New Italian spot on Brickell
Tunu and Yona Puri, backed by Zuma co-founder Arjun Waney, have converted their 1-year-old Lippi into this Mediterranean coast-inspired Italian concept. "With Lippi having over 200 seats, it was too big to work," says Tunu. "We believed a smaller concept at 100 to 120 seats would be received better. It's really about the flow and the whole experie...
Marabella Old World Pizza named Merchant of the Month
Sal Passalacqua has been spreading the taste of Italy with his family's touch since expanding his father's franchise in 2006 in Washington, N.C. Marabella Old World Pizza opened in Greenville in 2011, and in 2012, made Farmville its third home. This year, Passalacqua opened Nino's, a fine dining Italian restaurant in Greenville. Read more...
Toscana Divino Group Hosts North American Sommelier Association, Italian Wine Certification Oct 23-26/15: EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT announced
The Toscana Divino Group will host the only Southeastern US presentation of the North American Sommelier Association, Italian Wine Specialist (IWS) course from October 23 to 26th, 2015 at Ironside Pizza, 7580 NE 4th Ct., Miami, FL, 33138. The 24 hour course and certification exam is being offered at a $50.00 discount for online registrations made b...
Italian espresso bar opens soon in Mills 50
Italian café brand Segafredo Zanetti Espresso is bringing a hybrid coffee shop, restaurant and lounge to Orlando's Mills 50 neighborhood. The store is expected to open on Dec. 20 in the Mills Park shopping center at Mills Avenue and Virginia Drive. Read more Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com
Channel Your Inner Italian at Made In Italy Gourmet
by Olee Fowler Many cities have sprawling Italian markets. Miami hasn't been one of them. But that'll be changing when Made In Italy Gourmet opens its doors in Wynwood on Monday, January 26 at 10 N.E. 27 Street. Part market, part restaurant and part wine store, the space is an ode to all things Italian. In the front it features a...
Stefano Versace Holdings Expansion In The US (By Stefano Versace Holdings, LLC)
The origin of STEFANO VERSACE HOLDINGS began with an idea from its founder, Stefano Versace, to give life to an Italian gelato shop chain called: STEFANO VERSACE – GELATERIE ITALIANE & GOURMET. The overall objective of the chain is to introduce to the American consumer an authentic Italian gelato referred to in Italy as "Gelato Artigianale Ital...
Tradition at Ferraro’s Italian Grille traced to 1957 in Sicily
By James A. Jones JR. Frank LoGrande embraced life in the United States when he moved to Brooklyn from Italy with his family at age 15. Now 63, he carries on the family restaurant tradition at Ferraro's Italian Grille, 8348 U.S. 301 N., Parrish, that dates to 1957 in Palmero, Sicily. Since buying the restaurant in 2008, he ha...
Lucali’s Brooklyn pizza lives up to the hype
by Victoria Pesce ElliottThere is pizza, and then there is Lucali. And while some are griping about the prices, even carbo-phobes should make an exception for this much-ballyhooed Brooklyn pie. Its puffy, cracker-thin crust and fantastic toppings inspire fans to wait up to two hours for a seat at the New York flagship. Miami Beach's suddenly hip S...
Doris Italian Market & Bakery under construction in North Palm Beach
Construction is underway in North Palm Beach for the sixth and largest Doris Italian Market & Bakery, a South Florida grocery chain in business since 1947. Doris Italian Market has built a brand around authentic Italian-American deli food and a fresh selection of meats, seafood, fruits and vegetables. The new store also will have...
La Moderna opens at Sunset Harbour Shops
La Moderna, an Italian bar and restaurant, is joining a number of businesses at Sunset Harbour Shops in Miami Beach. The restaurant's interiors were designed by architect Roberto Liorni, and include an Italian-crafted copper bar and a Stefano Ferrara handmade brick oven. Among its menu items: spaghetti with Osetra caviar, fresh oysters and crispy l...
Saint Leo to open this month
Emily Blount — (not to be confused with actress Emily Blunt) — was also once a working actress in New York City. Today, she's Oxford's newest restaurant owner with plans to introduce Saint Leo this month at 1101 Jackson Ave. East. Blount grew up in northern California outside of San Francisco. She attended Emerson College in Boston and pur...
Surfer Joe's brings Italian ice to Cocoa Beach
by Suzy Fleming Leonard I thought I knew what Italian ice was. In my high school days, I briefly worked at a New Orleans-style snowball stand. Same thing, right? It took a visit to the new Surfer Joe's Tropical Ice in Cocoa Beach to make me see the error of my ways. Where snowballs, snowcones and other chilly treats are...