A space inside the Freight House marketplace near Davenport’s riverfront will soon offer something new: A taste of Antonella’s Ristorante & Pizza. The Sicilian restaurant that has served pastas and pizzas in Davenport since 2002 is planning to open a second, more casual, location in the space formerly housed by the Quad-Cities Food Hub, which close...

“It’s like ‘Game of Thrones, no?” jokes Massimo Bottura of his wolf motif T-shirt. The animalia was courtesy of Gucci, which is run by his old grade school chum Marco Bizzarri. The two, along with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, have collaborated on a range of projects, the latest of which is the Osteria at Gucci Garden in Florence, ope...

You don’t have to be Italian to truly appreciate an authentic Italian meal. Conchi and Vicente Contreras, natives of Ecuador and owners of Rustica Ristorante, are proof positive you don’t have to be Italian to prepare one, either. The wife-and-husband, do-it-all duo behind the successful restaurant in Chester opened a second Rustica location last O...

Piattello Italian Kitchen, chef Marcus Paslay's southwest Fort Worth restaurant/cafe, is one of Texas Monthly's picks for best new restaurants in Texas. The restaurant, which opened in January 2017 in the Waterside shopping center, slid in at No. 10 — no slouch in a state this big. "I’m shocked — shocked — that the arancini here have not been desig...

One New York City restaurant has come up with a unique way to mangia on National Meatball Day. For $100 — one night only — you can get a special meatball at Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse in Manhattan. But this is no ordinary meatball stuffed with breadcrumbs, egg and fennel. This upscale version is comprised of Wagyu beef, truffle caciocavall...

If you’re looking for a new home away from home for specialty Italian fine dining go to Ruocco’s on 9 where “Food is Happiness.” This is no ordinary Italian Eatery. Besides the delicious tried and true favorites of Italian fare, the mouth watering specials will keep you coming back again and again while the desserts are to brag to your friends abou...

When I opened the door to my Chicago apartment one April evening, I found my neighbor, Francesca, standing there, cradling a dish the size of a truck tire. I recognized it immediately. It was her pasta bowl: white porcelain decorated with tiny painted roses and crazed inside with spidery lines the color of strong tea. Once, the bowl had been her mo...

Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria in Plymouth Township today announced it will open a new trattoria at 1695 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy, behind the San Marino Club in the space formerly occupied by Tre Monti. The announcement was made by Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria owners and brothers John and Michael Fallone. The Troy location, Cantoro...

As Italians living in Chicago, one of the questions that we get most frequently asked is “what is a good Italian restaurant in Chicago?” or “where can I have good (and REAL!) Italian food?” The most frequent answer we tend to give is “My home”, because it's true! But we also understand that we cannot host people in our houses everyday and so the qu...

The only thing more devastating to the Scarmardella family than losing their restaurant to a fire on Christmas Eve, was the decision not to rebuild the space they had called theirs for almost 12 years. When they got the call in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve that their restaurant, Nuzzella's Pizza. 40 Path Valley Road, Fort Loudon, was on...