Festa Italiana South San Francisco
The first South San Francisco Festa Italiana 2023 will take place on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at Orange Memorial Park from 11 am to 5 pm. The event will showcase South San Francisco and Italian history and culture. It is a free, fun family event. Attendees will be treated to on-stage entertainment performances and the Italian cultural dance troop...
Via Veneto Brings A Taste of Italy to Santa Monica
Located on Main Street in Santa Monica, Via Veneto offers some of the best Italian dishes in Los Angeles. It’s also the perfect location for a romantic dinner with stone floors, intimate white cloth tables, gorgeous huge chandeliers and dim lighting. Once inside, diners are transported from the hustle and bustle of busy Main Street to a quiet and r...
Peter Jordano shares history of Jordano's foodservice at Montecito Rotary club lunch
One day before the opening of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America National Conference Peter Jordano, CEO of Jordano’s Foodservice Division and a member of a proud Italian American family who opened their local Santa Barbara business 108 years ago, was the special guest speaker at the Montecito Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Music Academy...
Food and Family Are the Bottom Line at Domenico’s Italian Deli
Step through the door of Domenico’s Italian Deli at 1407 Webster Street and you’ll instantly see that this is a multigenerational family business. On the wall to your left, a display of family photos is topped by a handwritten “Family” sign and a snapshot of Dominic “Domenico” Cucchiara and his wife Letizia taken at least 50 years ago at their P&G...
Italian heritage night celebration with soccer legend Giorgio Chiellini
Joe DiMaggio was a first-generation Italian kid, working the shores of Fisherman’s Wharf in Northern San Francisco from dawn to dusk with his four brothers. Due to difficult economic conditions, Joe had to help his fisherman father, but from an early age, his obsession was baseball. It was this passion that marked the career of this Sicilian-born y...
Zoppé an Italian Family Circus in Elk Grove (CA)
Escape back in time with Zoppé - Italian Family Circus. Join us as we present Carnevale di Venezia at the Elk Grove Park (9950 Elk Grove Florin Rd, Elk Grove, CA 95624). Experience 178 years of family tradition happening daily in our home, The Big Top. We invite you to experience a suspension of the modern world for two hours and leave with joy, in...
2024 Maserati MCXtrema First Look: Great Neptune's Racer
Sixty-two Maserati collectors, racetrack-country-club members, and/or wannabe gentleman racers have already flashed their AmEx Black cards, securing every copy of the latest Maserati Corsa track-only model: the 2024 Maserati MCXtrema. We covered the concept based loosely on the Maserati MC20 supercar last year, when it was known only by its codenam...
Authentic Italian Vicini Ristorante and Wine Bar Is Now Open On Pico
A new Italian restaurant, Vicini Ristorante and Wine Bar commemorated its opening on August 16th, featuring a menu of authentic Italian family recipes by local Chef Lucio Bedon, who has worked at prominent restaurants between Los Angeles and Italy for two decades. Bedon’s father worked as a fisherman, and many dishes are inspired by the chef’s fami...
Barbera festival, an Italian classic at Terra d’oro winery set for September
The Amador Vintners Association is proud to announce the return of the Barbera Festival, now in its 10th year, to the historic Terra d’Oro winery September 9, 2023. Festival goers can taste Barbera wines from over 50 wineries across California in this beautiful outdoor setting nestled in the Sierra foothills. Along with the grand tasting, festival...
Che Fico is a restaurant reborn post-pandemic
Che Fico has been a special pizza, pasta and house charcuterie haven in a city that’s silly with the best in the nation in each of those categories. But despite our plethora of world-class pizza and pasta in San Francisco, chef David Nayfeld has a unique take unmatched in SF — or anywhere, for that matter. Yet the style is so very San Francisco. Th...
Celebrating Lamborghini: Concours d’Elegance will feature Italian sports car manufacturer on its 60th anniversary
Picture it. As the story goes, Ferruccio Lamborghini, who had been manufacturing excellent tractors since 1948, had bought a Ferrari about which he made complaints. His response from Enzo Ferrari came across as an insult when he said, “Why don’t you stick to tractors, and I’ll stick to cars.” Apparently Lamborghini replied, “I can do this as well,”...
Leonardo da Vinci Awards 2023 for Early Career Scientists and Scholars in any field
The Leonardo da Vinci Society and the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF) Bay Area Chapter are seeking applications for the Leonardo Award 2023. This award was established in 2019 on the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death to recognize the outstanding contributions of Italian/Italian American early career...