New Italian restaurant Campana will replace Grand Army Tavern full-time
Campana, a new Italian restaurant that began as a pop-up at Grand Army Tavern, will replace the Northeast Portland bar permanently this Friday, owners George Kaden and Annalisa Maceda told The Oregonian/OregonLive. The move spells the end for Grand Army Tavern, a neighborhood bar opened in 2017 by Kaden and Maceda, another former New York City rest...
Spaghetto Italian Kitchen debuts in Henderson
A new Italian spot has opened for business in the neighborhood. Called Spaghetto Italian Kitchen, the newcomer is located at 9570 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson. Spaghetto Italian Kitchen sources ingredients from local farmers markets, according to its website. Featured menu items include fettuccine Alfredo, portobello mushroom ravioli and linguine s...
Casa Vacca to reopen dining room and patio June 30
Beloved Italian eatery Casa Vacca in Portland is going to reopen its dining room with additional patio and outdoor seating space on Tuesday, June 30. They’ve been serving up some of the most luxurious and delicious Italian tapas in Portland for a long while and even adapted to the lockdown with a finish-at-home meal kit menu. Next week, patrons and...
Avondale Restaurant Transforms Into Pisolino Italian Market With Wine, Pasta, Olive Oil And More
The owners of Pisolino recently shut down the neighborhood restaurant and replaced it with an Italian market with grocery items, to-go meals and a deli counter. They hope the change will help their business get through the coronavirus pandemic. “We knew we wouldn’t be able to make it. Rather than having to close our doors, we wanted to evolve,” sai...
2020 Best Italian Cuisine: Casa Mia
After nearly 30 years in Tri-Cities, Casa Mia continues to out-compete multinational chains with its handcrafted Italian cuisine based on recipes developed by Italian-American immigrants to New York in the early 1900s. Founded in 1952 in Hoquiam on the west coast of Washington, Casa Mia founder Phil Bellofatto aided in bringing that cultural herita...
Joeseppi’s in Tacoma says thank you with half-off the whole menu in June
As a gesture to the community, Joeseppi’s Italian Ristorante will serve its entire menu at half-off for the month of June. Ideally this promotion would coincide with a hopeful June 1 reopening of restaurant dining rooms, but Pierce County appears unlikely to enter Phase 2 of the state’s recovery plan by then. No matter, said owner Joe Stortini: “Pe...
Bringing a taste of Sicily to Sandy
Paola's Pizza Barn has long been a destination in Sandy for after-game pizza parties and family gatherings. Now, Stephen Ferruzza of the well-known Al Forno Ferruzza in Rhododendron, has brought a new flavor to the Paola's kitchen by adding some of his authentic, thin-crust pies to the menu. Ferruzza's additions to Paola's offerings was marked by a...
Five great but often forgotten bachelor meals
For this week's Munching with Maggio feature, I wanted to highlight a few meals I had forgotten about until a few weeks ago when I was walking around the grocery store trying to think of more things to make at home during the pandemic. I was flooded with good ideas! However, most grocery stores have aisle-walking rules now, so be aware of those. So...
Pasta as an Art Form with Salty Seattle
Like Tibetan sand mandalas or the Italian festival of Infiorata, Linda Miller Nicholson’s pasta art is meant to be destroyed. And by destroyed, she means boiled in scalding water, sauced with creamy goodness, and devoured for dinner. Known to fans as Salty Seattle, Nicholson is part chef, part artist, and has carved a unique niche out of both world...
Sub sandwiches even Italians are wild about
Although Meconi's closed for a spell during the "stay home, stay healthy" orders they're up and running Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Phone orders (and pre-payment) are encouraged, but walk up orders through their COVID safe window ordering is an option (no cash accepted). You can also order online for contactless delivery through...
Chef Don Salamone Makes One of Portland’s Best Burgers. But It Took a Pandemic for Him to Start Cooking the Food Closest to His Heart.
Don Salamone puts a lot of love into his cooking—and a little guilt, too. The chef and restaurateur spent most of his early culinary career in upscale French kitchens of the sort his working-class Italian American parents could never afford to visit. It's partly why, when he opened a place of his own, he went in the opposite direction: a no-frill...
Bobby V’s celebrates going back to work
Bobby Valenti of Bobby V’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria stopped off with a $10,000 check for the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank Tuesday while during his shopping errands in Lihu‘e. “We’re open,” Valenti said. “We opened Monday night with our full menu following the same hours (4 to 7 p.m.) as the Bobby V’s drive-thru Friday evening.” The $10,000 c...