Cecconi’s, High-End Fare With a Global Presence, Opens in Dumbo, Brooklyn
This high-end Italian restaurant group, based in London, which has branches in Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul, Miami and West Hollywood, has planted its flag in Brooklyn. Nick Jones, the founder of Soho House, which owns the restaurant group, decided on Brooklyn because he wanted a location with outdoor seating and great views. “Brooklyn has all that...
15 Recreational Italian Cooking Classes in NYC
If you want to enjoy the taste of Italian cuisine in your home, you are in the right place because we created a list of 15 recreational Italian cooking classes in NYC to help you learn something entirely new. The reasons and the benefits that result from learning how to cook are endless. First of all, what every young person wants to show is indepe...
Fabio's Antica Cucina opens in downtown Syracuse with homemade pasta, valet parking
Things to know about Fabio's Antica Cucina, which opened in downtown Syracuse on Wednesday. The pizza oven - and all the flour used in it - comes from Italy. All the pasta, bread and gnocchi are handmade. The "priestchoker" pasta, a dough enriched with ricotta and herbs, gets its name from Fabio Santalucia's home village in Italy, where once upon a...
Il Giardino review: Aquebogue Italian restaurant serves familiar fare prepared with care
John Gambino is the constant gardener of Il Giardino, which has sprouted where Petulant Wino once poured. You’ll quickly identify the vintage house by the wine barrels outside. They’ve been turned into signage that spells “bistro.” Before Petulant Wino uncorked here, this was the address of the short-lived Comtesse Thérèse Bistro. Gambino, formerly...
Zonin USA, Inc. Announces Expanded Portfolio Launch for its Castello del Poggio in the U.S. Market
Castello del Poggio, five year consecutive Hot Brand Award Winner, is proud to announce the launch of its expanded product portfolio of sweet wines. The winery’s flagship wine, Moscato IGT has enjoyed great success on the U.S. market, as the #1 selling Italian Moscato in national retail chains. The wine’s success inspired the winery to introduce a...
Manzella's restaurant to change name, keep Italian menu
The Manzella's sign will change to Fanara's in a few weeks, but don’t expect a dramatic shift inside the Tonawanda Italian restaurant. The restaurant at 3347 Delaware Ave. is updating its name after owner Joseph Fanara bought out a partner, Michelle Fanara said. "It's changing into Fanara's in the next couple weeks," she said. Chef Richard Balsano...
Nyack People & Places: Nino Turiello’s Pizza
Strategically located at the corner of Main and Broadway in downtown Nyack, Turiello’s Italian Restaurant has been in the village since 1980 under the ownership of Girolamo (Nino) Turiello. When asked where he lives, he says in the store, although his real home is in Brooklyn. Nino came to America in 1972 from Bari, Puglia in Italy. In Bari they ma...
Oleificio Zucchi Dons the Stars and Stripes for Summer Fancy Food
When an all-Italian passion becomes export success: Oleificio Zucchi continues its conquest of the USA market as one of the stars of Summer Fancy Food 2017, North America's biggest exhibition for food buyers, to be held at the Javits Center in New York from June 25-27. Zucchi, which specializes in the production of expertly blended extra virgin oli...
Locale review: Sleek, casual Italian restaurant is at home in downtown Patchogue
Locale means “local.” It’s at home in downtown Patchogue. The transformation of Main Street into a dining destination briskly goes on via this sharp, new spot owned by Fabrizio Castelli and his family. They also operate the informal and flavorful Primo Piatto in Huntington. The cuisines and menus are similar if not identical, celebrating traditiona...
Armondo’s Italian Restaurant
Armondo’s has always been a classy, classic Italian restaurant serving excellent cuisine from all regions of Bella Italia. For the past 44 years, Armondo’s has been serving the Queens community as well as diners who travel from Manhattan, Long Island, and the tri-state area for a meal here. Besides the fantastic food and ambience, there’s Jerry Cri...
Founded by Staten Island cousins, Artichoke Basille's pizzeria goes up in smoke
A popular East Village pizzeria founded by former Staten Islanders went up in flames early Friday morning, according to a report. Artichoke Basille's pizza, located at East 14th Street near Second Avenue, hailed for their famous artichoke slice, went up in flames at 5:15 a.m., the report says. The fire began in the restaurant on the ground level an...
Eataly is bringing Italy to Westfield
You don’t have to be in Rome to eat as the Romans do. Eataly, an authentic Italian marketplace and restaurant, is finally coming to the West Coast: and exclusively to Westfield Century City. Opening the doors to the new store will reveal an experience like no other. Standing three stories tall, Eataly will feature a vast array of products to purcha...