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...
Twisted Olive to open late this year in Green
By Kathy Antoniotti GREEN: Gervasi Vineyard's newest project, which is expected to open in late 2014, has a new name, logo and official Facebook page. General manager Scot Swaldo, son of owner Ted Swaldo, announced Wednesday that remodeling is well underway for the Twisted Olive Italian American Kitchen, located in Green's Southgate/Boettler Park,...
Hip diner, Italian restaurant to open soon in Ferndale
by Melody Baetens The folks behind the beer-centric restaurant One Eyed Betty's are getting ready to open two new concepts in Ferndale: Pop's for Italian, and the Daily Dinette. Located at 280 W. Nine Mile in the former Buffalo Wild Wings, Pop's for Italian will serve certified Neapolitan pizza and Italian dishes. In the back...
Olive Garden In Chicago Delayed: Italian Chain's First City Restaurant Not Coming Until Next Spring
Carb-loaders of Chicago, we've got some bad news. Though work on the city's first outpost of Olive Garden was initially set to begin over the summer, the project has been delayed, DNAinfo Chicago reports. As a result, Chicagoans will have to wait until at least next spring to enjoy the "ample portions and relaxed ambiance" for which the n...
Arthur Avenue offers classic Italian-American dishes
by Molly Abraham First there was Au Cochon, with its steak frites and zinc-topped bar, and now, right next door in downtown Birmingham comes its sibling, Arthur Avenue, with an Italian direction. Italian-American, that is. Arthur Avenue does not try to pretend that it is presenting refined Italian fare. This is meatball, saus...
Chicago's TOP Italian Restaurants Under One Roof @ Truly Italian!
Curious to what you're going to experience next Wednesday and Thursday? We have an exciting lineupof seminars, cooking classes, and products selected exclusively to you at Truly Italian. Who will be there? Coco Pazzo is bringing Truly Italian their top-rated Tuscan style Italian dishes. John Coletta from Chicago's own Quartino w...
A Slice of Sunny Sicily
by Tom Okal 1900. Ellis Island, New York. A line of immigrants forms. They are weary and wary. They wait. The homes they've left behind are miles away in sunny Southern Italy--Sicily, Abruzzo, Campania, Calabria. They bring their culture. Their work ethic. Their kitchen traditions. They will start their new lives in our Eastern cities. The...
L'Enogastronomia Italiana alla fiera FMI Connect 2016 di Chicago
Dal 20 al 23 giugno l'Agenzia ICE sarà presente a Chicago dove ha organizzat la partecipazione collettiva italiana alla FMI Connect 2016, in collaborazione con le Fiere di Parma, Milano e Verona. Obiettivo della partecipazione è quello di rafforzare il made in Italy negli Stati Uniti ed incrementare ulteriormente le vendite in un'area che rapp...
The Buzz: Parma to open Monday in Grand Chute
Parma is a new locally owned Italian farm-to-table restaurant that makes its debut Monday at 3775 W. College Ave. in Grand Chute. The building it took near U.S. 41 was originally built as an O'Charley's restaurant. Parma's owner, Marc Waltzer, purchased the building last fall. Between the real estate and renovation, he said it was a multim...
