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Could Downtown Loveland get any better? One local restaurant has proven that it definitely can and all it took was a little bit of authentic Italian cuisine! On Friday, February 5th Rodi Italian, located at 115 Karl Brown Way in the Downtown Historic District of Loveland, hosted a “Favorite People” dinner, in which yours truly was invited, where ow...

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In 2015 I made a small contribution to a crazy, unprecedented and wonderful feat. A group of visionaries managed to bring the great actor Tony Lo Bianco to Rome, where in a historic evening at the Sala Umberto he staged his show "The Little Flower," the story of Fiorello La Guardia, the most beloved mayor by his citizens in the history of New York....

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Buying a new cell phone can be a breeze for the tech-savvy but an exhausting chore for the technologically challenged. Switching from a smartphone to a smarter one proved to be quite an ordeal for my stepmom Susan and me. After three hours of confusing technical gibberish, we walked out with a new phone and a serious appetite. While searching for a...

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Throw a stone in Jersey and you’ll likely hit an Italian restaurant. They’re everywhere —from greasy pizza joints to ritzy, white-tablecloth bistros. And Lyndhurst is noted as a town with one of the highest Italian populations in the country, according to census data. An admittedly dated 2005 report from The New Jersey Italian and Italian American...

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A well-liked Chicago pizzeria is back in action: Called Chicago's Original Pizza, this mom-and-pop recently reopened in Allen, but has been doing this kind of food in Collin County for more than a decade. Chicago's Original started out on Greenville Avenue where it earned a following from deep-dish devotees around DFW, where the Chicago-style pizza...

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At Vincenti Restaurant in Brentwood, they had to make rapid and impactful changes in order to adjust to the Covid-19 new reality. And if, in time of a pandemic, wearing a mask, a face shield, and setting up tables at the right social-distance have been pretty much a no-brainer, some other aspects of ournew-normal life have hit at more deeper level....

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A family-owned Italian restaurant with locations in Shelbyville and Mount Washington is opening a Louisville location this year. Milano Italian Restaurant will open in east Louisville at 11300 Westport Road in late April or early May, owner Jonathan Balderas told The Courier Journal.  Balderas said his Shelbyville landlord, Kris Towery, also owns t...

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The economic shutdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has led to numerous store and restaurant closings across the country. And it's taken its toll on Citrus County small-business owners, many of whom were forced to close in recent months for lack of business. But that’s not the story with La Casa di Norma in Crystal River. The former owners o...

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If Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack were still on tour, their next stop would be Carbone Miami, a brand new restaurant with glam, Gimlets and Sunday gravy. The restaurant opened less than a week ago in South Beach's South of Fifth neighborhood, marking the fourth location founded by Mario Carbone, Jeff Zalaznick, and Rich Torrisi of the Major Food Gr...

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The Mediterranean’s largest island sits amid Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Over the centuries, this strategic position allowed Sicily to become Europe’s melting pot. The Greeks and Romans, and then the Arabs and Normans, all left their footprint, only to be followed by the French, Spanish, and Italians, creating a legacy of art and architect...

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