Italian Food is On the Way to Takoma Park
by Missy Frederick A new Italian restaurant is on the way to Takoma Park, with plans to open early next year. The new Trattoria da Lina will have seating for 55 people, according to a media alert from the Old Takoma Business Association. The restaurant is from owner Marcello Minna. It will serve a variety of pasta dishes, plus steaks, fish en...
Local restaurant brings a taste of Italy to Huntington
by Geoffrey Foster Foreign recipes are like the passage of secrets in a game of telephone: every whisper is slightly different from the last and when it returns to the person who started it, the meaning has changed. The recipe changes, too, in small steps—an extra dash of salt here, a tablespoon of oregano there—and before anyone realizes...
Giabella in Palm Coast: An Italian restaurant and pizzeria on a mission
With the racing season over, Motorsports Editor Godwin Kelly was able to steal away with his wife, Diane, to Giabella Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria in Palm Coast, and confront his culinary curiosity. How long has Giabella been open? The restaurant has been open for almost a year and flew under my nose radar for at least six months. I'm afraid I...
Only the Food Is Exotic
by Helene Stapinski When I was growing up in the 1970s in Hudson County, N.J., there was plenty to complain about: toxic waste, political corruption, blighted buildings. The one thing people never knocked was the food. Our mothers made meatballs. Our aunts fashioned pirogi. My father brought home lobster and steaks that "fell off...
7TH Annual Belmar Restaurant Tour Dedicated To Tracie Orsi
Belmar's 7th Annual Restaurant Tour will take place on Sunday, March 8th and this year's tour is dedicated to the life and legacy of Tracie Orsi, the beloved chef/owner of Ragin' Cajun who passed away last month after battling cancer. The restaurant tour runs from 11:30am until 4:30pm. Taste your way through more than thirty restaurants, r...
Buon Appetito: Osteria da Nino Opens in Shirlington Village
by Mary Ann Barton There's a new restaurant in Shirlington that held its soft opening over the weekend: Osteria da Nino. The new Italian restaurant and bar takes the place of The Curious Grape, the longtime Shirlington wine store and restaurant. The restaurant is located at 2900 S. Quincy St. in Shirlington Village. The Curious Gr...
J.P. Mascaro & Sons celebrates 50 years in business
By Gary Puleo Collecting trash will probably never be a glamorous business, but few companies have made it as widely charismatic as J.P. Mascaro & Sons. It wasn't always that way, of course. The multimillion-dollar jobs, impressive headquarters on Audubon Road, acres of prime real estate and the inexhaustible philanthropy the com...
Take a trip to Italy at new Prato Bakery in Jersey City
Prato, a small city in Tuscany just north of the capital of Italy, is home to delicious baked specialties such as the cantucci. This traditional cookie is one of the many treats you could smell baking right here in Jersey City at the newly opened Prato Bakery. Read more Source: http://www.nj.com/
Vetri named as best Italian restaurant in U.S.
by Michael Klein Time Out - the listicle-heavy city entertainment guide - has named two local restaurants to its roster of the 20 best Italian restaurants in the United States. At Number 1 is Vetri, Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin's boutique at 1312 Spruce St. The editors rave: "What can be said about Marc Vetri's hall-of...
School Spirit Tastes Great At Rutherford Ferazzoli's Italian Kitchen
Skip cooking and order some Italian food through Sunday, Oct. 23 and help support Rutherford High School Project Graduation 2017. Ferazzoli's Italian Kitchen in Rutherford is donating 20 percent of all sales to the Class of 2017's graduation nighttime event. The offer is good for anything ordered and includes dine in, take out or delivery...
Al Congresso degli Stati Uniti si discute di vino italiano
Un buon bicchiere di vino non è solo un innegabile piacere, ma anche l'importante tassello di un settore economico che solo negli Stati Uniti produce 1,1 milioni di posti di lavoro e contribuisce con 162 miliardi l'anno all'economia nazionale. Con questi presupposti Mike Thompson, membro del Congresso statunitense, e l'ambasciatore italiano Claudio...
Red Apron in Penn Quarter to open Wednesday with tigelles
by Tim Carman Nathan Anda decided years ago that he wanted the Red Apron in Penn Quarter to focus on tigelles, the flatbread common to the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, where locals slice open the muffin-like rounds and fill them with a lard-heavy pesto. What Anda didn't realize is that he would need those many months of R&D to devel...