by Katherine Peralta   Another pizzeria opens Tuesday at the Metropolitan Shopping Center in midtown Charlotte. Pizzeria Omaggio takes the place of Revolution Pizza between Which Wich and Zoe's Kitchen. Before it was Revolution, that space was home to another pizzeria called Pizza Fusion.   According to its website, Pizzeria Omag...

By Helen Schwab   OGGI – "oh-jee" – means today in Italian. That's both a nod to the pastas and desserts made in-house, and an interesting irony, when you consider how old-school the place is.   It's run by chef-owner Eloy Roy, a native of Argentina who left accounting and began working in restaurants when he came to Miami in 1984. He...

A family-style Italian restaurant is in the works for uptown Charlotte. Demolition on that roughly 8,000-square-foot space started Monday in the 300 block of North College Street, says Tim Dolan. The restaurant will be located in the former Cosmos site, which closed earlier this year. He and Jason Astephen are behind 300 Bar Group, which...

Bacci America has opened a technical and sales services branch in Charlotte, NC, to provide direct support to its North American customers.   The U.S. office has two specialized technicians on staff to install new machines and service existing machines. Among U.S. customers are Vaughan-Bassett Furniture and Hunter Douglas.   Read more...

This is a busy weekend in the Charlotte area for local Italian festivals. We will be at the 19th Annual St. Philip Neri Italian Festival in Fort Mill from 11am-8pm on Saturday so please come see us! This is a significant source of revenue for our club so we really need your support! Then, on Sunday, the 9th Annual St. Anthony Festa Italiana is at...

Tria SpA, the Italian maker of granulators, is expanding its U.S. operations in Charlotte, N.C., by adding a new test facility.Daniele Finazzi, vice president of operations at Tria America LLC, said customers can visit Charlotte to run material tests, or send in the material for testing by Tria staff.

CHARLOTTE, March 2, 2013 – When Nada Vergili (www.nadasitaly.com) left her home in Florence, Italy she had no idea what an entrepreneur was, much less that she would soon become one.It began simply enough. Amore brought Vergili to the United States for the second time in her life. In the mid-80s she lived in Orlando, Florida for six years during wh...

by Rick Bonnell   The Charlotte Hornets agreed to trade the No. 22 pick in Thursday's NBA draft to the Sacramento Kings in return for veteran shooting guard Marco Belinelli, an informed source said. The deal cannot be formally completed until next month, when the NBA's new salary cap kicks in. But the two teams agreed that the Hornets w...

The 9th Annual St. Anthony Festa Italiana kicked off on Sunday in hopes to raise enough money for a handicap accessible van.   The festival is from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Queen's University. The activities at the festival include a silent auction, children's activities, and samples of Italian dishes.   Read more   Source:&n...

L'esperienza Envoy SuiteEnvoy Suite, la business class internazionale di US Airways, è disponibile a bordo degli A330 che collegano Venezia e Philadelphia nel periodo compreso dal 5 giugno al 3 settembre 2013, mentre sarà presente su tutti i voli stagionali estivi tra Roma e Charlotte.