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It’s a bit unexpected but quite welcome, a rustic Italian cafe in a country store. Let me introduce you to Stella at Fo’Castle Farm. Find Stella by walking through the 110-year-old country store with its gorgeous baked goods and myriad delightful gifts. You’re there to eat. Stella is smart, with minimalist decor, and like the labyrinthine store mea...

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Another downtown Arlington Heights restaurant will be introducing outdoor dining this summer. Passero, an Italian-American eatery that opened last fall at 5 W. Campbell St., got permission from the village board last week to install four tables on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. A license agreement between owners Matt and Rikki Peota and the v...

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Celebrity chef Scott Conant has said his mission for his restaurant at Red Rock Resort revolves around conviviality, “nothing pretentious at all … a place where they can feel comfortable three times a week.” At Masso Osteria, he has succeeded to a resounding degree, his updated-Italian style conveying a freshness and simplicity, with traditions not...

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A long-time Philadelphia staple has its sights set on the Jersey Shore. Santucci's Original Square Pizza, which has locations in the Italian Market, Roxborough and North Philadelphia, will reportedly open up its first New Jersey location in Ventnor, according to Shore News Today. Owner Blake Barabuscio's liquor license bid was approved and will all...

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LA 10 was once one of the busiest routes across our state, today just a few cars trickle through. Trees hang over the roadway and the train still passes now and again. As we travel along we end up in Melville, a tiny town on the banks of the Atchafalaya River. A community of a little over a thousand, but most businesses have left town. Except one,...

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The menu never changes at the Italian Express Pizzeria, an agreeable little place on the corner of Sumner and Cottage streets in East Boston. “That’s because it works,” says co-owner Jim Iannuzzi, proudly, and a little defiantly. “Everything is made fresh to order, and we have something for everybody. So, no, we won’t ever change the menu.” Why sho...

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Michael Nagrant finds the muffuletta of his dreams at Rosie’s Sidekick. The sandwich shop, an offshoot of Italian bakery Sicilia, offers a host of delights. Eggplant parm is “supremely slutty, the cheese oozing over the flaky bread and the sauce and juicy eggplant dripping out the edges.  This was some serious Tony Soprano-shit.” The aforementioned...

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Italian food exports set a new historical record with a 3% increase in the first quarter of 2018, approaching for the first time the value of 10 billion euro. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti on Istat data for the first three months of the current year. This is an excellent result right at the beginning of the Year of Italian Foo...

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Velocity Honolulu, the luxury car dealership located on the ground floor of Symphony Honolulu on Ward Avenue, is home to high-quality cars, the Italica coffee shop and panini bar, and now an Italian restaurant: Le Radici. Velocity’s new fine-dining concept celebrated a packed private grand opening last week with Champagne cocktails and pūpū from It...

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Kids in Stamford learned about Italian culture Wednesday with an in-school cooking lesson from professional chefs. Maurizio Ricci, owner of Osteria Romana and Romancci's Restaurants, along with one his executive chef, visited second-grade students at Strawberry Hill School. The duo helped students make their own homemade pasta. "I think all of lear...

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