for Bill and Reverend Stroup while they have dinner at the restaurant.

Season 12[]

In the episode "Untitled Blake McCormick Project", Bill meets his date that his Sergeant hooked him up with at the restaurant, which ended up being Charlene.

Season 13[]

In the episode "Lost in MySpace", Dale discovers the taste and allure of truffles and rents a pig to hunt them. Unfortunately, the pig runs off and Dale, seeking an alternative, borrows Lady Bird, which he brings into the restaurant to let her sniff the scent of a truffle before heading to the forest with her.

Trivia[]

  • Amore is the Italian word for "love".
  • It was revealed in the episode "Luanne Gets Lucky" that the restaurant had been shut down for sometime by an inspector, and was shown as being reopened during the same episode with a sign that reads "Now Reopened! We won't disappoint you again, Arlen."

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