Tasting Italian Treasures. The Truth Behind the Barrel
Whehn: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 At 6:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago - 500 N Michi - Entrance : Free Italian Culinary Expert and Iron Chef America judge Mario Rizzotti will present the second of two lectures, "Tasting Italian Treasures", at the Italian Cultural Institute. During this special presentation dedicated to balsamic v...
Restaurant reinvented: Buon Gusto reopening with new menu, look
A popular restaurant in downtown Brighton (MI) is reinventing itself with a new menu, name and look. Owners of the restaurant at 510 W. Main Street, which had been called Buon Gusto Italian, closed it for remodeling Feb. 18. When it reopens 11 a.m. Thursday it will have a slightly different name, Buon Gusto Bistro, and the decor throughout the rest...
Cantoro Italian Trattoria to Open in May in Former Tre Monti Space in Troy
Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria in Plymouth Township today announced it will open a new trattoria at 1695 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy, behind the San Marino Club in the space formerly occupied by Tre Monti. The announcement was made by Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria owners and brothers John and Michael Fallone. The Troy location, Cantoro...
Top 5 Italian Restaurants in Chicago, according to the Italians
As Italians living in Chicago, one of the questions that we get most frequently asked is “what is a good Italian restaurant in Chicago?” or “where can I have good (and REAL!) Italian food?” The most frequent answer we tend to give is “My home”, because it's true! But we also understand that we cannot host people in our houses everyday and so the qu...
Sangalli’s owner revives family’s restaurant in Pekin
When Dave Sangalli of Pekin decided to open Sangalli’s Italian Steakhouse at 2217 Court St. in Pekin, his choice of a location was not driven by opportunity or even by its situation on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. A major factor in his choice of a site to open a new restaurant was a chance to renew a family legacy. “This location was my...
Luca West owners bring exceptional Italian dining experience to second restaurant
If you hold the stereotype that a very good restaurant cannot be located in a staid office park, Luca West will change your mind. Luca and Lola Sema opened the western outpost of Cleveland's Luca Italian Cuisine late last year on busy Detroit Road in Westlake. Sequels in movies and restaurants are not sure bets, but the suburban location is humming...
This Italian restaurant serves free appetizers in Indianapolis
Italy has this thing called “aperitivo.” Go out for drinks after work and get free appetizers. It’s one of those la bella vita traditions I keep wishing would catch on in America. I’m doing my part to make that happen at Sangiovese Italian restaurant on Indianapolis’ north side. From 4:30 to 6 p.m. daily, aperitivo happens at Sangiovese’s bar. Buy...
Come to Salerno's for Chicago-style pizza
If you're looking for real Chicago-style pizza, then Salerno's Pizzeria & Bar is your place. You won't find flatbread or brick-oven pizza here, and that's the way the famly wants it. "A lot of pizza is trendy. We're not a brick-oven place," said co-owner Denise Nabat. Adds co-owner and son of the founders, Mikey Salerno: "Everything is homemade. No...
Palombo's Italian restaurant review: warm, cozy, inviting eatery
It’s fitting that Palombo’s Italian Restaurant looks like a converted house. The Jackson Township eatery is warm, cozy and inviting with food that tasted homemade (in a very good way). The family-run restaurant opened in 1979—brothers Rick and Mark Palombo took over the businesses started by their parents Anthony and Beverly—but its history dates b...
Onesti ready to rock Evanston
Onesti Entertainment opened three new food and music venues in one place at the former 27 Live building in Evanston in January. After almost two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in renovations, Rock ’N Ravioli Italian restaurant, Bourbon ’N Brass speakeasy bar and the Evanston Rocks music hall are now in full swing. Rock ’N Ravioli serves...
D’Agnese’s Lounge offers a grown-up buzz, music and tasty Italian food
Usually what makes a particular spot hot is what it has: A pool table, really cheap booze, good cheap food, hip and energetic atmosphere, or perhaps a wide variety of “hotties.” But for some folks — particularly those of a certain age — what raises a spot’s temperature is what it doesn’t have: Constantly blaring music, too many intrusive TV screens...
Caputo Fresh Markets: Italian food on the spot
Robertino Presta, president and CEO of Chicago-area grocer Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets, is looking for a wide array of products from Italy as demand for authenticity, organic and natural has gone beyond the specialty food segment to become mainstream. We are looking at a wide array of innovative products. Italian producers are always coming up wi...