Ggiata Delicatessen Is Bringing New Jersey-style Italian Deli Sandwiches To Highland Park in LA
Ggiata Delicatessen has been making headlines and winning hearts (and stomachs) since they opened their first store in Melrose Hill back in 2021. Their New Jersey-style Italian American sandwiches have become local favorites almost immediately. And now they’re opening their 4th location in Highland Park, and this new store is the first location to...
Two Italian Brothers Just Opened a Soulful Calabrian Restaurant in Los Feliz
Los Angeles’s booming Italian restaurant scene is something of a chicken-and-egg situation. Whether it’s Angelenos’ tremendous appetite for pasta fueling the proliferation of Italian restaurants or an abundance of Italian restaurants that inspire the craving, there’s no denying that Italian food has flourished around town. The latest newcomer to jo...
Eataly Partners With Concorso Italiano for the 2024 Season of Monterey Car Week
Eataly, the global Italian marketplace and retail concept, is proud to announce its partnership with Concorso Italiano for the 2024 season of Monterey Car Week. As the preeminent lifestyle event for enthusiasts of Italian motors, Concorso Italiano will take place at the Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside, California. With a picturesque se...
What to know as D’ Cerboni’s Ciao House opens in Apple Valley: Dining Around
When acclaimed Apple Valley restaurant Di Napoli’s Firehouse closed recently, many patrons found themselves in a predicament. Where could they find the same wonderful food, service and atmosphere? Gailen Waggoner, a regular reader of this column, and his wife, Sharon, were Di Napoli’s regulars. When they learned that a new family-owned Italian rest...
LA’s Newest Italian Restaurant Is a Charming Ode to Rome
The latest project from the 35-year-old Toscana Restaurant Group is a charming ode to Roman cuisine called All Roads. Opening Friday, July 26, at 145 South Barrington Avenue in Brentwood, All Roads serves traditional Roman pinsas in a wine bar setting with an attached bottle shop. Toscana Restaurant Group’s collection of Italian restaurants include...
Slice House by Tony Gemignani to Take Over San Diego Soon
Slice House by Tony Gemignani, a dynamic pizzeria concept led by a 13-time world pizza champion, is getting ready to open several new locations in San Diego, starting with a site in Little Italy at 2100 Kettner Blvd #1400. The company will make its area debut on the ground floor of 2100 Kettner, a six-story mixed-use development in the heart of Lit...
Ambrogio by Acquerello, an Italian fusion restaurant in La Jolla, recognized in Michelin Guide
Ambrogio by Acquerello, an Italian restaurant in La Jolla, is among 13 California establishments joining the Michelin Guide in July, according to a press release. Michelin says all 13 restaurants have earned the guide's "recommended" designation and are eligible for the Star or Bib Gourmand awards, which will be announced during an Aug. 5 ceremony...
Eating at Hollywood's da Barbara Is Like Sunday Dinner at Nonna's, Only Way Fancier
When approaching Chef Barbara Pollastrini's namesake newish Hollywood restaurant, it's a little like being invited to a speakeasy in New York City's Soho. Her homey eatery is hidden behind a wall of glass on the first floor of a towering behemoth at Fountain Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard. Press a doorbell and Barbara personally greets her guests in...
Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi Too! is back – just under a different name
A 65-year-old Italian favorite is back in Mountain View. Giorgio’s Italian Grill & Pizzeria, formerly Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi Too!, opened its doors on June 19 after a three-year renovation that transformed the historic restaurant into a three-story, mixed-use building. “It’s not Frankie and Johnnie’s name, but it’s the same – same family, sam...
Francis Ford Coppola Winery Is Giving Away a Pizza Lover's Dream Trip to Italy — Here's How to Win
Love pizza? Love Wine? Dreaming of a trip to Italy? Then this cooking competition may be your thing. Just as you start feeling the FOMO of everyone and their friends and family and everyone in between posting pics of their summertime jaunts to Italy, you can try and turn that Italian vacation envy into a legit trip. Francis Ford Coppola Winery just...
Italfoods specialty food show brings true connections and new opportunities for the industry across California
Food extravaganza and Italian industry excellence were back in San Francisco, this time in a new location and with a different host. After the Fancy Food Shows moved from California to Las Vegas, the city by the bay has been left with little to no events showcasing the best of international foods, resulting in fewer opportunities for producers and...
Amalfi Cucina Italiana Expanding to Oceanside
Amalfi Cucina Italiana, a local Italian eatery in San Marcos and Carmel Valley, is preparing to open a new location in Oceanside at 221 North Cleveland Ave. The company’s third location is set to move into the former home of Orfila Vineyards Tasting Room & Kitchen, which was purchased earlier this year by the daughter of the co-founder and presiden...