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Spazio Italian Restaurant is delighted to announce its grand opening in the picturesque town of Holly Springs, North Carolina. Nestled in the heart of this vibrant community, Spazio Italian Restaurant promises to be a culinary haven where residents and visitors alike can savor the rich and authentic flavors of Italy. A Taste of Italy in Holly Sprin...

About six years ago, David Grutman took Noah Tepperberg on a boat ride around Miami. The Groot Hospitality founder wanted to show his best friend, the co-CEO of Tao Group Hospitality alongside co-CEO Jason Strauss, a property he had recently purchased. The landmark Mediterranean Revival building, which first opened in 1926 as the home of the Miami...

Giovanni Spinosa, co-owner of Don Giovanni and Pizza Pazza in Port Orange, has opened his third restaurant — this time in Ormond Beach. Spinosa opened his first restaurant shortly after arriving in the U.S. 11 years ago, hoping to bring a piece of his life back home in Italy here to the States. Serving pizza, pasta, salads and more, Spinosa describ...

Tampa’s hottest new pizza spot is Cipriano Zonin, and the mobile pizzeria is now serving whole pies in the city. They’ve just partnered with local brewery staple Common Dialect (5023 N Florida Ave) and will be posted up on-site through the end of 2023. Their hours are: - Sunday: 12-8 pm- Monday: Closed- Tuesday: 5-9 pm- Wednesday: 5-9 pm- Thursday:...

This fall, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts’ temporary galleries will feature more than 30 exquisite paintings on loan from the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina. On view from October 13, 2023, through January 7, 2024, European Splendors: Old Master Paintings from the Kress Collection contains works from Columbia’s Kress Collecti...

Free and open to the public. OCTOBER 14th and 15th 2023 at the Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave, NE - Atlanta, GA 30306. Enjoy a series of four films that participated in the David di Donatello Awards in 2022 FREE and open to the public at the Plaza Theatre Atlanta. No ticket purchase is necessary but arrive early as seating is on a first come...

Mirabella, a coastal Italian restaurant led by acclaimed chef Michael White, will debut in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach later this month. Housed at the Sorrento Tower base, the indoor-outdoor space will offer Italian food that pays “homage to Italy’s rich culinary heritage.” “Mirabella is both a celebration of Italian cuisine and a reflection of m...

Marking the Italian-American dining destination’s first-ever expansion beyond New York City, Frankies Nashville houses the main restaurant Frankies 925 Spuntino, a garden, a forthcoming specialty foods store, and the Pizzeria.  As the same menu at Frankies in New York, the menu at Frankies 925 Spuntino features seasonally driven dishes including si...

What better timing than Italian-American Heritage Month to officially welcome Michele Misto in his new post as consul general of Italy in Miami. “Now you have a second home in Palm Beach County,” Vice Mayor Maria Sachs said at the College of Arts & Letters’ official welcome luncheon in the East Engineering building on Florida Atlantic University’s...

A little taste of Italy came to Summerville on Sunday for their annual Italian Feast Festival. “We’re here at the festival today and we’re doing a four-course tasting menu,” personal chef, Vince Dodson said. Dodson is a personal chef and was one of the food vendors at the Italian Feast Festival. He served up special Italian dishes. Dodson said, “It...

OCTOBER 13th and 14th 2023 at the O Cinema South Beach. Cinema Italy is pleased to announce this Special Event in Miami that is brought to you by The Italian Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Italian Ministry of Culture, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Cinecittà, The Academy of Italian Cinema - Dav...

While chef and restaurateur Anthony Scotto made his mark in New York by operating Fresco by Scotto in Midtown Manhattan for three decades, recently, he turned his sights on Nashville. After visiting the city for the past several years to visit their daughter in college, Scotto and his wife, Theresa, fell for Nashville’s charms and made the move, de...