Legendary maitre d’ Frank Sgro retires
Frank Sgro, the legendary maître d’ at The Italian Village, will be retiring March 1 after 56 years spent working at the iconic restaurant. Sgro was only 16 years old in 1959 when he started working as a bus boy, working his way up to waiter and captain before earning the maître d’ position. With the exception of a stint in the Army from 1...
Chicago Restaurant Favorite Pane Caldo Announces Reopening
Local favorite Pane Caldo, an Italian restaurant in downtown Chicago, proudly announces a reopening after shuttering its doors for two years. Returning to business as of January 15 of this year, it was always the family's intention to bring the restaurant back again in a big way and with their new location Chestnut Street location they've accomplis...
Cantoro Italian Market to Open Before Christmas in Northville
Cantoro Italian Market was last expected to open in Northville Township at the end of October. The new goal for its opening: mid-December. "We're shooting to open before the 15th of the December," said John Fallone, co-owner of Cantoro Italian Market, which is currently open in Livonia and will open in Northville Township at 15550 Haggerty Road.Th...
Dinner with Dario Cecchini & rpm steak in Chicago
May 2, 2015 - Saturday 7:00 PM - 10:00 PMRPM Steak - 66 West Kinzie Street - Chicago, Illinois 60664Join RPM Steak and Chef/Partner Doug Psaltis as they host world-renowned, eighth-generation Italian butcher Dario Cecchini for an evening of chef demonstrations, Tuscan wine and fine dining. Bringing along his cooks and own ar...
The Gage & Gemini Bistro Owners Bringing Southern Italian to Southport
At a rare Tuesday morning press conference, Billy Lawless (The Gage, Acanto) and Ryan O'Donnell (Gemini Bistro) unveiled their Lakeview plans that first surfaced in 2015. They're opening a southern Italian restaurant this summer called Coda Di Volpe over at 3335 N. Southport Ave. There's also a third partner, chef Chris Thompson, who they...
Fast-casual Italian concept opens in Woodbury
A fast-casual Italian chain Piada Italian Street Food has opened in Woodbury. It's located in CityPlace, the mixed-use project that replaced the former State Farm Insurance campus. It's close to the Tamarack Village shopping center and will be open seven days a week from 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. Columbus, Ohio-based Piada entered the Twi...
Pomodoro restaurant open; insurance exchange still mostly not
Pomodoro Italian restaurant is open in the one-time Black & Tan building at 101 Ft. Howard Ave., De Pere. Restaurant owners Jerry and Mia Clearwater have extensive experience operating Italian restaurants in New York, Maine, Tennessee, North Carolina and Wisconsin. Their last restaurant was in Reedsburg. Jerry Clearwater is Italian an...
Dine at Sergio’s Cucina Italiana in Itasca for authentic Italian cuisine
by Connie Reed One of the first noticeable signs that Sergio's Cucina Italiana in Itasca, Illinois, is authentically Italian is the lack of the strong garlic pungency that smacks you in the face when you walk into so many Italian restaurants. Sergio Abate, owner and self-proclaimed "top problem solver" confirmed that in his restaurant garl...
75-year-old Racine restaurant Totero's closing in June
The last day in business for Totero's, a 75-year-old Italian restaurant in Racine, will be June 26. The Italian-American restaurant, still in the century-old building at 2343 Mead St. where Achille Totero founded it, now is operated by the third generation: his grandchildren Albert Totero and Albert's sister, Angela Totero. Albert Totero...
Moretti’s Restaurant looks to open new location in Morton Grove
By Igor Studenkov The village of Morton Grove Board of Trustees will soon decide whether to give tax incentives to Moretti's Ristorante & Pizzeria, which is looking to open a location at a long-vacant lot a few blocks from village's Metra station. The restaurant would be located on a village-owned lot within the Lehigh/Ferris...
Brothers' business is based in their Italian roots
Growing up in Sicily, Peter Scardina learned the art of Italian sausage. While raising his family in Riverwest, he continued those childhood food traditions. Eventually, he taught his sons his recipes, and his sausage and spiedini have become the base for the family business. Four years ago, Maria and Peter Scardina opened Scardina Special...
Italian-American chef promises authentic cuisine in Tremont
One of Northeast Ohio's top restaurateurs is about to get even busier. A recent trip to Italy has inspired Chef Dante Boccuzzi to open his fifth restaurant, bringing the traditional dishes of Florence, Siena, and Pisa to the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland. In today's Quick Bite WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports on Boccuzzi's tribute to his...