New Italian, upscale eateries for Burlington
A restaurant shuffle will bring Burlington two new upscale dining options in the coming weeks. Michelle’s Kitchen & Catering, a carry-out and catering business at 3290 S. Church St. owned by Chef Michelle Morton, is moving into the former Cutlery Steakhouse space at 2461 S. Church St. In turn, chef Darren Atkins plans to open an Italian take-out an...
BRAVO Cucina Italiana at the Mercato in Naples, Florida Recently Named One of OpenTable's "The Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in America" for 2017
BRAVO Cucina Italiana at the Mercato in Naples, Fla. was recently named one of "The Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in America" for 2017 by OpenTable diners. OpenTable is an app that allows users to make online reservations, read and write reviews about restaurants across the globe. The BRAVO brand, part of BRAVO | BRIO Restaurant Group, Inc., is cele...
Amici owners plan new store in Macon
One of Milledgeville’s most popular restaurants has set out on an ambitious undertaking. Amici, the restaurant and bar that has operated for more than 20 years and which has grown to include seven locations around Middle Georgia, is planning a brand new restaurant in what will be the biggest city the company has ventured into so far: Macon. The mov...
It's Italian food heaven at Solorzano's
Just a few weeks ago, my Lunch Bunch Buddy and I were bemoaning the scarcity of Italian restaurants in Wichita Falls. Lo and behold, no sooner did we write that review and a brand new Italian restaurant opens - downtown of all places. After seeing the newly hung sign, and a few Facebook raves, we quickly made our way down to Solorzano’s Italian Cui...
Art’s Place gives patrons a slice of Italy
When the craving for homemade gnocchi creeps, it pounces. For the fortunate who live nearRedwood Drive, a plate of it isn’t far away. For the rest of us, a hop over the 101 overpass, through a few traffic lights and around Reading Cinemas leads to Art’s Place, a slice of Italy right in our backyard. Just like mom used to make, Art’s Place has all...
Italian restaurant coming to Clemson student housing
New student housing projects are popping up all over Clemson University these days, but one real estate firm is looking to combine that need with a restaurant expected to serve the city of Clemson, the university as well as all those visitors coming to see the national champion Clemson Tigers this fall. Stonemont Financial Group, a real estate inve...
Carmelo’s Pizzeria serves up Italian classics in a cozy atmosphere
Joe and Cindy Tringali have cornered the market on King and Malaga streets in downtown St. Augustine with their popular pizzeria, Carmelo’s Pizzeria. What started out as a small gas station named Conner’s Shell 25 years ago has grown into a booming business comprised of a gas station, an upscale marketplace and a pizzeria. New York-style pizza is c...
Baciami Italian restaurant opens in Las Ventanas
Delray Beach father-and-son restaurateurs Steven Pellegrino, Sr. and his son, Steven Pellegrino, Jr., founders and owners of Il Bacio restaurant and nightclub, and Prime Delray, a steakhouse and supper club, have opened Baciami (Kiss Me) in Boynton Beach's Las Ventanas. The duo, originally from Rhode Island, set its sights on the city hoping to cre...
Chef Talk: Francis Casciato of TableSeide Restaurant Group
Francis Casciato is the executive chef for the Sarasota-based TableSeide Restaurant Group that includes Libby’s Café + Bar, Louies Modern, Muse at The Ringling, Oak & Stone, Banyan Cafe, The Francis and Modern Events. He grew up in a culinary-minded Italian-American family and studied his craft in Pennsylvania before moving to Florida and working f...
Review: A square deal at Sicilian Oven
I had pizza on the brain, but not in my belly, after the troubled recent inaugural edition of the Fort Lauderdale Pizza Festival. Like other attendees who felt short-sliced, I wound up hankering and hunting for cheesy goodness in the aftermath. Such is the power of pizza. It is America’s ultimate communal comfort food, the stuff of teen sleepovers,...
Get a Taste of Italy in South Florida, the Heaven of Seafood
Are you looking for a weekend gateway and wondering where you can go? Enough of the hustle bustle of the city. Why don’t you get the taste of sea therapy? Yes, salt water, breeze, sand and food; this is the combination that can melt anyone’s heart. And if you want a perfect combo of all the above-mentioned things, visit South Florida. Don’t you thi...
There’s a new Italian restaurant opening in Boynton’s Las Ventanas
Father and son restaurateurs Steven Pellegrino Sr. and Steven Pellegrino Jr. are the latest to give Boynton Beach’s Las Ventanas a try. On April 12, they will open Baciami (Italian for ‘kiss me’) Italiano in the spot formerly known as Lucertola Ristorante & Birreria and before that, Bad Ragaz Restaurant & Bar. You might be familiar with the Pell...