Kids live up to elegant space at Piccolo Italian restaurant in Mayfield Heights: Family-friendly restaurant review
By Laura Johnston Ask my kids their favorite food, and they'll say pasta. Ask again and the answer will change. To pizza. So to celebrate my son's fifth birthday, I wanted to give him a taste of his favorites, upgraded from my boiled-from-a-box go-to pasta dinner, with lunch at a real Italian restaurant. We chose Piccolo, in an...
Get a taste of Little Italy at Santino's, which opens next week
By Lori Fredrich A new Bay View restaurant, Santino's Little Italy, will officially open to the public on Friday, Jan. 20 at 352 E. Stewart St. The cozy Italian restaurant is a collaboration between owners Greg Huber, Santo Galati and Nick Anton, longtime co-owner of La Perla Mexican restaurant in Walker's Point. And it's been a long time com...
Everything Italian at Brick Oven in Midland
The heritage is Italian. The recipes are Italian and even the oven has a rich Italian heritage. Those factors serve as the basic ingredients for a new Italian restaurant in Midland, the Brick Oven, opened by Paul Buffa. “My dad is Italian. His father is Italian, he came from Sicily,” said Buffa. Read more Source: http://w...
Pastificio: Highwood’s Macaroni Factory
by A.J. Goldsmith Every working day Patricia Galli leaves her Buffalo Grove home and heads for Pastificio, where she is the second generation family member to head up the take-home gourmet store specializing in Northern Italian cuisine and pasta. Despite using the Highwood Post Office several times, I had no inkling that Pastificio ex...
Angelo's Prime boutique grocery and restaurant opens in Schererville
A big name in Italian food in the Chicago Southland has opened its first location in Northwest Indiana. Carla Bolin, whose family ran the Angelo's restaurants in the south suburbs for many decades, picked up the family business by opening Angelo's Fresh Markets in Flossmoor and Tinley Park in recent years. Now she's opened her third Italian-th...
Venetian cuisine. Contessa Enrica Rocca at Eataly Chicago
Venetian cuisine. On November 12, Contessa Enrica Rocca will demonstrate the joys of Venetian cooking through the creation of cicchetti, or traditional Venetian canapés, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at La Scuola di Eataly Chicago's "Chef's Kitchen" (43 E Ohio St). Rocca's presentation will not only touch upon the basics of Northern Italian coo...
Angelo’s Fresh Market Opens Angelo’s Prime in Indiana
Carla Bolin, who operates two Angelo's Fresh Markets in the Chicago suburbs, opened a third Italian specialty boutique grocery/restaurant called Angelo's Prime in Schererville, Ind. The market carries "the best of everything," according to a local report, which includes truffle butter, prosciutto, wild caught fish, fresh-baked Turano bread, ol...
Lidia Bastianich talks about new Italian cuisine cookbook
Emmy-award winning TV host, best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur and co-owner of Eataly - the delightful Chef Lidia Bastianich visited again. She talked about her latest cookbook "Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine," which was written with her daughter Tanya. In the book, she gives pointers on using different ingredien...
A Chicago Chef Is Rehabilitating Inmates One Pizza at a Time
by Sarah Freeman "Yes, Chef," a white coat-wearing student says to 62-year-old Bruno Abate when he asks if the water is boiling. He's posed this question to the room rather than one person in particular. The water is indeed ready for fresh pasta, while milk— destined to become fresh ricotta—comes to a boil in another pot. Meanwhile, a mire...
Short Order: Scali Ristorante
There are plenty of restaurants that provide competent service, but few conduct themselves so thoughtfully that profits seem secondary to a genuine desire to maximize your happiness. Restaurants that achieve this become local institutions, with a constant customer base of regulars who know each other as well as the staff. Opened by Frank and Judy S...
Rosebud Announces New Italian Restaurant Replacing Joe Fish in River North
Five months after Rosebud Restaurants closed Joe Fish in River North, the restaurant group announced that they're bringing more rustic Italian comfort food to the space. The replacement will be called Mama's Boy, and it should open by the end of the month at 445 N. Dearborn St., according to a news release. Rosebud's mantra for Mama's Boy...
'Iron Chef' to show off authentic Italian meal at Tippecanoe
By Jeff Harrell So you think you love Italian food here in America? You go into your friendly neighborhood Italian restaurant craving fettuccine Alfredo, or the Chicken Vesuvio. Or when the server offers fresh mozzarella or Parmesan for your linguine with clam sauce, you bury the seafood pasta dish under a mound of cheese. Television's genui...