Italian Eatery Set For UWS From Popular Local Restauranteur
A new Italian restaurant will open on the Upper West Side in the coming months from a restaurateur who has already had some serious success in the neighborhood. Sempre Oggi will open at 164-166 W. 75th St. (off Amsterdam) by the end of the summer. It will be an "aggressively seasonal, vegetable forward, modern Italian restaurant," according to i...
Center for Italian Studies Announces Date for 17th Annual Concorso d’Eleganza Car Show
The Stony Brook University Center for Italian Studies has announced that the 17th annual Robert D. Cess Concorso d’Eleganza Annual Celebration of Italian Vehicle Excellence and Beauty will be held on Sunday, September 10, 2023. The show, which is free and open to the public, is extremely popular among auto enthusiasts and features examples of “art...
Magazzino Italian Art Announces Highlights of the 2023 Program
Magazzino Italian Art is pleased to announce a new slate of programs for the upcoming year. The calendar will highlight a program series curated by Ilaria Conti on diversity in art and culture across Italy and the US, a lecture series on new scholarship in the study of the Arte Povera movement curated by Roberta Minnucci, Magazzino Italian Art 2022...
Inside look at The Farm Italy, Huntington’s new Italian restaurant
It’s a bit modern. It’s a little bit farm. But most of all, it’s authentic. That’s how restaurateur John Tunney III describes his new venture The Farm Italy, a new Italian restaurant that recently opened in Huntington Village. “We wanted to start it with this kind of homey feeling,” Tunney said. “It’s a comfortable environment and really authentic....
Richard Capizzi, the late pastry and executive chef at Lincoln Ristorante, to be honored by top chef friends
A million meals and more than two decades later, Jonathan Benno can still recall sitting at a picnic table, by the side of a busy road in Bangkok at 2 a.m. with a small group of renowned chefs, all from Michelin-starred restaurants like The French Laundry and Protégé. But the former Lincoln Ristorante executive chef, now the culinary director for A...
Rich Torrisi Bets Bigger On New York At His Latest Blockbuster Restaurant
Torrisi Bar & Restaurant, with its Italian-American ethos and with its odes to Chinatown, Jewish delis and the Jamaican patties served in slice shops, might be the most New York City restaurant that has ever existed. The Mulberry Street spot is clearly a magnificent and jubilant celebration of the city’s rich and diverse food history. But it’s also...
Staten Islander to lead NYC Council’s new Italian Caucus
A new City Council caucus announced Thursday will bring a bit more amore to the five boroughs. The new bipartisan Italian Caucus will seek to provide a voice for the city’s Italian community while promoting the history, culture and contributions of New Yorkers of Italian descent. City Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island), who is of half Italian he...
The Italian Trade Agency spotlights & sponsors 70+ top ‘Made in Italy’ women’s fashion & accessories brands at coterie
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will extend its sponsorship of a curated selection of some of Italy’s very best womenswear and women’s accessories designers at the semi-annual Chicago trade show, February 21-23 at The Jacob K. Javits Center in NYC. This season ITA will sponsor 70+ Italian brands at Coterie, positioned together on the show floor in o...
Adelina Patti and Two Sicilies and European Opera in New York and Beyond
Today, as memory of past opera greats fades a bit, especially that of singers and impresarios who largely predated the age of recording, it is impressive that one of the first truly worldwide celebrities was a daughter of the Two Sicilies who studied and came of age in New York. Adelina Patti and her parents, siblings, and extended family toured th...
Restaurant Osteria Barocca to Open This Spring in Little Italy
The restaurateur behind Little Italy’s Zia Maria and Casa D’Angelo is adding a third eatery to the neighborhood. Iyad Hamsho signed a 12-year lease to open his new restaurant, Osteria Barocca, in 5,000 square feet at 133 Mulberry Street in the spring, according to Tower Brokerage’s Haz Aliessa, who represented Hamsho in the deal. Asking rent was...
Nearly 300-Year-Old Guarneri Violin Could Achieve $10 Million at Auction
A rare, nearly 300-year-old violin that has been in the collection of the late businessman Sau-Wing Lam and exhibited twice at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be auctioned at Tarisio next month, with an estimate in excess of US$10 million. The instrument, circa 1731, is one of only about 150 known violins handmade by Italian master...
Giulio Picolli received the honor of Commendatore OMRI
Giulio Picolli, a successful entrepreneur with well-acknowledged outstanding expertise, was recently given the honor of Commendatore OMRI (Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) at the Italian Consulate in New York. Giulio Picolli is praised for his contributions to preserving the ties between Italy and New Jersey’s Italian-American community....