Phil Stefani Honored with 2016 Chicago Classic Award
Stefani Signature Restaurants founder and CEO Phil Stefani will be the recipient of the 2016 Chicago Classic Award at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's 19th Annual Grand Chefs Gala on Friday, January 29. The Chicago Classic Award recognizes lifetime achievement in Chicago's culinary scene. Phil Stefani has been a staple of the Chicago...
Restaurant review: Cibo Osteria feels like home, tastes like Italy
By Alana Hudson Torontonians are peppering the culinary landscape here in Hamilton, and though these restaurants do have a big city feel with a funky Steeltown vibe, sometimes you want good, old-fashioned home cooking. Cibo Osteria, just off Main Street East in downtown Grimsby, aims to do just that. We were looking out for it as we made...
Neapolitan pizza comes to Harlem Avenue's Little Italy
by Michael Gebert Nick Nitti is a guy who owned a pizza parlor, and gave it up to follow his dream of opening . . . a different pizza parlor. Five years ago, he owned a New York-style slice place near the Board of Trade called Pizza Broker. Then he went to Naples. "I had my first taste of true Neapolitan pizza, and I absolutely fe...
Eataliana Homemade Pasta Open in Shelby Township
by Sandra Tornberg An eagerly awaited new business opened in Shelby Township on July 15. Eataliana Homemade Pasta, located at 52901 Shelby Road, at 24 Mile Road, sells many varieties of fresh pastas and sauces that are made on the premises. The many pastas include spaghetti, fettucine, pappardelle, mezzamaniche, and strozzapreti. You can a...
Italian street food chain coming to Oakland
For those hoping for a little more amore in their lives, Oakland will be getting itself a new Italian restaurant. Piada Italian Street Food, a chain of fast casual eateries similar in style to Chipotle, is planning to expand into Pennsylvania for the first time with a shop at 3600 Forbes Avenue — the former site of Quaker Steak and Lube. A com...
Iron Chef Judge Mario Rizzotti to cook authentic Italian dishes for Meijer customers
By Shandra Martinez The Food Network's Iron Chef America Judge Mario Rizzotti will be stopping by six Meijer stores across the Midwest in January to cook up authentic Italian dishes. Rizzotti's cooking demonstrations are part of a tour sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency. As part of the promotion, more than 400 authentic Italian products li...
Restaurant review: Nonno's comes through with superb Italian-American fare
by Samara Kalk Derby Grampa's Pizzeria on Willy Street is one of Madison's best new restaurants. And now another grandfatherly spot, Nonno's — that's grandpa in Italian — could also be a contender for that title. Nonno's Ristorante Italiano, which opened Dec. 2 on Madison's West Side, might have seemed an unlikely prospect because it...
Saputo's: The Cannoli An Italian Classic
Cannoli are Italian pastry desserts. Cannoli originated in Sicily and are a staple of Sicilian cuisine. They are also popular in Italian American cuisine. Cannoli consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta. They range in size from "cannulicchi", no bigger than a finger, to th...
Mariano's opens, and another competitor for your food buck enters the fray
With Tuesday's opening of the new grocery store at 75th Street and Naper Boulevard, Naperville finally has its first Mariano's, located on the site of one of the city's three Dominick's stores shuttered in 2013. Not only does Mariano's arrival restore the presence of a major retailer at a high-traffic Naperville intersection, it also lends...
New Generations Continue to Discover Italian Gem Geraci's as It Celebrates 60 Years
Walk into Geraci's (2266 Warrensville Ctr. Rd., 216-371-5643) and it might feel like time stands still. The old school cash-only register, the dimly lit dining room, the Old World Italian décor. As it celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, little has changed, including the generations of both the family running the show and the families that p...
98-year-old Italian market brings specialty foods to Dayton
For the first time, an Italian market founded 98 years ago in San Francisco is expanding its line of specialty products nationwide, including the Dayton area. All three Dayton-area Dorothy Lane Market stores are now offering select AG Ferrari Foods products, including several jarred pestos; Taralli crackers, a traditional cracker from the Pugl...
Labriola Ristorante & Cafe opens in early 2015
Labriola Ristorante & Café (535 N. Michigan Ave.), the next step in the evolution of the Labriola brand, lands on Chicago's most famous avenue in early 2015. The newest venture from acclaimed Chicago baker Rich Labriola, offers three distinct experiences within one space: a full-service Italian restaurant helmed by Executive Chef John Caputo (f...