This Italian Restaurant in New York City’s West Village Is Ideal for Sunday Dinners
When we imagine the ideal Sunday dinner Arthur & Sons will forever come to mind. The West Village spot that serves up heaping plates of pasta and stacks of eggplant piled high alongside heavy pours of wine and espresso martinis is casual, fun, homey and somehow very hip with its black and white checked floors and nostalgic posters lining the walls....
Ferraro Foods Adding New Long Island Distribution Center
On May 23, Piscataway, New Jersey-based Ferraro Foods — one of the largest specialty distributors of food and foodservice supplies to Italian restaurants and pizzerias in the U.S. — announced a major expansion of its Long Island distribution business. Ferraro said it plans to add a 230,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center at 80 Wilshir...
Alba Accanto Is Manhattan’s New Luxe Amalfi Coast Oasis
Introducing New York’s latest haute spot, Alba Accanto, which has actually mastered the joie de vivre of the Italian summer holidays in the heart of Manhattan, transporting guests to the island of Positano through its signature Italian dishes and vibrant coastal decor. Following the success of Prince Street Hospitality’s wildly popular neighborhood...
Restaurant review: Pietro Cucina Italiana
If all Italian food means to you is spaghetti and meatballs or penne alla vodka, then listen up. Traditional Italian cuisine has a rich history with so much to offer, and there are many restaurants waiting — one of which is right in Stony Brook’s backyard. Two colleagues and I had the pleasure of dining at Pietro Cucina Italiana in Saint James. Whi...
Celebrity Chef Giada De Laurentiis to Give Keynote Address at 67th Summer Fancy Food Show
The Specialty Food Association is thrilled to announce that Giada De Laurentiis—Chef, Emmy Award-winning television personality, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and founder of lifestyle platform Giadzy.com —will give the keynote address at the 67th Summer Fancy Food Show. The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest B2B specialty food industry event in...
Out to Eat … at Grano in Schenectady
Grano brings fresh, local ingredients to its menu unique Italian dishes and more in downtown Schenectady. Grano’s motto of. “Fresh. Local. Simple.” is seen in practice throughout the wide variety of dishes it serves. Located at 426 State St., right by Proctors Theater, the theater’s shows drive a lot of business to Grano, but what keeps them coming...
See It: New Italian Bottega 'Da Adriano' Opens In Lenox Hill
The new 500-square-foot Italian spot at First Avenue and East 65th Street called "da Adriano" describes itself with three words: Caffé, focacceria and bottega. Caffé is obvious. The 19-seat eatery serves coffee and espresso brewed with the help of the finest and most legendary espresso machines every manufactured: the Faema E61.
Veteran restaurateur opens fine dining Italian restaurant in Sparkill
Vittorio Lanni has been in the restaurant business for more than 35 years, with a bulk of that time cooking (and owning places) in Florida, especially Palm Beach. Now, the Naples-born Upper Grandview resident has his first venture in Rockland with the May 9th opening of Lanni's Cucina Verace Italiana, a fine dining, dinner-only (for now) Sparkill s...
Una Pizza Napoletana
Anthony Mangieri is pizza royalty. For nearly 30 years, the master pizzaiolo has been turning out pies that flirt with perfection at Una Pizza Napoletana, his nomadic restaurant whose roots stretch back to New Jersey. These days you can find him on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where crowds grapple for a seat inside his Jordana Maisie–designed parlo...
The Bounty Available at Rosario’s, an NYC Italian Grocery & Pizzeria
With 91 neighborhoods and over 130 languages spoken, the borough of Queens in New York City is considered the most diverse county in America. Among the many neighborhoods and nationalities are a lot of Italians. This is particularly true in Astoria, where the main streets and boulevards are speckled with authentic Italian restaurants, delis, gelate...
A Maximalist Italian Restaurant With a Three-Foot-Tall Pepper Mill Lands in Brooklyn
The name Café Mars might conjure images of Mars 2112, the legendary shuttered Space Age Times Square restaurant, but there are no rocket ships, aliens, or freeze-dried space food to be found here. Either way, opening on Wednesday, May 17, at 272 Third Avenue, at President Street, Café Mars is unusual for Gowanus, a neighborhood due for a culinary s...
How Food Memories of Italy Inspire Chef Mauro Campanale
Chef Mauro Campanale was born in Bari, Italy, in the region of Puglia. As a young boy, he started working at his family’s agriturismo, where he discovered his passion for cooking. At age 19, he left Italy to explore the world and worked in various cities, including São Paulo, Milan, and London. He arrived in New York City in 2018 to cook at Antica...