Coastal Italian restaurant Cal Mare coming to MGM Springfield
MGM Springfield has unveiled more food options for its August 24 debut. A restaurant called "Cal Mare" will call Springfield home in nearly two months. It'll have a Coastal Italian menu featuring fresh New England seafood with flavors of Italy's coast. Cal Mare's menu will focus on premium ingredients and simple preparations, ranging from rustic ha...
Raffaele Scalzi Dishes On Boston’s Mouthwatering Pizza Festival
A little slice of heaven is returning once again this year to City Hall Plaza. Next weekend, the Boston Pizza Festival will be satiating nearly 20,000 hungry appetites as attendees sink their teeth into some of Boston and Italy’s best pizza. (That’s right – they will be flying in pizza chefs from Italy to showcase their talent). Next Saturday and S...
Alta Strada’s Wellesley restaurant plans to re-open soon
A sign on the front door of Alta Strada in Wellesley Square informs would-be customers and passersby that the Italian restaurant is closed for repairs and that the business hopes to be serving up pasta again soon. We inquired about the situation and heard back quickly from Richard Bertin, Alta Strada’s general manager: “We just re-upped our lease,...
Old Saybrook’s La Marea Ristorante Offers Classic Italian Cuisine
The eggplant parmesan at La Marea Ristorante is made with super-thin slices of eggplant that are lightly breaded and flash fried before being layered with mozzarella and house-made marinara sauce. The result is a less-heavy version of the classic dish that is a customer favorite. On a recent visit to the restaurant, the dish — listed on the appetiz...
Mortadella Head to Open in Davis Square in July
Boston Burger Company founders Charles Sillari and Sebastian Fricia are opening another restaurant in Davis Square. Mortadella Head, an Italian quick-serve restaurant specializing in pizza and sandwiches, is set to open on July 17 in the former Deli-icious space at 20 College Ave. in Somerville. Sillari told Eater last fall that his and Fricia’s It...
Frank Pepe’s quality is end result of 93 years of tradition
Gary Bimonte, grandson of Frank Pepe, said Frank Pepe put New Haven on the map for thin crust pizza. Frank Pepe founded the original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana on Wooster Street in New Haven in 1925. Since 2007, the family has expanded the original restaurant to 10 locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. The loc...
Pepe’s launching ‘Genuine Italian Tomatoes’ retail line
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, widely-known just as “Pepe’s,” has launched its own retail tomato line to the market, according to a release. The restaurant, founded in 1925 by Frank Pepe, is known for its New Haven-style pizza. Frank Pepe, who immigrated to the United States in 1909 at the age of 16, and fresh tomatoes were always at the center of...
Explore The Cuisine Of Southern Italy At The Boston Public Market
On a recent Wednesday night, I made the trek from WGBH in Brighton, through the city to the North End, and one of my very favorite places in Boston. The Boston Public Market, a popular farmers market/food heaven, opened in 2015, and already feels like an institution. This feeling is due in large part to The Trustees, the non-profit organization tha...
Bricco, Strega owners team up on restaurant for Encore casino
Boston restaurateurs Frank DePasquale and Nick Varano are teaming up to operate an Italian restaurant in the new Encore Boston Harbor casino being built in Everett. The 135-seat, 5,200-square-foot Italian restaurant, to be called "Fratelli," which means "brothers" in Italian, is expected to bring the nearby North End into the $2.5 billion, 3 millio...
Tuscan Kitchen Seaport Launches Brunch
Tuscan Kitchen’s newest location in Seaport is debuting brunch this weekend - Alla Cucina Toscana! Starting this Sunday, June 10, guests can enjoy ricotta and buttermilk pancakes, frittata bianca, uova benedicto, due uove fatte a moda tuo (two eggs your way), a variety of hand stretched pizzas, raw bar, paninis and plenty more artisan Italian speci...
Cardinal Critics Review: Gelato & Cioccolato, Authentic Italian Gelato Shop in Cos Cob
This week, Jackson, Connor, and Dylan reviewed Gelato & Cioccolato which is a new gelato parlor located in Cos Cob. The parlor opened on April 7th and has already amassed many customers. Although part owner Lucio Lozza’s new business is young, it is not his first rodeo with regard to Italian gelato. He and his business partner Alessandro Uccelli ow...
Doretta Taverna in Park Square is closed for good
Michael Schlow closed Park Square’s Doretta Taverna and Raw Bar on Tuesday, according to a statement from the noted chef. He’s cooked at the Heritage on the Garden space for 15 years: Before opening the Greek restaurant in 2015, he ran Italian restaurant Via Matta. “After a great run at 79 Park Plaza, located in The Heritage on the Garden, we’re sa...