When you name a restaurant after yourself, you know there’s a big personality and presence behind the endeavor. There’s no better example than the late Valter Nassi, namesake of Valter’s Osteria, who charmed guests for years in three different restaurants around downtown Salt Lake. With Valter’s recent passing, the baton seems to have transferred t...

I have a good friend who’s a very knowledgeable wine expert and talented ex-chef and restaurateur. So when he talks about food and wine, I listen. That’s because he is very discriminating about both. So when he told Faith and me about a new Italian restaurant – raved about it, actually – I was thrilled. That’s because there are only a handful of It...

The Salt Lake City Council convened on the evening of Oct. 17, 2023, to declare October as Italian-American Heritage Month. The Council voted unanimously to adopt a ceremonial resolution—jointly with Mayor Erin Mendenhall—declaring October as Italian-American Heritage Month. During the process of adopting this resolution, Council member Victoria Pe...

Mark your calendars! Festa Italiana SLC is returning to The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City on September 16-17, 2023. The festival will be open on Saturday from 12-10 p.m., and Sunday from 12-7 p.m. Hosted by the Italian-American Civic League of Utah (IACL), this year’s eighth annual Festa Italiana promises to deliver an authentic Italian street...

It’s Dec. 7 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz trail the defending NBA champions Golden State Warriors by one with 6.9 seconds left on the clock. On the ensuing inbounds pass, Nickeil Alexander-Walker swarms Jordan Poole, stripping the ball loose. It trickles to Malik Beasley, who scoops it off the hardwood, runs the floor and finds a...

The Utah Jazz forward Simone Fontecchio made a jump to the NBA and found his role in the team, even though it's rather limited. In an interview with Eleven Sports, the 27-year-old Italian talked about his experience in the US. "When there are some difficulties, the key is to have patience. Since this is my first year in the NBA, I knew that were go...

Italian luxury automaker, Automobili Pininfarina, has added Salt Lake City Motorcars to its list of retail partners in North America. The appointment is part of the company’s ongoing global expansion. Salt Lake City Motorcars, led by Dealer Principal Tom Buckley, will provide a highly personalized experience to prospective and current owners of Aut...

The Sundance Institute announced that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino will receive the International Icon Award at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance presented by IMDbPro on January 19 in Park City. The 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19–29, 2023, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort,...

You know the saying “A rolling stone gathers no moss,” right? Well, that can certainly be said of Marc Marrone, partner with Reed Allen Slobusky of Nice Hospitality, who opened HallPass at The Gateway in 2019 and is the founder of SkinnyFATS. Having partnered with Slobusky and Nice Hospitality, Marrone opened Italian Graffiti restaurant at The Gate...

Like most of the generation that grew up in the 1980s, the family meal bucket, box, pail or vessel was a big part of my dining out experience. Buckets of drumsticks from Kentucky Fried Chicken, the double pizza on a cardboard pallet from Little Caesar's or the giant box of family-style nachos from the now-defunct Mexican restaurant known as Naugle'...