Marco’s Pizza Scores Major Victory at International Pizza Expo
Marco's Pizza, the fastest-growing pizza franchise in the United States, made its debut appearance at the 31st annual International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas from March 23-26 competing in the International Pizza Challenge. Drawing on its quality ingredients, Marco's Pizza took home the silver prize in the traditional division with its Pepperoni Mag...
Glenview entrepreneur to open Italian restaurant in Glencoe
by Daniel I. Dorfman One of the concerns for years regarding downtown Glencoe has been a lack of dining options, but an area businessman is hoping his experience in the restaurant world will change that perception. Glenview entrepreneur Rick Raschillo is planning to open Cibo Trattoria with a focus on upscale Italian food. The new...
Ballaro Bringing Italian Flair to the North Shore in One Month
by Ashok Selvam The wait's almost over for the North Shore as the owners behind Ballaro, a new 112-seat Italian restaurant, hope —pending inspections— that they'll open in three to four weeks in suburban Highwood. The restaurant, an homage to Italy's Ballaró market in Palermo, was conceived by two North Shore friends, Mark Newman and Josh Kaplan,...
Sons of Italy wine tasting to be held next month
Sons of Italy Southeastern Ohio, Lodge 2990, will host a Wine Tasting Event fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 5 p.m. in the Son's of Italy Lodge in the basement of the Redbrick Tavern in Athens at 14 N. Court St. The event is $25 per person and all are invited to attend. Proceeds will benefit the Doug Flutie Autism Association. A Fl...
Wisconsin companies enter cheese names debate
by Ben Krumholz In 1979, Errico Auricchio moved from Italy to the United States to make cheese. 35 years later, his Green Bay area based company, BelGioioso, produces 27 Italian Cheeses. "The biggest one is Parmesan," said Auricchio. Two weeks ago, Auricchio flew to Washington. He told top agriculture officials why he should...
Torani to take part in Coffee Fest Chicag
Torani will debut its Drink Innovation Lab at Coffee Fest Chicago 2015, held from June 5 to 7 at Navy Pier. (www.coffeefest.com) Slated each day of the fest from 9:30 a.m. to noon, the workshop will allow coffeehouse managers and owners to learn about current drink trends and menu development opportunities. The lab will include five "innov...
Buona, The Original Italian Beef, announces its first location in the city
Buona, The Original Italian Beef, has been tantalizing Chicagoland for 35 years with its famous beef sandwich. Locals will understand the euphemism "Chicagoland" means suburbs and those suburbanites, from Berwyn (where the original Buona is situated) to St. Charles have been able to experience the best Italian Beef sandwich in the Midwest. ...
Restaurant Review: Giuseppe’s Ritrovo
by John Marshall Giuseppe's Ritrovo has been a fixture in Bexley for 20 years, and the name "ritrovo"—Italian for "hangout"—is fitting here. Most nights of the week, the place is bustling, and most weekends, it's jammed. Guests come because their friends do, because of the way the family who runs the place treats them and because of the wo...
Who Has Chicago's Best Italian Beef? Reviewers Debate at ItalianBeef.com
David Fowler never gets tired of eating — or talking about — Italian beef. The Gold Coast resident is co-owner of ItalianBeef.com — a website devoted to reviewing and rating restaurants in Chicago and its suburbs that serve Italian beef, sharing recipes featuring Italian beef and selling beef. "People love our site — it's all about Italia...
Marianos new Lakeview digs: much more than a grocery store
By Carole Kuhrt Brewer Mariano's store #38 officially opened in Lakeview yesterday. The grocery chain that has taken Chicago by storm since it opened its first Chicago area location in Arlington Heights only a short six years ago knows what the public wants. Their newest store at 3030 N. Broadway is a combination dining destination and su...
Antico Posto
Walking through the door of Antico Posto on a rainy Wednesday night, we found the place completely packed. Perhaps it was because their weekly Wednesday special is one of the most sought after menu items. Although, after experiencing the scrumptious breadth of their menu, it's entirely possible that it's just always busy. From the wall of...
"Don't be stupid, go open!"
By Vikki Ortiz Healy and Joseph Ruzich Stella Albano's Pizzeria in Cicero reopened Friday, serving up giant pizza puffs, spinach, onion and mushroom pizzas and Italian beef sandwiches the way it has for 25 years, because that's what Giovanni Donancricchia — known as "Pa" to his children who will take turns running the place in his absence — would...