Zetti's offers Italian specialties from classic dishes to twists on favorites
With nearly 30 different flavors of hand-stretch, brick-oven New York style pizza, visitors to Zetti’s will have difficulty picking just one. A popular spot for take-out, Zetti's also has a small dining area. Options range from a classic cheese slice ($2.80) to a variety of specialty slices available daily ($3.92) like the Hawaiian Pizza loaded wit...
Italian wine seeks US renaissance
Italy is the top supplier of wine to the United States but its quality is not yet fully perceived by American consumers. To improve perception and positioning in a highly-competitive market, the Italian government is investing 20 million euros in a three-year campaign, said Maurizio Forte, the Italian Trade Commissioner in the United States. The ca...
Local Grocery Titan Andrew Balducci Dies
Andrew (Andy) Balducci — the man responsible for pioneering a now-popular specialty grocer model in New York — has died at 92. Balducci and his father ran a 24/7 Greenwich Village fruit stand together called Balducci’s, and Balducci is credited with growing that stand into a much larger specialty food store that housed a fishmonger, a cheese displa...
Secreto Southern Kitchen To Replace Fiorello’s Italian Bistro In Brookhaven
Alpharetta's Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar is heading ITP. The "contemporary southern" eatery mid-spring will open its second location in-town, according to a press release Wednesday. Secreto's new outpost will be situated in Brookhaven's Brookleigh Marketplace shopping center, at 3575 Durden Drive, in the former Fiorello’s Italian Bistro space. O...
After 90 years in business, Giuseppe's will open a new location in Irondequoit
The Chinappi family was leaving Seabreeze Amusement Park after a family outing when they found the future standing directly in front of them. Across the parking lot was a vacant restaurant with a big "for sale" sign in front of it. "This is a sign," Marciano "Marcy" Chinappi remembers saying. The retelling may sound a bit like Captain Obvious, but...
The Dying Art of Sicilian Marzipan Is Still Alive in Bensonhurst, at Easter
When I first moved to New York City seven years ago, my mother made me drive to a pasticceria in the East Village—De Robertis on First Avenue—to buy marzipan lambs, the traditional Sicilian Easter treat. On the designated day, my cell phone would ring several times: "The agnelli," she would say, using the Italian word for lambs. "What's going on wi...
Influential ’90s Italian Trattoria Coco Pazzo Returns With a Fast-Casual Bent
Legendary Italian restaurant Coco Pazzo of the ’90s and early aughts is fully back in action — this time in Soho and with a very 2018 fast-casual portion. Storied restaurateur Pino Luongo, who used to run an empire of Italian restaurants in New York, has joined forces with partner Alessandro Bandini to open the new location at 160 Prince St., at th...
Visit This Ardsley Italian Eatery For Heart-and-Soul Hospitality
Consistently well prepared food, a comfortable ambience, and on-point service are all essential characteristics of a successful restaurant. There’s another element, however, that is just as important, but many restaurants neglect either out of ignorance or inability. Call it the “heart and soul” factor but it’s the person (or people) that gives t...
Bronx’s Little Italy shines with fresh cheese, baked goods, pizza and more
Worth a trip from anywhere in the city, the Arthur Ave. area of the Bronx is less than a mile from the B train stop at 182nd-183rd Sts. There are dozens of worthwhile restaurants and shops in this Little Italy, a part of the neighborhood called Belmont. These three are a great starting point. You can buy dried pasta, cured olives and countless oth...
Italian American Club Shares the Wine!
The Mahopac Italian American Club held its fourth annual Wine Tasting Festival and Competition at its clubhouse on Buckshollow Road on Sunday. Nineteen of the club's members entered their homemade wines in the tasting competition. Awards were given to the third, second and first place (Mastro del Vino) finishers, as well as a People's Choice Award...
Italian breads & cookies by the thousands at Rosemarie Bakery on Staten Island
Unassuming and seemingly quiet from its facade, Rosemarie Bakery might surprise bread and cookie consumers of the borough. This bustling behind-closed-doors Port Richmond operation turns out Kaiser rolls, artisan Italian loaves, three-footers, heroes and cookies -- by the thousands. To grasp the scale here, 50,000 pounds of flour is pumped from a t...
Growing expectations for the Gala Italia
Expectations continue to grow for the 33rd edition of the GALA ITALIA that will be held on March 26th in the Ballroom of one of the most prestigious hotels in Manhattan, under the patronage of the Italian Ambassador to Washington and with the participation of some of the most prestigious Italian winemakers. This edition of the GALA ITALIA, which wi...