Special Olympians were joined by coaches, City officials, contractors and business officials this afternoon (March 17) for the official groundbreaking ceremonies for the Special Olympics Bocce Complex. The facility will be located off Mount Rushmore Road near the parking lot of the old Memorial Park tennis courts. Various groups held official dirt-...
READ MOREIt's always exciting when new businesses open in Sioux Falls, especially restaurants. If you have not explored the restaurant scene in Sioux Falls, let me just say...you are missing out on some delicious cuisine! Whether you're in the mood for burgers and fries or a spicy Mexican meal, Sioux Falls has food to fill your stomach. There are even some...
READ MORESabatino’s Italian Ristorante located in downtown Rapid City is owned by Alessio Sabatino and Jimena Scarfone. Alessio is from Rome, Jimena from northeast Italy, and they moved to Rapid City two years ago and opened the restaurant that features authentic Italian cuisine. “We are proud to make everything fresh in the restaurant,” Alessio said. “The...
READ MOREA new upscale Italian restaurant is now open in downtown Sioux Falls, a third concept for restaurant owners Riccardo and Mary Beth Tarabelsi. “We really wanted to design a restaurant that would give our guests a completely different experience than R Wine Bar,” Riccardo Tarabelsi said. While they both serve Italian food, the newly opened Maribella...
READ MOREDo you have an affinity for deliciously authentic Italian food? While the best Italian food comes from Italy, we happen to think that we have found a close second, which is this unique Italian restaurant in South Dakota that has the best Italian food this side of the Atlantic Ocean: Welcome to the unforgettable Nonna's Kitchen! Tucked away in Spear...
READ MOREMaribella Ristorante, a new upscale Italian restaurant, is opening next week in downtown Sioux Falls. It’s been four years since owners Riccardo and Marybeth Tarabelsi first opened R Wine Bar in downtown Sioux Falls. This past May, the couple opened Brix Wine Bar, an upscale bar across from the Washington Pavilion. Now, they’re opening Maribella’s...
READ MOREThe doors are nearly ready to open at downtown’s new Italian restaurant, Maribella Ristorante. Owners Riccardo and Marybeth Tarabelsi are overseeing the finishing touches on the space at Washington Square. They also own Brix Wine Bar, which opened in the building this summer, and R Wine Bar & Kitchen on East Eighth Street. “Our objective is to tran...
READ MORETrattoria Fresco owner Israel Padilla wanted to expand his business to Dakota Dunes with a very novel concept. Why couldn't one space be home to two entirely different eateries? In January 2000, Padilla purchased Graham's Grill & Pub, a traditional featuring burgers, sandwiches and predominantly American cuisine, at 201 Tower Road. Yet the veteran...
READ MOREIn Florence on October 4, 2021 very important friendship agreements were signed between the native people and Italy: for the first time in the world the sovereignty of the Lakota nation is recognized and a day in their memory is established on October 10. Wolakota, a month of events dedicated to the friendship between Italy and the Lakota Sioux Nat...
READ MORECiao from Rome! Summer is ending, “L'estate sta finendo”, as a famous Italian song from the summer of 1895 used to say: do any of you remember it? I guess not. We the Italians didn't stop all summer long: with the exception of the We the ItaliaNews videos, even in the hottest months we told you what happened in Italy and the things that happened in...
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