Popular New York City Italian Restaurant Taking Over at L’Osteria
L’Osteria, an Italian restaurant that opened to much fanfare in Toms River has closed its doors. Today, a new sign went up in its place. And it’s something you can wave your napkin at. Patrizia’s of Staten Island, known for its fine dining and authentic cuisine is coming to Toms River. Patrizia’s Restaurants is a well-known chain of Italian restaur...
Massimo’s Italian Bakery expands to Cumberland County
The family-owned Massimo’s Italian Bakery recently expanded and opened their third brick-and-mortar location. Massimo’s Italian Bakery is owned and operated by the Rubino family, who moved to the United States from Palermo, Sicily back in 2000. In February 2020, Massimo Rubino opened his family’s first bakery in Mechanicsburg. Today, he and his wif...
From olive oil to ‘House of Gucci,’ this mother-daughter duo is giving Arlington an Italian flair
Julia Franchi Scarselli announced her return home from high school one day calling out to her mom, or mamma, in a thick Italian accent. She had just transferred from a class of 50 kids in a small British private school in Milan to the much larger Washington-Lee High School, now Washington-Liberty. “I remember driving up to the school thinking, ‘Oh...
Popular Italian market changes name, announces 2nd location in Bethlehem
A popular Italian market in upper Bucks County has a new name, and soon it will have a second location in the Lehigh Valley. Giacomo’s Italian Market, which opened in late 2020 at 220 N. West End Blvd in Richland Township, is now known as Mercatino Italiano. The market, in the Trainer’s Corner shopping center, also is planning to open a second loca...
Exploring The Philadelphia 9th Street Italian Market
South Philadelphia's 9th Street Italian Market is America's oldest daily open-air Market and the epitome of eclectic culture and culinary heritage. It's a place where visitors and locals can explore a vast assortment of stores, including butcher shops, bakeries, fruit stands, and kitchen stores - an experience not to be missed! One of Philadelphia'...
Biondi Biscotti to bring food, fellowship to Penn Township in 2nd Italian Festival
Biondi Biscotti will bring Italian food and fun to Penn Township on Saturday. The cafe, located off of Route 130, will celebrate its second year of business at its second annual Italian Festival, featuring food, desserts, music and children’s activities. The event will run from 3 to 7 p.m. Louis Biondi, owner of the Italian cafe, began making and s...
Front Royal’s Osteria Maria: A Symphony of Opera and Italian Cuisine
Nestled amidst the serenity of Skyline Drive, Front Royal’s Italian gem, Osteria Maria, is set to blend the melodies of opera with the allure of authentic Italian gastronomy. On August 31 and September 1st, 2023, as the evening beckons at 5:00 pm, patrons are invited to partake in an unparalleled experience with the acclaimed opera, ‘La Traviata.’...
New vendor brings pizza, pasta and other Italian favorites back to Downtown Allentown Market
Italian specialties have returned to a familiar spot at the Downtown Allentown Market. Pasta & Pies, offering pizza, pasta, calzones and other Italian dishes, opened Tuesday at the 27 N. Seventh St. market. The business fills the space left vacant by Tavola, an artisan pizza and signature pasta concept, which closed in May after 3.5 years. Pasta &...
The Pasta Shop's 'Sweet Corn Ravioli' is a limited-edition, Jersey necessity
Shamrock Shakes, apple cider donuts and first-day-of-spring ice cream; there are some foods we wait all year for. Personally, though, no limited-edition treat keeps me counting down the days quite like The Pasta Shop's "Sweet Corn and Mascarpone Ravioli." And — judging from the cumulative 1,400 likes the dish got on Instagram last year — I know I'm...
Eataly, the Italian marketplace, says it will open in King of Prussia
Eataly, the vast Italian food hall with four dozen locations around the world, announced Thursday that it would open a location at King of Prussia Mall in 2025 — a decade since word began circulating that it was considering the Philadelphia market. In a statement, Eataly said it had signed “a multiyear lease” with mall operator Simon Property Group...
Raritan's Basilico Expands, To Open New Italian Café In Hillsborough
Hillsborough couple Joe Trani and Kari LaSpisa, owners of the Italian restaurant Basilico in Raritan, announced they are expanding and opening a second location. LaSpisa told Patch the second location will be coming to the Kingsbridge Shopping Center located at the corner of S Branch Road and Beekman Lane. The new space will be a brunch and lunc...
Accomplished Philadelphia restaurateurs: Retirement in Italy is our destiny
Joe and Angela Cicala share a dream of buying a small farmhouse in Italy, and moving there after their restaurant (Cicala at the Divine Lorraine, a historic building in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood) can be run from abroad. But they haven’t agreed on where. “I’m very much a beach person,” Joe said. “When I was living in Italy, it was in...