Where customers can wear whatever they want, including the marinara
It’s uncommon in South Jersey to find a restaurant where the owner is also the executive chef, unless of course, you’re at Allora. Based in Marlton, Mark Berenato’s 130-seat Italian eatery is a South Jersey Magazine Golden Fork winner and was dubbed a “real deal Italian restaurant” by nj.com. It must be in Berenato’s blood. His maternal grandmother...
National Museum of American History Acquires Marcella Hazan Culinary Tools
Marking the centennial of Marcella Hazan’s (1924–2013) birth, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has received a donation from the family of the influential cookbook author and legendary teacher of regional Italian cuisine in the United States and United Kingdom. Hazan is widely known for her six cookbooks on the cuisines of Italy...
South Philly Italian Kitchen Opening in South Philly
“Joe the Boss,” as everyone calls him, is getting ready to open his brand new, classic Italian restaurant at 2655 S. 18th Street in the Melrose neighborhood of South Philly. In the restaurant business for over 30 years, he’s had his own restaurants (Pasta Cucina in the Bellevue Hotel) and even worked with Steve Martorano of Café Martorano fame in F...
The story of the Italo-American restaurant where US presidents decide the destinies of the world toasts with amaretto
Digging through the archives of the White House, one can trace back to a brief statement dated January 31, 1994, in which then-US President Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl were reported to have "lunched together" at the Filomena Restaurant, an Italo-American eatery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. Amidst a plate...
Santina’s Italian Pastry Shop Set to Sweeten Newtown Township This Spring
Santina’s Italian Pastry Shop by Nino’s is gearing up to bring a delightful array of Italian pastries to Newtown Township, with plans to open its doors at the Village at Newtown South in the coming months, according to NewtownPANow. The venture is spearheaded by Jane Mendello and her husband, Nino, who are not new to the world of baking. The en...
Philadelphia chooses ‘Italian’ as favorite hoagie, according to Metro poll
National Hoagie Day has now come and gone, and as folks around the country enjoyed the official sandwich of Philadelphia, Metro asked those in and around the city about their hoagie of choice. Whether your taste buds prefer the homestyle taste of the always-popular ham and cheese or the crisp and tangy taste of a tuna hoagie, there’s a hoagie out t...
With Aventino, Bethesda Finally Gets the Destination Restaurant It Deserves
Downtown Bethesda is not hurting for Italian restaurants. No fewer than 13 pasta houses, trattorias, delis, and pizza shops—some several decades old—are within a three-quarter-mile radius of the genre’s latest arrival, Aventino. But there’s nothing remotely like this Rome-inspired newcomer from the folks behind Bloomingdale’s beloved Red Hen and th...
Isola Brings BYOB Italian Dining to Long Beach Island
The Italian word “isola” means island. It’s a fitting name for Isola Italian Trattoria in Beach Haven. Proprietors Marysol Duffy and Rosa Luisi opened the restaurant out of a desire to bring an authentic Northern Italian dining experience to Long Beach Island. Isola’s interior offers a “modern vibe” according to General Manager and Executive Pizza...
This is the best orecchiette found in New Jersey
It's not often that I can say something is the BEST. And certainly, we have some of the best restaurants in the country right here in the Garden State. As you know, I'm funny about pasta, I don't buy and try not to eat anything made with American hybridized wheat or enriched/bleached flour. It's not easy to avoid and it's certainly not the worst th...
Here’s Your Guide to Italian Restaurants in Delaware County
Several generations of Italian Americans have made their home here in Delaware County, so it’s not surprising that there are plenty of good Italian restaurants to be found here. Main Line Today’s Kylee Steigelman has compiled a list of 47 Italian restaurant that can be found here at home. Read on for the top six in the county. Ariano in Media, a ru...
Delicious Italian restaurant in Central New Jersey
I love finding new food spots in New Jersey that I've never been to or heard of before. It always feels like the second I walk I can tell I'm going to have a great experience. Partly because no matter where you go in New Jersey you're bound to find good food, but we also do Italian food better than every other state. So when I came across Gennaro's...
NYC Institution Cafe Fiorello Is Expanding to D.C.
Cafe Fiorello’s first foray outside of Manhattan will reactivate a prime downtown D.C. corner that’s sat empty since 2018 (1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW). The NYC fixture, situated across the street from Lincoln Center since 1974, continues to lure theater-goers with its reliable Italian fare and a destination antipasti bar overflowing with vegetable...