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alpitronic Americas LLC, a manufacturer of high-power electric vehicle charging stations, will create 300 new jobs in Mecklenburg County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $18.3 million to locate its United States headquarters operation and service center in Charlotte. “We’re grateful that alpitronic has decided...

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As far as wood-fired food goes, pizza is the tip of the iceberg at Il Falò, an upscale Italian eatery that opened last week at the Westin hotel in Raleigh’s Brier Creek neighborhood. Nearly every dish on Il Falò’s dinner menu, designed by James Beard award-winning chef Bradford Thompson, contains an element of wood-fired blister, crisp, or char.  S...

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It’s the 18th Annual Festa Italiana Charlotte event happening May 21st from 1 pm to 6 pm at Gateway Village located at 800 West Trade St. It is the only Italian Gourmet Food and Wine Festival featuring the best of Italian Culture. You’ll enjoy 15 restaurants and 14 chefs showing off the best of the best. We all will taste plates of food, some wine,...

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The oven at Luna Pizza hovers around 1,100 degrees, enough to blister a pie to perfection in under two minutes. This popular Greenville pizzeria is continuing its westward expansion and opening a new Johnston County restaurant later this year. The new Luna will open on the edge of downtown Clayton as part of the new Spinning Mill Lofts development,...

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Although he was already plenty busy running Brooks Tavern with the help of his wife and daughters, Tom Verri still longed return to his roots serving Italian fare. An effort to buy Renzo’s on Main Street had fallen through at the last minute. When one door closes, another opens. When a wine distributor told him that Mona Lisa owner Franco Bonaduce...

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Architectural landmarks house a smorgasbord of furniture products at High Point Market, and the “big ship” building, also known as Casa Italia, is adding to the offerings with hundreds of introductions from numerous Italian manufacturers for spring. Showrooms that are part of the Casa Italia line-up include Composad, Gamma Arredamenti , Gorini Diva...

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In honor of Women's History Month, we're recognizing the women behind the Fayetteville-area food scene. For the third installment of the series, we shine a spotlight on three women who own and operate area Italian eateries.  Meet the founders of Antonella’s Italian Ristorante, Gusto Napoletano Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, and Litty’s Pizza — th...

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With over 100 attendees from nearby dealerships and media, the team at Andreani USA says it was very happy with the response they received to their first-ever open house at their facility in Hendersonville, North Carolina, on Saturday, March 18. The company sent Powersports Business a quick summary and some photos from the day of the event. Andrean...

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On a Saturday afternoon in late January, a woman browsing the prepared foods section at Nonna Maria’s Italian Deli & Market stops when she spots a bag of Pastosa Ravioli. Her eyes fill with tears. “I usually special-order this from Brooklyn!” she tells owner Enza Pilla as she grabs three bags from the refrigerator. “This is what my nonna used to ma...

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More job opportunities are coming to the mountains this year, as a European company is opening its first U.S. branch in Hendersonville. Italian company Andreani is a motorbike suspension components distributor looking to bring its skills to America. The company will also offer training courses for mountain bike racing teams and technicians. News 13...

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