Serenity now! Italian restaurant SRV brings Venice to the South End
Consider how wrong this could go. You're on a grand avenue in one of Boston's flushest enclaves, eating in a restaurant styled after a working man's bacaro — the hideaway bars that pepper the alleys of Venice — waiting for a stream of cicchetti (bite-size Venetian tapas) as conceived by two New England natives, surrounded by beautiful people i...
Review: ‘Go down, Moses,’ Romeo Castellucci’s Mostly Wordless Story of Abandonment
If theater to you is sustenance, if you are the sort of person who savors the daring and the visionary, then head to New Jersey, where the Italian avant-garde director Romeo Castellucci and his company, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, are offering a thrilling repast at Montclair State University — but only through Sunday. The production, "Go do...
What's in a name when it's misspelled?
By Silvio Laccetti In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to enter New York Harbor. Today across The Narrows entrance to this harbor, stands a monumental bridge named in honor of the Italian explorer. It is the longest suspension bridge in all of the Americas, longer than the Golden Gate Bridge While this bridge should...
Longtime Houston restaurateur Frankie Mandola dies at 68
By Margaret Kadifa Longtime Houston restaurateur Frankie B. Mandola died Friday at age 68 from complications following a heart attack. A member of one of Houston's best-known restaurant families, Mandola helped bring Italian food to the Bayou City during his four-decade career. Mandola, who is of Italian descent, was well-known for o...
Lady Gaga engaged no more: reports
Pop diva Lady Gaga and actor Taylor Kinney have called off their engagement, reports said Tuesday, more than a year after she thought she had found the right match. The singer has in recent days appeared without her engagement ring in photos she posted on Instagram from the resort town of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where she has been voluntee...
The little Piedmont town of Cherasco prepares a fall in the spirit of Savoia’s dynasty
by Augusto Grandi With only 9,000 residents, over 40,000 tourists have spent at least one night in Cherasco: this little town in the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, relies on culture, history and art, as well as on food. Cherasco is preparing to host the exhibition "Nel segno dei Savoia," from September 3 to October 16, which will feature over 70...
Meet the Owners of Bacaro Italian Tavern
By Priscila Korb Meet Thomas Soluri and Joseph Bonacore, the owners of the Bacaro Italian Tavern which recently opened up in Massapequa Park. Patch spoke with the duo about their restaurant, which opened on Park Boulevard last year Is this the first restaurant you ever owned? No. We started with Caraway's back in the '80's a...
Battistoni celebrates 70 years of dolce vita with an LA flagship store
by Chiara Beghelli "When we get to Rome, I'll buy you a jacket in a fantastic place, at Battistoni's," said Jude Law to Matt Damon in "The Talented Mr. Ripley," a film that revels in the dolce vita of Americans in Rome in the 1960s. It's a dolce vita that unspooled not only at the cafè tables of Via Veneto but in the boutiques of Via Cond...
Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York Celebrates 40th Anniversary
2016, a milestone in the history of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York: 40 years of promoting Italian heritage and culture. Four decades ago, a group of educators led by founder/president Comm. Dr. Angelo Gimondo, then Superintendent of Schools, District 30, Queens, had the vision of creating a committee for an annual, week...
Calandra's premier sponsorship goes natural
The Calandra family continues to do what comes naturally to them as they once again are the premier sponsors of the 2016 Caldwell Street Fair to be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2. "It's our 25th anniversary," said 2016 Caldwell Street Fair Sponsorship Chair Tim Blattner. "It's also important to note that this marks the 10th con...
Leominster Cannoli Fest has pastry fans lining up i
Marie Jaimez went to the the city's first Cannoli Festival with the idea of getting one pastry from all eight vendors. But her plan quickly changed Thursday as she waited in line for over an hour for Cape Cod Cannolis, her first vendor of the night. So Jaimez ordered 12 cannolis, knowing she may not even get to the front of the line of the...
The Best Sunday Desserts Are Found at Potito's Italian American Pastries
Those who are looking for that extra something missing in their Sunday nights should be delighted to discover that Potito's Italian American Pastries offers a multitude of desserts to fill that void. After a delicious Sunday dinner after the big game and before a new episode of The Walking Dead, there is always that need for a treat or dessert. Ins...