Review: Marisi Italian Restaurant
America’s love affair with wallpaper has reached a lusty pitch. We’re gift-wrapping walls now with a zeal not seen since the 1920s when it seemed Victorian OBGYNs were catching newborns in the stuff. And the new wallpaper vanguard is not subtle. The wilder and clashier, the better. I’m all for it. Seemed like the last decade of restaurant design wa...
Where to Find the Best Italian Food in Temecula, CA | 8 Must-Try Places
I love traveling and visiting new places. When you are on vacation or when you travel and visit different places and cities, you are a different person. You can be whatever you want because you incorporate yourself into some other world, a world with unique cultural characters and landmarks. You connect with the spirit of the town, the food you con...
This Michelin Guide-Listed Italian Dining Favorite Is Opening a Casual Pizzeria at Chase Center
Hot off being recognized as one of the most outstanding chefs in the country by the James Beard Foundation earlier this year, chef David Nayfeld is ready to announce his next move: Back Home Hospitality, the restaurant group that includes co-owner Matt Brewer and Nayfeld’s Divisadero Street restaurants the Michelin Guide-listed Che Fico and more ca...
Pizza City Fest Hits Los Angeles This Weekend With Serious Pies!
If you love pizza and are anywhere near Los Angeles this coming weekend, have we got an event for you. Pizza City Fest Los Angeles takes place at LA Live Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, with 40 pizzerias from Southern California bringing their best pies to the table. Pizza City Fest Los Angeles is the first West Coast pie throw-down from Steve Do...
Terroni Hits the Buzzy Larchmont Block With Pizza and Pasta This Fall
Big news for busy Larchmont Village: A brand new Terroni restaurant is coming soon. The Canadian-born Italian group is already a powerhouse in Toronto and has long enjoyed a cozy location on Beverly Boulevard to boot. Now the team is heading east, landing along one of LA’s leafiest restaurant boulevards with the city’s first location of La Bettola...
Vernetti Restaurant to Close May 31st
After nearly a decade serving Larchmont, Vernetti Restaurant – owned and operated by local couple Steve and Joanna Vernetti – will be closing at the end of May. The Vernettis took over the family-owned Girasole Cucina Italia in 2014 and elevated the level of food on Larchmont Blvd. In fact, when the Vernettis re-opened after a renovation and expans...
Family-owned Brooklyn Pizzeria to open ninth location in Cypress this May
Brooklyn Pizzeria, a locally owned and operated Italian restaurant group, will open its ninth Houston-area location at 8020 Fry Road, Cypress, in late May. Sammy Shahini, his father, Mike, and his two brothers, Jimmy and Ilir, opened the first location in Humble in 2006 with the goal of bringing authentic New York pizza to the Houston area. The Sha...
One of SF’s Oldest Italian Eateries Prepares To Pass the Torch
Perched atop a towering hill in North Beach, Tommaso’s Ristorante Italiano is, in many ways, preserved in amber. The cream-colored wooden booths are flanked with 88-year-old murals depicting the Amalfi Coast. They were painted by an anonymous artist who, according to owner Agostino Crotti, was paid in spaghetti. The menu is almost identical to how...
Emmy Winner, Cabaret Star, Comedian DEE DEE SORVINO announces Sorvino Vino Official Wine of Los Angeles Italian Festival
Celebrity Chef Eva who is the host of the festival announced today that Sorvino Vino www.sorvinovino.com will be the official wine for this year’s LOS ANGELES ITALIAN FESTIVAL.The festival will take place on Saturday Oct 7, 2023, located at 1651 N Highland Ave, on Hawthorne in between Highland and Orange in Hollywood, the entrance is located on 165...
First Taste: Casaro Osteria brings the best of North Beach Italian food to Cow Hollow.
Casaro Osteria, the fourth eatery from Calabrian restaurateur Francesco Covucci, combines elements from his three Little Italy establishments: from Barbara Pinseria comes house-made Roman-inspired pastas; from Il Casaro Pizzeria (which also has a Castro location) comes Neapolitan pizza authentic down to its imported caputo flour and San Marzano tom...
On The Menu: Italian eatery in Mid-City serves up dishes for every truffle lover
Fresh pizza, creamy pasta, and mouthwatering paninis. The owners of Spaccio Salumeria are known as the Truffle Brothers, and they are bringing the flavor of Italy to Mid-City. "We always had food in our life... We go hunting truffles, we make the tomato with the family. We make the cheese. 90% is the product we bring from our region," co-owner Mich...
Behind Genova Bakery's iconic green doors, Stockton has found tasty treats for 105 years
For more than a century, Stocktonians have loaded up on French bread and fresh milk rolls at the unassuming bakery on Sierra Nevada Street. When customers walk through the iconic green screen doors to their right, they will find Genova Bakery merchandise hanging above the countertop. Customers can grab and fill out a sandwich order form. They have...