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Piada Italian Street Food in Bexley provides a one-of-a-kind culinary adventure that seamlessly combines authentic Italian flavors with a contemporary, urban flair. This innovative restaurant concept comes from the team behind Bravo! Restaurants, demonstrating their knack for taking a great idea and bringing it to a whole new level. Let's take a cl...

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“The Brilliance of Caravaggio: Four Paintings in Focus” opens this weekend at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Canaday Gallery. The public opening will occur Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. in the Libbey Court with music provided by yhe BGSU Early Music Ensemble directed by Arne Spohr and Caroline Chin. Admission: $10 per visitor; free for Toledo Museum of A...

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My husband, Doug, and I have participated in multiple pilgrimages to Europe with Father Daniel Dury (aka “Padre”), pastor at Sunbury St. John Neumann Church and previous pastor at Columbus St. Catharine Church.  Our most recent trip, in early September 2023, was to Italy. This pilgrimage was planned by Father Dury and a private tour operator/manage...

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Columbus-born celebrity chef Guy Fieri, who already is planning a two-day food festival in his hometown this June, also will open an Italian restaurant this spring at Eldorado Scioto Downs. "The first meal I ever had was in Columbus…I was born here!” Fieri said in a news release this morning from Scioto Downs.  “So, it’s a true homecoming to bring...

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A little more than two months after announcing the project, Geraci's is ready to open the doors to its latest venture: a full-service Italian restaurant in the heart of Willoughby. The home-grown pizzeria had been testing the waters, so to speak, with a slice shop in the same area, which debuted at The Yard on 3rd in 2022 and enjoyed two seasons th...

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Fans of the recently closed Dear on Hyde Park square have something to rejoice about: Turns out the closing earlier this year was simply a rebrand. Happily, the space hasn’t changed much. It still has the vaulted ceilings as well as the actual bank vault turned private dining room (this was a bank before Teller’s, Dear, and Al-Posto). The front doo...

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A specialist in the hardest stroke in swimming, Ann Carozza was a champion in and out of the pool during her college career. After shining as an NCAA Division II star swimmer, Ann Carozza this month will attend the NCAA Convention as one of the Top 30 semifinalists for the Woman of the Year Award. The 23-year-old graduated in May from West Chester...

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Steve Flacco has seen his son be a first-round draft pick, then go play in three AFC Championship Games, then win a Super Bowl and be named the MVP of the game and ultimately become the highest-paid player in NFL history. Thursday night, seated in luxury field seats at Cleveland Browns Stadium, the elder Flacco saw his son lift the former rival Bro...

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Fortunate is the pizza lover who lives in Tuscarawas County. For decades, area residents have had ready access to some of the best pizza around, thanks to the Italian immigrants who came here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bringing with them recipes from their home country. Paul and Mary Penso opened the first pizza shop in Tuscarawas C...

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The Italian Bowl is headed back to Toledo. The championship game for the Italian Federation of American Football -- which was played in Toledo in July of this year -- will be back, organizers have announced.  American fans enjoyed last summer's mini Italian invasion when the Parma Panthers beat defending champs Firenze Guelfi in what marked the...

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