Nipotina in South Philly: Offers Italian Classic Sandwiches
Located in the heart of South Philly, Nipotina is not just your average sandwich shop. With a dedication to preserving the authenticity and flavors of Italian cuisine, owner Marlo Dilks brings a taste of his Italian roots to every bite. Drawing inspiration from his childhood memories of Italian grandmothers cooking up savory meatballs and cutlets,...
Holy Cannoli! Epic, Foot-Long Dessert Is Just One Holiday Highlight at Lyndhurst Pastry Shop
The Lanzerottis—Italian-American dessert royalty—run Lyndhurst Pastry Shop, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this year. For generations, their welcoming, old-school bakery has supplied lovingly crafted cannoli, cookies, biscotti, cakes and holiday treats to loyal customers in Bergen County and far beyond. For Lyndhurst Pastry Shop regulars, an...
Caffe Bottega Brings Corner of Italy to Leesburg
A little corner of Italy was added to Leesburg over the summer when David Mata-Bruni opened Caffe Bottega Italiana with his parents Luis and Vicenta Mata along of Fort Evans Road. The sandwich shop and food market features items that are almost all exclusively imported from Italy. Mata-Bruni sources them from a New York-based importing company, whe...
Mia Margherita celebrates 10 Years of Operation
The team at Mia Margherita announced they will be celebrating the restaurant’s ten year anniversary on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. The restaurant opened its doors in 2013 as the first and only place to get coal-fired pizza. Original founder, Scott Duarte, said the goal of the restaurant was to the celebrate the rich Italian history of pizza making w...
Bellini's in Slingerlands looking to expand
Bellini’s Italian Eatery in Slingerlands is already looking to expand after moving to the Vista Technology Campus earlier this year. Bellini’s is an extremely popular restaurant and bar among Bethlehem residents and beyond. The restaurant was located in the Price Chopper, now Market32, retail plaza in Slingerlands for 20 years before moving across...
Residents Welcome New Family-Owned Italian Eatery to Marlboro
New Yorkers love food and we love the diverse places that we can get in our community. Italian cuisine remains to be one of the most popular places to grab a bite to eat. According to The Chef's Pencil, New York and New Jersey residents search for Italian food more than any other dishes. Residents in Ulster County, New York just got another option...
Eat, Sip, Shop: Sicilian-born restaurateurs open ‘dream come true’ Italian market in Northampton County
The owners of a popular Italian restaurant in Hanover Township, Northampton County have debuted another tasty venture a few miles south of the dining establishment. Father and son Giacomo and Phillip Sgroi, native Sicilians who opened Nonna Sulina’s Sicilian Kitchen & Grill in 2020 at 5000 Bath Pike, on Friday opened Nonna’s Italian Market – offeri...
Glenside’s Trevi BYOB: A family-owned Italian restaurant with its own boutique winery
Gina Burke, her husband, Joe Burke, and their son, Joe, Jr., opened Trevi BYOB in April 2011. 12 years later, 21 E Glenside Avenue is still going strong, and after 24 years living in Huntingdon Valley, so are Gina and Joe, Sr. The Burkes have been in the restaurant business from early adulthood to the present. The duo learned how to make pizza in M...
Popular pop-up Paffuto moves to a permanent cafe space in South Philadelphia
After a full two years of pop-up appearances in the region, the chef-friends behind the casual Italian concept Paffuto are ready to settle down. Dec. 6 is the planned debut of their all-day cafe at 1009 S. Eighth St. in South Philadelphia. It’s a 22-seater in the former Bibou and Pif. Jake Loeffler, Daniel Griffiths, and Sam Kalkut will offer break...
Salvatore Vetri, retired jeweler and father figure to Philadelphia restaurant community, has died at 87
Salvatore Vetri, 87, a retired business owner and real estate broker, and father figure to the Philadelphia restaurant community, died unexpectedly Wednesday at his home on Rittenhouse Square of natural causes, his family said. Mr. Vetri — Sal or Salvy to everyone — was the father of Risa Vetri Ferman, a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge a...
Claudio’s Table: Urbane Trattoria with Heritage Recipes
Claudio’s Table, an urbane trattoria in the Palisades, dishes up the Italian food that Chef/Owner Claudio Pirollo and Executive Chef Alessandro Pirovano grew up eating and cooking. Chef Pirollo is no stranger to the neighborhood; his nearby Et Voila French/Belgian restaurant has been a local favorite for a decade and a half. For his Italian restaur...
Tom Colicchio: A chef’s journey
Three o’clock in the morning, I’d wake to the smell of peppers and onions frying, my grandfather in the kitchen. Then the sound of sizzling, him adding eggs for the sandwiches we’d eat later when we were out on the water. I grew up in a four-family redbrick apartment building in the Italian section of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where I shared a bedroom...