The 11 best Italian restaurants in Detroit
Tony Soprano once famously said, "I find I have to be the sad clown: laughing on the outside, crying on the inside because I picked a restaurant without reading Thrillist's list of Detroit's 11 best Italian spots." Or something like that. Anyway, here is said list. Prego!* *That means "you're welcome" in Italian, but it's also how you...
The place to go for cheese is Caputo's
A classic "Monty Python's Flying Circus" sketch is set in a most unfortunate cheese shop that is devoid of fermented curds of any kind. Visitors to Caputo's Cheese Market in Lake Forest will not face a similar fate. "We have more than 500 different cheeses," proclaims owner Trina Caputo. There are some from Wisconsin and California, but th...
Area Churches Sponsor 2014 Italy Tour
Two northeast Ohio churches have planned trips to Italy this year, and their respective itineraries are attracting a great deal of interest. Father Paul Rosing, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Stow, Ohio is taking his group north from September 7-21, 2014, weaving his way from Rome to Milan over 15 days and 13 nights. Father Philip Racco,...
Terlato Adds Surging Riondo Prosecco To Portfolio
Terlato Wines has reached a long-term agreement with Italy's Collis-Riondo to become the exclusive U.S. marketer of Riondo Spago Nero Prosecco. The pact gives Terlato one of the most promising brands in the U.S. wine market's hottest category. Riondo, known for its frizzante style that features apple and pear notes, has quickly become one...
18 questions with Top Chef Master Tony Mantuano
Tony Mantuano, the affable James Beard Award winner and Top Chef Master, is a purist at heart when it comes to Italian cuisine. He's been referred to (affectionately, I should add) as "The Godfather," and his Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant, Spiaggia, has been going strong for 30-plus years serving Italian cuisine that's "innovative yet mindful...
The 'Italian pub': A new mashup coming to River North
A new "Italian pub" called Bar Lupo is slated to replace the shuttered Oak & Char in River North this fall. What exactly is an Italian pub, you ask? "It's a neighborhood restaurant where we hope you can go without having to overthink or over plan," says restaurateur Brian O'Connor. "It's a relaxed, fun and engaging Italian restaurant mixed wit...
Eataly Chicago taps Dogfish Head and two Italian breweries to lead beer bar
Details have been scarce about the forthcoming Chicago outpost of Eataly, Mario Batali's sprawling Italian market and restaurant with locations in New York City and Rome, but beer fans will be glad to hear that brewpub planning is underway. Delaware-based brewery Dogfish Head announced that it will continue its partnership with Eataly and will des...
A shopper’s guide to Chicago’s new Eataly
Now that Eataly Chicago has been operating for a couple of weeks, now that lines form daily in front of each of its 23 eateries, it's about time we recognise that Eataly Chicago, at its overstuffed heart, is also a market. A 63,000-square-foot wonderland, importing whole octopus from Spain, making mozzarella twice an hour. But fundamental...
Cavatelli's Italian Kitchen is TD's new neighbor
CANTON Scott and Kim Shapiro, the owners of TD's Tailgate Grill at 2236 Tuscarawas St. W, decided earlier this year to split the sports-themed restaurant in half and add a separate Italian restaurant in the newly created space. I attended a soft opening of Cavatelli's Italian Kitchen shortly before its June 2 opening. Invited to order anything off...
40 Years Later, Mirabell German Goes Italian As Mirabella Opens Today
by Ashok Selvam Mirabell Restaurant's nearly 40-year run evoked a strain of sentimentality in Chicago, as German restaurants have become scarce in the city. Arthuro Aucaquizpi hopes he can continue to channel those decades of good times as he opens Mirabella Italian Cuisine at 4 p.m. today in the historic space on Addison Street. Aucaquizpi will u...
A Trip to Eataly: An Italian Food Lover’s Heaven
A Trip to Eataly: An Italian Food Lover's HeavenIf I could live anywhere, I'd live in Italy. It's warm and friendly, family comes first, and they live to eat and drink. The next best thing? Eataly — Chicago's Italian food megamarket. All things Italian in one city block. I visited recently for the first time, and over the course of four da...
Tasty Tuesdays: Primo’s Italian American Cuisine
by Jonathan Jones It's been a long holiday break that we at Visit Lake County have all been recovering from. However, before your friends at Visit Lake County took some much needed time to rest and relax, we had our company holiday lunch at Primo's Italian American Cuisine in Gurneerun by the Khayat Restaurant Group. Twas a s...