Peppino's wins food and beverage contract for NYS Fair's new Expo Center
Peppino's Restaurant and Catering Group has won the contract to be the sole provider of food and beverage inside the new expo center at the New York State Fairgrounds. But don't expect Peppino's award-winning pizza during this first fair. "We didn't have enough time to get our oven in there," owner John Vigliotti said. The state's Department of Agr...
Meatball Street Brawl III ready to roll Sept. 9
Fans are ready and the date has been circled on calendars across the region. After months of preparation, the competition gets real on Sunday, Sept. 9. That's the day area restaurants will take to the streets for Meatball Street Brawl III, the third annual rendition of Buffalo's tastiest food competition. Hosted and organized by Osteria 166, the It...
A Mano, an Italian restaurant where pasta and pastrami will be handmade
At A Mano, a new Italian restaurant opening in the Icon Tower this fall, the salumi and pasta will be made in-house. So will the pastrami and corned beef. A Mano Kitchen & Bar aims to offer modern American food with Italian soul, says co-owner Anthony Fiacchi. That means most of the dinner menu, from meatballs to roman artichokes to pear-and-gorgon...
Mahopac Deli Awarded NYS Business of the Month
It's been said that the Bucci brothers, Michael and Thomas, were "born to slice." Ask their father and partner, John, and he'll say the brothers were "bread" to run the finest authentic Italian delicatessen and buffet catering service in the Hudson Valley. Bucci Brothers Deli in Mahopac has been satisfying discerning palates in the Hudson Valley fo...
Kobrand Corporation Announces Seventh Annual Tour d’Italia
Kobrand Corporation, a leading wine and spirits importer of a distinguished portfolio of hand-selected brands from around the world, will host the seventh annual “Kobrand Tour d’Italia.” The four-city tour presents the world’s most iconic Italian wine brands and principals. Trade and consumer tastings held in each city will explore the elite Italia...
Puglia's Italian Steakhouse to open in Seaford
Puglia's Italian Steakhouse is set to open on Aug. 21 in Seaford. The restaurant, from the family that owns the landmark Puglia in Manhattan's Little Italy (established in 1919) and the departed Puglia's Garden City Cafe, will move into the former address of Il Felice. Owner Greg Garofalo, who also owns Lobster Shack in Seaford, said the new restau...
L'Arte Del Gelato Opens 3 Summer Pop-Ups In Lower Manhattan
New Yorkers can beat the heat this summer with sweet treats from three new gelato pop-ups in Lower Manhattan. Chelsea-based L'Arte del Gelato has expanded its artisanal gelato operation to three new neighborhoods at Tribeca's Whole Foods, the Oculus in the Financial District and at the Bowery Market on the outskirts of the East Village, according t...
Nonna Beppa brings fresh pasta and more to SoHo
Looking to chow down on some fresh pasta? A new addition to 290 Hudson St., called Nonna Beppa, has you covered. The project of chef Giancarlo "Wendy" Cacciatori, it specializes in the cuisine of Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, where his family has several restaurants, as Just Opened New York reports. From the menu, diners can try the house specialt...
Bronx native ties as ‘Food Network Star'
A Bronx native recently cooked up a tie on “Food Network Star.” Christian Petroni made Food Network history this season, co-winning the show with another contestant. “Growing up in the Bronx, hanging out in Brooklyn my whole life – to be able to be on the stage that I was on, to talk about that and bring light to this beautiful, beautiful area down...
This is the most expensive balsamic vinegar in America — here's why
A 750-ml bottle of Screaming Eagle Second Flight Cabernet Franc Merlot out of Napa Valley, which has about four to five pours, is one of the most expensive wines at $706— but there is a balsamic that costs more. Il Buco Alimentari in New York City — which opened in 2012 and serves as a sister restaurant and market to the famed Il Buco — sells the m...
At 99 Brick Oven, dining halfway between urban and country
The server at 99 Brick Oven Bar & Grille wasn't sworn in as a witness, but her words could have been introduced as evidence in the case of the People of Western New York vs. Boring Food. Every time I ordered a Neapolitan-style pizza at the Lancaster restaurant, she asked: with fresh garlic? Yes, I repeated. Why, at a restaurant with so much Italian...
Beat the Heat with this Ancient Sicilian Drink
On hot summer days, here in New York City, you will often see, at a stoplight in one of the neighborhoods where the traffic gets thick and slow, or in one of the places where the hapless pods of tourists find themselves most exposed to the sun’s pitiless rays, a young man or woman equipped with a blue Igloo ice chest and a lot of lungpower, pulsing...