From May 28 to June 10, join us as for FESTA DEL LATTE, a celebration of milk and beyond.  Here at Eataly Chicago, we use some form of latte, or "milk," every single day. From churning up our artisanal gelato made with fresh milk from local dairy farms to assembling a cheese board with an assortment the finest formaggi, we have plenty of reasons to...

When: Thursday, June 7, 2018 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT) - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL The Odd’s Bodkins ensemble will perform scenes from Shakespeare’s Italian plays with scenes both in Italian and English. Dr. Alicia Tait of Benedictine University will perform improvised music in response to their performance. Ther...

When: Wed, May 30, 2018 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM - Where: PianoForte Studios - 1335 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with PianoForte Foundation, is pleased to present a concert of music by the Felix Piano Trio by the following muisicians: Catia Capua, piano, Matteo Scarpelli, cello, Riccardo Renato Bonaccini, vi...

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...

It was a sunny day on the back fields at Peoria, and I was standing near a scout from one of the Dominican League baseball teams. He was wearing out an American player he knew from previous teams, offering him fifty bucks for every batting practice home run he could hit. John Andreoli was in that player’s hitting group. When he stepped up, the scou...

Pizza fans, take heed: there's a new spot in town to get your fix. Located at 3801 N. Clark St. in Wrigleyville, the new arrival is Aurelio's Pizza.Since its inception in 1959, this chain has opened stores in Indiana, Illinois and Florida. It offers classic pies, like the The Works, with Sausage, ham, pepperoni, green peppers, mushrooms, cheese; or...

Con qualche giorno di anticipo rispetto al 2 giugno anche i connazionali residenti a Chicago celebreranno la Festa della Repubblica.  Quest’anno, infatti, le celebrazioni organizzate dal Consolato generale si terranno il 31 maggio, a partire dalle 17.30, presso il Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, struttura prestigiosa nel cuore della...

Lake Shore Drive or State Street should be renamed for civil rights crusader Ida B. Wells, and Balbo Drive should be left alone, an Italian-American civic leader said Wednesday. One day after Aldermen Sophia King (4th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) resurrected the name change, Dominic DiFrisco, president emeritus of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian...

Oltre 50 eventi, 50 tra consorzi, cantine, aziende del food & wine e del lifestyle italiane presenti, più di 500 importatori e distributori locali e oltre 100 ristoranti italiani certificati coinvolti: questi i numeri di “Authentic Italian Table”, la manifestazione con cui le 9 Camere di Commercio Italiane all’estero di Chicago, Houston, Los Angele...

More than 25 years ago, Tony Angeli started a festival and special event company and by chance, Andy Mastrino and John Taylor started working for him. The rest is history. The trio took their passion for great food and excellent service and opened Angeli’s, a welcoming trattoria that has been a Naperville favorite since 1996. “It is truly great to...