Scenic Lupo Marino opens on uneven footing at the Wharf
Another month, another new place to eat at the ever-expanding Wharf. The latest flavor is Italian, courtesy of restaurateur Med Lahlou, who aims to diversify his District portfolio, including the freshly minted Lupo Verde Osteria in the Palisades, by serving pizza and Italian street food at the appropriately named Lupo Marino. Initial impression: K...
This is the largest tasting event of Italian wines in the South Bay
For the ninth year, Redwood City’s Donato Enoteca is hosting its grand wine and food celebration featuring 100 different Italian wines. Enoteca100 Estate features some of Italy’s best Barolo, Brunello and refreshing rose wines paired with Executive Chef Donato Scotti’s regional Italian cuisine focused on simple, local and fresh ingredients. Think s...
Introducing Savory Gelato
As the weather gets warmer, dive into a new kind of gelato: savory! That's right. After weeks of experimenting, our expert pastry chefs have created a new menu of gelati salati, taking inspiration from Italian classics ranging from cacio e pepe to caprese. In other words: you'll never have to choose between your favorite Italian dish (or drink!) an...
Brace. Little Italy Food Hall Debuts Soon with Six Restaurants
San Diego’s highly anticipated Little Italy Food Hall makes its debut inside the Piazza della Famiglia on Thursday, July 12, at 3 p.m. San Diego-based hospitality group Grain & Grit Collective — an extension of Sweet 100 that helped develop and expand local brands including Carnitas’ Snack Shack and Broken Yolk Café — gathered a collection of six r...
Gelato Festa (Need we say more?)
Ready for all your gelato dreams to come true? On Saturday, July 14, we're hosting our first-ever Gelato Festa. Come join this sweet event to discover our variety of creamy artisanal Italian gelato and all the ways you can pair it. From 2-5 p.m., explore our marketplace which will feature stations spread across the entire store offering frozen fav...
ORTO (“vegetable garden”)
What? Another Santa Monica corner taken up by an Italian restaurant? When Elon Musk finally gets to Mars no doubt he will find an Italian restaurant on the nearest corner and a Starbucks nearby. But wait! This one is a step ahead of the others, run by a real Italian restauranteur, and with a superior menu to most of the others. You’ll have no troub...
Chamber to hold ribbon-cutting for new Italian restaurant
Paula Calvanico’s Italian eatery is a family affair. After two months in business in the Highland Village Center, home of Albertsons, she says everything is bellíssimo. “It’s been a wonderful experience,” she told the Highland Community News last week. The Highland Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30,...
Viàle Pizza & Kitchen is an Unexpected Italian Gem on Colorado Boulevard
Handmade dough, elevated cocktails made with house tinctures and produce sourced from local farms, all at an approachable price — these qualities embody Viàle on Colorado Boulevard. And the location is just as unexpected as the flavors that this petite family-owned Italian eatery is serving up. You may have driven down one of Denver’s largest stree...
Rita’s Ice now scooping in Alameda; next up: Santa Clara
Rita’s Ice, a sweet institution since 1984, has expanded to Alameda with a shop at the South Shore Center. Coming soon is a Santa Clara location at 1807 Pruneridge Ave. The chain’s specialties include the East Coast-born Italian ices, legendary in New York and New Jersey for decades (mango is the top seller) and the frozen custard that’s wildly pop...
Italian roots at historic Bacchi’s
I walk through the thick floor-to-ceiling, double wooden doors into a dimly lit restaurant. In the foyer is a pool table and some bar tables in a space that used to host a dance floor. It feels like a throwback to the 1940s with its burgundy carpet and a dining room with tables covered in white-and-red checkered tablecloths. This is the place where...
Modern Italian takes to the wheels at Maestoso
For all the Italian restaurants in town, it’s remarkable how few are dedicated to distinct regional cuisines. Now, with Maestoso (1040 University Ave.) in Hillcrest, we have one dedicated to “anti-cultural” (read: contemporary) Roman food with much of it served from roving dim sum-style carts. While cooking at various New York restaurants Chef Marc...
7 dishes to try at Ciao, the new Italian restaurant in Roseville
Italian restaurants these days often fall into one of two categories: old-school red-sauce joints or upscale modern. Roseville's Ciao, however, defies that kind of easy classification. Instead, the modest place strives to replicate the calming air and delicious fare of that favorite trattoria you discovered on your vacation abroad. The restaurant s...