Alfredo's Italian Ristorante in downtown Clinton on the move
By Kim Hasty The banging of hammers and whirring of drills will soon give way to glasses clinking in toasts and to the murmur of companionable conversation. That aroma of new construction so pervasive these days? That soon will give way to the aromas of made-from-scratch marinara and freshly baked bread. Alfredo's Italian Ristorante,...
Bar Tulia Pours Traditional Imported Italian Wines at Disisa Dinner on Thursday
by Tiara Brown Famous for its farmhouse design with a big city feel, Bar Tulia will host a Disisa Wine dinner this Thursday, June 25 on Fifth Avenue at 6 p.m. Bar Tulia is an Italian gastropub with modern pub fare, craft cocktails and fine Italian wines. Unlike many restaurants in the United States, the chefs at Bar Tulia do not c...
Chef Matt Gallaher brings Italian-themed Emilia to Market Square; staff was ready to grow
Three weeks ago Chef Matt Gallaher opened his second Knoxville restaurant, Emilia. Named after his grandmother, Emily Jackson, and sister, Emily Cowan, the new eatery at 16 Market Square comes a mere 3 1/2 years after he debuted Knox Mason at 131 S. Gay Street. The success he found at the Gay Street eatery has quickly wound its way to his...
Trattoria Il Mulino brings Italian fine dining to table
Trattoria Il Mulino inside the Hilton Downtown offers a serene modern space for fine dining; the transformation from sports bar to chic restaurant alone gives Nashvillians another reason to become tourists in their own city. My review tells two sides: One that lives up to hype of the New York Italian dining establishment after which it is...
New Riverside Italian Restaurant Latest On Jax Foodie Scene
by Jessica Palombo Northeast Florida's restaurant scene is heating up, with a new eatery's being announced seemingly every day. The latest addition is a "modern Italian" restaurant called Il Desco opening Thursday, Nov. 12, in Riverside in the space that used to be Pele's pizza joint. Wood-fired pizzas are still on the menu, but...
An Italian strip mall restaurant in Little Havana that doesn’t strip your wallet
Melt-in-your-mouth fresh wisps of octopus carpaccio with a hint of lemon and shallots suggest Miami's fine dining side. Yet here you are, in a strip mall with a check cashing store and a florist promoting funeral flowers. Red Carpet is an Italian restaurant run by two Venezuelan brothers in the heart of Little Havana. It sounds like the be...
Fazoli’s Italian restaurant chain sold
By Mark Fisher The Fazoli's Italian restaurant chain, which operates seven restaurants in the Dayton-Springfield area, has a new corporate owner. The Lexington, Ky.-based, fast-casual restaurant chain has been sold by Sun Capital Partners to Sentinel Capital Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Private-equity group Sentinel has ac...
Italian-Themed Food Court Headed for South First
The new owner of the empty lot at 1502 S. First has reconsidered and is leasing space to food trucks again, but this time with a definite Italian flavor. Fresh pasta favorite Regal Ravioli will be the lot's first tenant. Company founder Zach Adams told us this morning the greater visibility of the South First lot was the "catalyst for the...
Attempt at World’a largest cannolo to take place November 9 at Jupiter’s Feast of Little Italy
An official attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest cannolo ever made will take place on Sunday, November 9 at 2 p.m. at the annual Feast of Little Italy at the Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, FL. The current official Guinness database reflects a cannolo made in 2010 in Newburgh, NY that weighed in at 123 pounds. However, in July...
Gonzmart plans Italian-Sicilian restaurant for Ybor
An authentic Italian-Sicilian restaurant will soon join the Columbia Restaurant Group. Fresh off launching the Ulele restaurant downtown, and buying the Goody Goody cheeseburger brand, Columbia patriarch Richard Gonzmart is deep into planning for an Italian-Sicilian comfort-food restaurant in a historic Ybor City building. Through a serie...
Now that's Italian! DeRomo's in Bonita Springs
by Laura Tichy-Smith In a nation where corporate joints sling pizza, grocery store freezers offer boxed lasagna and a caricature of an Italian chef stares out from the label of canned ravioli, it can be hard to find authentic Italian food. Fortunately, Southwest Florida is graced by the presence of several local Italian markets...
More on Mastino Italian Kitchen and Bar
New York has its thin-crust. Chicago has its deep-dish. Now Delray Beach has authentic Italian pizza, thanks to Mastino Wood-Fire Kitchen and Bar (25 N.E. Second Ave.), which just debuted in the Pineapple Grove district of Delray. At the center of the restaurant is a steel handcrafted wood-burning oven that was imported from Naples, Italy. It bake...