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A new Italian restaurant is coming to where Cheesetique now calls home in the Village at Shirlington in Arlington. The restaurant, Corso Italian, is a new concept from the owner of Cheesetique and will feature a modern take on Italy’s classic dishes. The space at 4024 Campbell Avenue will close as Cheesetique on Nov. 22 and reopen as Corso Itali...

Hillsborough couple Joe Trani and Kari LaSpisa will be hosting a grand opening celebration for Cafe Basilico in their hometown on Thursday. The grand opening will be held on Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a ribbon cutting with Mayor Shawn Lipani and Township officials at 10 a.m. at 378 South Branch Road in Hillsborough, NJ. During the celebratio...

When chef Claudio Pirollo was first looking to open a restaurant in the Palisades 15 years ago, his initial instinct was to do Italian. After all, he’d grown up in his Italian parents’ trattoria and market in Belgium. But at the time, the Italian restaurant scene in DC seemed saturated. Instead, the former personal chef to the Irish ambassador ende...

I'm not sure it's even possible to name the best lasagna in a state where Italian food is pretty much the signature food, but one of the most prominent foodie websites in the entire nation has done just that. When you live in New Jersey, there are some foods that are considered sacred, foods like pizza, pork roll, and pretty much any Italian food t...

Local restaurant owners recently unveiled their new Italian pizzeria in Lancaster. The new Pizzeria Luca is owned and operated by Midstate restaurant owners Leeann and Taylor Mason. The couple are also the owners and operators of the well-known Italian kitchen named Luca, which opened its doors at 436 W. James Street, back in 2016. Originally, the...

If you’re looking for an amazing Italian restaurant in Hoboken, we’ve got you covered. Il Tavolo di Palmisano is a go-to for savory meals and signature cocktails and a HG team favorite for dinner with friends and family. Located at 700 Clinton Street, the Hoboken restaurant provides a charming ambiance for all guests + weekly menu specials that wil...

Facci Ristorante, an Italian restaurant with locations in Turf Valley and Maple Lawn, will open a third dining room in Downtown Baltimore. The eatery’s owner signed a lease last week for space on the ground floor of 414 Light, Baltimore’s tallest building. The 44-story skyscraper, positioned across from the Inner Harbor, houses luxury apartment uni...

Owners of a Cumberland County restaurant are expanding with a second establishment. Carmelo and Tasha Ferrante will open Ferrante’s Pizza Italian Restaurant at 205 Pauline Drive in York Township, York County on Oct. 31. The couple also operate Alba Cafe at 4902 Louise Drive at Rossmoyne Business Center in Lower Allen Township.  They will be joined...

Two autumns into its opening within W Hotel Philadelphia, Dolce Italian not only maintains its culinary sense of the spectacular going into fall 2023, they’ve doubled down on ingenuity and taste. From its continually elevated menu of handcrafted pastas, specialty pizzas and complexly flavorful meats and fish fare, to its imaginative desserts and ne...

A popular Philadelphia-based pizzeria is expanding in New Jersey. Santucci’s Original Square Pizza is opening a location in Brigantine. The new spot will be located at 3800 Brigantine Blvd., in the space of a former 7-Eleven store. An opening date for the restaurant has yet to be announced. ”It’s official! We’re excited to announce that Santucci’s...

Alfonso's Family Trattoria & Gourmet Pizzeria has reopened as of Monday after a water pipe burst and flooded the restaurant in July. The restaurant at 99 W Main St. in Somerville posted messages on its social media pages at Alfonso's Somerville announcing the news. "We're so happy to be back come on in!" said the restaurant on Oct. 2. On July 22...

“The kid is good!” For Tommy Coniglio, at the time a 21-year-old “bar singer” at a Wildwood restaurant, the words were like a lightning strike. “The kid is good” had spilled from the lips of Tommy’s musical idol, Philadelphia music royalty, Bobby Rydell. Five years ago, Bobby and his wife, Linda Hoffman, were having dinner at Joey M’s La Piazza Cuc...