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...
An authentic taste of Italy in Cali, north of the city
A restaurant in the Santa Monica residential neighborhood that imports ingredients and infrastructure from Europe to give its diners the best experience of Italian gastronomy. Italian food is renowned the world over for its fusion of flavours, the land of pizza, Neapolitan sauce and spaghetti mesmerizing locals and strangers alike with its culinary...
Fresh, hard-to-find pasta will star at new downtown S.F. restaurant
San Francisco is getting a new hotel restaurant inspired by seafood-filled summers on the Italian Riviera. Corzetti, named for a thin, coin-shaped pasta born on the Ligurian coast, will open in August inside the Hotel G at 386 Geary St. in Union Square. It will be the first hotel restaurant from Back of the House, a restaurant group that operates 3...
Southern Italian Restaurant Limoncello Coming to La Mesa
Life’s lemons are best when serving as inspiration for a 2,000-square-foot Amalfi Coast, art deco-themed restaurant plopped in the middle of La Mesa. You know the owner Alberto Morreale for his fleet of San Diego properties (The Seventh House, Smokey & The Brisket, Farmers Bottega, Farmer’s Table), now he’s gearing up to open his first Italian join...
IAMLA's Taste of Italy returns to Downtown Los Angeles
Taste of Italy, Southern California’s Premiere Italian Food and Wine Event, returns to downtown Los Angeles on September 23rd. The event offers the best in food, wine, music and Italian culture and benefitts the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles with is a 501(c) 3 charitable organizationThis year’s event will feature celebrity guest host, Mari...
Sogno Toscano Is Ready To Open Its First West Coast Cafe and Marketplace
On Thursday, July 27th, Italian delicacy distributor Sogno Toscano is set to make its West Coast debut as it opens the doors to its boutique high-end cafe and marketplace in Santa Monica on Montana Avenue. Founded in 2007 by childhood best friends Pietro Brembilla and Brian Persico, Sogno Toscano has a fascinating origin story. Hailing from a tiny...
Sneak Peek at New Cavalletta
We’ve been waiting for months to spill the beans on an exciting new restaurant that’s about to open in Aptos. Cavalletta is the second restaurant for chef Nick Sherman, who also owns Trestles in Capitola. It will serve California-style seasonal Italian cuisine and wood-fired pizzas in the building that used to be Malik Williams on Soquel Drive. She...
Italian Family Festa 2023: History Park, San Jose
Saturday, Aug 5, 2023 at 11:00 AM - History Park, 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA. "Join us for authentic Italian food, drink and entertainment! "Come hungry... featured foods include pizza, spaghetti and meatballs and cannoli. "There is also wine tasting, grape stomping and pizza tossing! "There are so many savory and sweet options to satisfy every...
Ciccio Reopens in Napa Valley Under Meadowood Chef
After opening in Yountville in 2012, Ciccio became a favorite among Napa Valley locals and visitors as a convivial gathering place for comforting Italian food and great Negronis. But, like many other restaurants, the beloved spot struggled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually shuttered in 2022. It sat empty for nearly 18 months before chef C...
Chris Bianco Is Now Slinging Focaccia Sandwiches and Pizza Slices at the Row
Celebrated pizza chef Chris Bianco’s budding Los Angeles expansion looks more complete with Pane Bianco, a standalone New York-style slice and sandwich spot, which opened on June 13 just steps away from his Pizzeria Bianco in Downtown’s Row. Bianco’s first foray into LA back in 2017 was a little confusing, to say the least, with no official pizza s...