Two things you'll notice right away about Bottega Americano, the long-awaited restaurant-marketplace in the East Village: it doesn't look like anywhere else in San Diego and — more importantly — it doesn't taste like anywhere else either. The 8,000-square-foot Italian food emporium opened barely a week ago and its kitchen is already cooking on all...
READ MOREby Robert Gallo Established in 1996, The Little Italy Association (LIA) was formed to expedite the revitalization and beautification of one of the oldest, and most remarkable neighborhoods of downtown San Diego, Little Italy. Residents, businesses and property owners all work harmoniously with LIA. This district management corpora...
READ MOREAn estimated 75,000 participants attended the 20th Annual San Diego Sicilian Festival in Little Italy on Sunday, May 19. The event is considered to be the largest Sicilian-American festival in the United States. The weather was beautiful with clear blue skies as the streets were lit up with sun, color, food, games for kids, street vendors,...
READ MORENorma Bouchard, Ph.D., will join San Diego State University as dean of the College of Arts and Letters, following the retirement of Paul Wong, Ph.D., later this year. Bouchard is professor of Italian and comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut. She has served as interim associate dean for humanities,...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural Center proudly presents EVOO, a fabulous evening of extra virgin olive oil. During the event you will taste four different extra virgin olive oils from the regions of Trentino Alto Adige, Toscana, Calabria and Sicilia. You will learn how the varieties and different olive processes affect the final flavor and how to di...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #73 2015 November 27Author : Cristina Fontanelli Translation by: Hello all of you precious readers of "We The Italians". Thank you Umberto Mucci for giving me the opportunity to explain how and why I began the beloved annual Italian show "Christmas in Italy®" 12 years ago in NYC and 4 years ago in San Diego. The memories I...
READ MOREby Andrew Bagley The Tomasellos are a tireless lot. A characteristic probably attributed to their bloodline and heritage originating in Santo Stefano di Camastra, province of Messina in Sicily. Salvatore and Marion Tomasello, Richard Tomasello's grandparents, were part of the "immigrant newcomers" during the turn of the 20th century....
READ MOREby Ian Anderson One block of West Date Street, between Columbia and India, was permanently closed to car traffic on December 1st for the groundbreaking of Piazza Famiglia, a European-style pedestrian plaza projected "to become the new 'heart' of Little Italy" in 2016. Plans for the public square include "classic Italian architectural detai...
READ MOREWhen the Convivio Center first opened its doors little more than one year ago, it had one main vision. Connection. Not only did it want to connect with the community, but it wanted to serve as a meeting point where community members could connect with one another. Even its name – Convivio, meaning "to live together" – furthered that vision. ...
READ MOREby Andrew Bagley Approximately 65-70 guests gathered at the Convivio Center in Little Italy on Thursday, May 9 to witness the culinary awards ceremony of the Ospitalità Italiana – Seal of Authenticity, referred to as "Marchio Q". Conferred under the auspices of the Italian government, the "Q" Seal of Authenticity golden plate hono...
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