If you love pizza and are anywhere near Los Angeles this coming weekend, have we got an event for you. Pizza City Fest Los Angeles takes place at LA Live Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, with 40 pizzerias from Southern California bringing their best pies to the table. Pizza City Fest Los Angeles is the first West Coast pie throw-down from Steve Do...

Big news for busy Larchmont Village: A brand new Terroni restaurant is coming soon. The Canadian-born Italian group is already a powerhouse in Toronto and has long enjoyed a cozy location on Beverly Boulevard to boot. Now the team is heading east, landing along one of LA’s leafiest restaurant boulevards with the city’s first location of La Bettola...

After nearly a decade serving Larchmont, Vernetti Restaurant – owned and operated by local couple Steve and Joanna Vernetti – will be closing at the end of May. The Vernettis took over the family-owned Girasole Cucina Italia in 2014 and elevated the level of food on Larchmont Blvd. In fact, when the Vernettis re-opened after a renovation and expans...

Italy's new Consul General in Los Angeles, California, Raffaella Valentini was welcomed by Robert Allegrini, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) President in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at Il Fornaio Restaurant."The arrival of Raffaella provides the perfect impetus for NIAF's post covid return to Los Angeles," said NIAF Preside...

Celebrity Chef Eva who is the host of the festival announced today that Sorvino Vino www.sorvinovino.com will be the official wine for this year’s LOS ANGELES ITALIAN FESTIVAL.The festival will take place on Saturday Oct 7, 2023, located at 1651 N Highland Ave, on Hawthorne in between Highland and Orange in Hollywood, the entrance is located on 165...

Fresh pizza, creamy pasta, and mouthwatering paninis. The owners of Spaccio Salumeria are known as the Truffle Brothers, and they are bringing the flavor of Italy to Mid-City. "We always had food in our life... We go hunting truffles, we make the tomato with the family. We make the cheese. 90% is the product we bring from our region," co-owner Mich...

Fabulous Veneto is a network of companies operating throughout the Veneto region, at different levels, in the tourism and production sectors. The organization's goal is to promote the territory and its artistic and natural riches, including its cities of art, the Venetian Villas, the Dolomites and much more. All unique experiences that urgently nee...

Since it was first published 140 years ago, The Adventures of Pinocchio has become an international best-seller, captivating generations of children and adults the world over. The whimsical story of a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy has been translated into 260 languages, making it the most translated book besides the Bible and Anto...

Starts on Thursday, April 13 · 6pm PDT. Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles 1023 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA. In this talk celebrating Italian Research Day, Italian scientists and scholars from the local research community - Pietro Perona, Martin Monti, Matteo Pellegrini, and Massimo Ciavolella - will discuss their work and how it enables a s...

A big Italian import has quietly landed in Los Feliz this week. Dal Milanese, the upscale-casual restaurant that first started in Milan, Italy, has opened at 2064 Hillhurst Avenue in the former Puran’s restaurant space, serving up a wide array of classic Italian and Milanese dishes straight from the homeland. Dal Milanese is the first stateside res...