Italian treasures: Il Localetto Rossi creates memorable experience in ABQ dining scene
I had just returned from a trip to Italy when my friend texted to suggest we visit a new Italian restaurant across from the University of New Mexico that he had heard good things about. Having spent the previous two weeks plowing through plates of pasta and scoops of gelato, I was more than a little reluctant to revisit Italian cuisine so quickly a...
A First Taste of Farena — The Signature Italian Restaurant At Loews Arlington Hotel
When the new $550-million meeting and resort destination, Loews Arlington Hotel, opened in the North Texas city’s Entertainment District, it added 888 rooms and five restaurants to the local landscape. But that’s not all. The property also houses the lavish Arlington Convention Center with its massive 266,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting a...
You Can Get Pasta And A Slice Of Pizza In The Drive-Thru At This Quaint Eatery In New Mexico
Drive-thru windows aren’t just for burgers and fries. In fact, there’s a one-of-a-kind drive-thru in New Mexico where you can get pasta as well as pizza. When you’re in the mood for Italian food and don’t have a lot of time to sit down at a restaurant and dine, go through the drive-thru at Fastino’s Fresh Food Fast and place your order! Italian foo...
Amazing Italian restaurant with international roots to open in Fort Worth
A new family-owned Italian restaurant specializing in freshly made pastas will soon open in the South Main area. Called Bocca Osteria Romana, it will open this summer at 411 S. Main St. #104 in the space last occupied by Rancho Loma Vineyards. The restaurant will be the first stateside concept from a trio of Texas-born family members - brothers Alf...
Opera In The Piazza 2024: An Enchanting Evening Of Music Under The Stars
The American Italian Cultural Center is set to present “Opera in the Piazza 2024,” a captivating evening of live opera performances under the stars, on Friday, June 7, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Piazza d’Italia, located at 377 Poydras Street, New Orleans. This event promises a magical experience as talented opera singers take the stage to perform a varie...
A Mother-Son Duo Is Slinging Tuscan-Style Sandwiches on Schiacciata in the Marigny
It’s safe to say schiacciata (pronounced skia-cha-ta) bread, foccacia’s thinner, crustier cousin out of Tuscany, is having a moment. That ideal sandwich bread has made it to New Orleans, courtesy of New York native Lisa Greenleaf and her son Jack Greenleaf, who are serving stuffed and square Tuscan-style sandwiches from their pop-up, called Lunch....
U of A Chapter of National Italian Honor Society Initiates Nine New Members
On April 9, the U of A chapter of Gamma Kappa Alpha, the national Italian academic honor society, held its annual initiation ceremony. The chapter congratulates the nine new student members: Juan Carlos Esquivel Monroy, Leah Foster, Michelle Kamanga, Emily Lawless, Jordyn Moore, Claire Phelps, Adriana Tredway, James II Sterling West and Grace Wils...
Italian Food and Heritage Festival Festa Italiana to return to downtown Bryan in June
With the success of the event in 2023, Destination Bryan has announced that Festa Italiana, an Italian Food and Heritage Festival, will return for another year in June. “With the success of the inaugural year of Festa Italiana, we began planning the 2024 Festa. We are excited to bring a bigger and better version to Aggieland with live music, mor...
Meatballs, Mosca’s and mob rumors: the story behind New Orleans-area Italian restaurant
Mosca’s restaurant isn’t the kind of New Orleans-area tourist destination you stumble upon by accident. The long-standing Italian joint is a 30-minute drive outside the city, located on the edge of a large swath of forest on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. The squat white building looks more like an illegal fireworks store than a place you’...
Website tracking Italian Americans in baseball adds Astros rookies
When Spencer Arrighetti and Joey Loperfido were promoted to the Houston Astros' roster, their debuts were not only noted on Baseball Reference, but also a website called "Baseball Amore." The website was started by Tulane program director of information technology Ralph Russo and keeps track of every Italian American baseball player, detailing...
All You Can Eataly: a Festa della Repubblica celebration
Eataly Dallas brings back its All You Can Eataly event, an all-inclusive evening with endless Italian food and beverages to celebrate the Italian holiday Festa della Repubblica. Dallas foodies can indulge in a plethora of Italian delicacies and drinks at Eataly on Friday, June 7, celebrating Festa della Repubblica, akin to the Fourth of July in It...
Italian restaurant chain Bella Sera opening New Braunfels location
Marble Falls-based Italian restaurant chain Bella Sera will open a location this month in New Braunfels, its fifth in the Texas Hill Country, news site Community Impact reports. A recently submitted permit application shows Bella Sera plans to take over the space at 259 Loop 337 that previously housed TJ's Burgers. The burger shop closed its doors...