This restaurant wants to be your go-to spot for Italian cuisine. It’s now open in Bradenton
Combine old-world Italian cooking with down-home hospitality and you have Lamantini Trattoria, one of Manatee County’s newest restaurants. “We want to create an environment where you are as comfortable as being in your den at home with with family and friends,” owner Perry E. Muphree Jr., 63, said. The restaurant — Lamantini is Italian for manatee...
You Can Explore A Gorgeous Italy-Inspired Garden At This Limited Pop-Up In Miami
Spend your summer days in Italy! This gorgeous wine and garden popup in Miami will make you feel like you're in a luscious European garden. Inspired by the cliffside gardens on the Italian island of Capri, La Centrale's Rosé Garden will transport you to an Italian paradise without ever leaving Miami. The Rosé Garden is a limited-time popup at La Ce...
Coronato Pizza opens this week as the Triangle’s first Roman-style pizzeria
The Triangle will get its first taste of Roman-style pizzas this week, as chef-owned Coronato Pizza opens in Carrboro. The long-awaited first restaurant from chef Teddy Diggs serves up the ultimate in thin crust pizzas. Coronato specializes in a style of Roman pizza with cracker-thin crusts topped with the classics. The new pizza shop will open Thu...
Rose’s Daughter Italian-American trattoria debuts in Delray
Chef Suzanne Perrotto’s new restaurant sits less than a block away from her popular Brule Bistro in Pineapple Grove. Rose’s Daughter, the Italian-American trattoria that pays tribute to it’s chef’s mother, will debut Tuesday in Delray Beach. Chef/owner Suzanne Perrotto will open the restaurant in the former Max’s Harvest space in the Pineapple Grov...
La Norma brings Sicilian spirit to Longboat Key
La Norma is delivering pieces of Italy to Longboat Key: ingredients, staff and the Italian sensibility have been transported from the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico. Proprietors Gianfranco and Alessandra Santagati come from Sicily, and they have extensive backgrounds in the restaurant business. With their two eateries, they serve two clien...
Talento, Tuscan Prime, Piazza Italia. A trio of new Italian restaurants on Las Olas Boulevard
When it comes to restaurants on Via Veneto, uh, I mean Las Olas Boulevard, I wish there was more variety. But mostly we get a river of red sauce and a parade of pasta, pizza and prosciutto, with a few giant meatballs, veal parms and grilled steaks and shrimp thrown in. Three more Italian restaurants have opened this year, bringing the total to 12 i...
More Than a Sub Shop: Rosalie's Italian Deli and Subs
Get ready to be greeted by an array of Italian delicacies the second you step into Rosalie’s Italian Deli and Subs. Far from your average sub shop, Rosalie’s serves up much more than the typical deli meats and cheeses that most sandwich shops have. Instead, what they offer is a variety of menu items you would usually have to go to a formal Italian...
Bellini Brings Italian Coastal Charm to Coconut Grove
Picture the coastal towns of Italy: weathered pastel buildings overlooking a turquoise sea. Stepping into Bellini, you find a similar aesthetic. The same palette fills a yacht-inspired dining room of leather-upholstered barstools, striped booths, and floor-to-ceiling windows framing the waters of Biscayne Bay. "Our goal was to create a relaxed yet...
Restaurant review: Palace Southside in Lakeland still a solid choice for Italian
The Palace family of Italian restaurants features an array of enterprises scattered throughout greater Lakeland, Mulberry and Bartow. All six are inviting spots where dress is casual and service, generally, is topnotch. Many, if not all, are connected by family. But all are not equal. Though menus have some overlap, each is unique. This review focu...
Atlanta's Bellina Alimentari Serves Up Italian Classics And Seasonal Staples With New Summer Menu
When temperatures start to rise, hearty cuisine like creamy pasta dishes and sandwiches brimming with savory meats tend to get replaced by much lighter bites like salads, veggie-filled wraps and dishes loaded with fresh fruit. But at Atlanta's Bellina Alimentari, which is located inside of Ponce City Market, the Italian restaurant has managed to in...
Marsello's offering giant pizza trays with balcony views
While Riverboat Landing is long gone, Wilmingtonians can still catch their favorite balcony views of the Cape Fear at downtown's newest pizza restaurant, Marsello's. The Christiana family moved to the area from Cary to bring their Italian family recipes and Sicilian style pizza, opening up just before the summer season at 2 Market St. While the men...
Palatucci’s, Italian Flair With A Bronx Accent
A little piece of the Bronx has broken off and come to Louisville, and we couldn’t be happier. Especially since the piece that landed here reminds us of Arthur Avenue, the Bronx’s memorable slice of Little Italy. So, say hello to Palatucci’s Italian American Ristorante, which opened last month in the quarters previously occupied by Gary’s on Spring...