Somerville Rita's Italian Ice Is Moving
by Alexis Tarrazi The Somerville location of Rita's Italian Ice is moving from its current location. Rita's will be moving from 54 W Main Street up the street to 84 West Main Street (next to Yutaka Hibachi Steakhouse), the eatery announced on Facebook. More updates on the move and the grand opening to be released later....
When In Rome brings the handmade taste of Italy to Virginia Beach
A few summers ago my wife and I attended a cooking class where the subject was making fresh pasta. It turned out to be a pleasurable evening thanks to a copious flow of wine and the shared camaraderie of the eight or so attendees, who were treated to a delicious meal crafted by their own hands. For some time afterward, we would spend weeke...
Mezza Luna: Italian Cuisine for the Whole Family
Buon Appetito! Stop by Mezza Luna in Branchville and enjoy a fine Italian lunch or dinner in an eatery with a casually elegant, charming atmosphere. This restaurant will likely become one of your favorite restaurants when you are in the area. Plan to have a relaxing meal. Open for about a year, Mezza Luna is owned and operated by Vinnie Vrenez...
Lidia across America
By Ellen Gray Lidia Bastianich knows how to party. In "Freedom and Independence," the latest installment of "Lidia Celebrates America," the chef, cookbook author and longtime PBS host brings viewers along for a trip that takes her from a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to the marking of Juneteenth - also kn...
Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen to open here
A Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen will open in August in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre food court. The new restaurant will serve crispy Neapolitan, thick Sicilian and stuffed-style pizza, as well as homemade pasta, authentic Italian entrées, salads and specialty items. Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen is one of five fast-casual restaurant bran...
Gusto Italian Grill Coming To Empty Bethesda Space
A fast casual Italian eatery is coming to the vacant restaurant space at 4733 Elm Street near Bethesda Row. Property owner Lenny Greenberg confirmed the new tenant, which recently launched a website announcing the concept. Blogger Robert Dyer first reported the news. Read more Source: http://www.bethesdanow.com &nbs...
Dolci Gelati Coming to Old Town Alexandria
A new gelato shop is likely coming soon to 107 N. Fairfax St. in Old Town Alexandria, according to papers filed with the City Planning Commission. This will be the first Virginia location for Dolci Gelati, which already has shops in D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood and in Takoma Park, Md. In addition to its two locations, the company also has a food t...
First Taste: Sal’s Italian Kitchen
Ask a restaurateur opening a cozy corner restaurant and he'll tell you his aspirations are to be a neighborhood place. But these are often just buzzwords. To experience a textbook example, visit Sal's Italian Kitchen in Cabin John where keeping things neighborly comes easily. It's easy for guests to push tables together when neighbors and...
Dal Grano review: The fresh new face of pasta in McLean
Ana Gomez, the woman working the pasta extruder at Dal Grano in McLean, has a relaxed air about her as the machine squeezes out pale-yellow ropes of bucatini. She glides a flat tool across the extruder's bronze die to free the hollowed-out strands, so she can build a small nest with them on a baking sheet. By the time Gomez sprinkles sem...
Girasole review: Good Italian in hunt country
Girasole is the friend you haven't seen in forever but know you can count on even after a long absence (six years, in my case). The same things I appreciated about the two-story, family-run hunt country retreat back then are the details I applaud now: pastas made in-house, neighborly service and a main dining room that pulls the outdoors in with th...
Italy’s Most Celebrated Pasta Company Cooking Up Premium Pasta For 120 Years In US
Fall offers a bounty of colorful fruits and vegetables that are delicious and packed with nutritional benefits. This is the best time of year to enjoy a variety of healthful produce such as orange winter squash, yellow pepper, Brussels sprouts, okra and turnips, among others. They are especially delicious when part of a pasta dish, offering an exc...
New Italian Restaurant Comes to Hoboken's Sinatra Park
by Eric Kiefer Blue Eyes, a new Italian eatery at the Sinatra Park café in Hoboken, will celebrate its soft opening this Friday, April 17, with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. The restaurant will begin serving customers on Sunday, April 19. According to a release, Blue Eyes will feature a wood-burning oven which can prepa...