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In northern Italy, along Lake Como, you’ll find Mandello del Lario, a city famous for manufacturing Moto Guzzi motorcycles since 1921 and less famous for some of the more interesting restaurants in the region. There, in the La Pizzeria-Trattoria Rosalba I had my first brush with handfuls of sage in Italian cooking and the enormous influence herbs l...

There are so many great restaurants in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood – I’m certainly making an effort to try them all. I love dining in this fun and happening part of town and so far, I’ve been impressed with almost every single place I’ve tried. One spot that’s especially worthwhile in this part of town is Dio Mio Handmade Pasta on Larimer. This coun...

Have you ever tried fresh pasta? No, I mean fresh pasta – the kind made in-house by the loving hands of a chef and/or someone’s nonna. If not, well, we’re in luck – I found a spot serving up what might be the most delicious, freshest pasta in South Dakota, and you’ll find it in Rapid City in an unassuming little restaurant that might otherwise be a...

When it comes to pasta, you’ve got your basic red sauce joints, and you’ll find plenty of those in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with indulging in a little Italian-American comfort food. But there are other places that take the entire pasta experience – red sauce included – and elevate it to a level of cuisine that...

Looking onto the Sandhills prairie of Nebraska, Casa Bovina has fused Italian fine dining with heartland heritage since opening in 2020. Located on the outskirts of Lincoln, the restaurant offers ranch-to-table, northwestern Italian cuisine alongside a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence–winning wine list that features Barolos, Barbarescos and more...

There is just something different about fresh pasta. Some of us were lucky enough to have childhood memories of rolling out noodles with grandma at the kitchen counter, while others discovered this hidden gem of Italian cuisine when they paid a visit to an Italian market. But it’s not always easy to find on a restaurant menu – and this goes double...

Frequent customers of the downtown Steamboat Deli & Outlet say the eatery is more than just a spot to grab a quick sandwich, it’s an authentic Chicago deli experience with a unique Italian twist. That acclaim, they say, stems who's behind the menu: a trained Chicago chef who does her food research and knows how to make authentic Italian cuisine tha...

Named after the northeastern Italian mountain range, Dolomiti Pizzeria & Enoteca (1105 N 13th St.) is located in the heart of Omaha's historic Millwork Commons neighborhood."We're really happy to be part of the Millwork neighborhood; it's really developing quickly," said Tim Maides, Dolomiti co-owner. "The tenants here are all very similar, they we...

Gia, a new Italian restaurant nestled into the former Cavé Vin space in Minneapolis’s Armatage neighborhood, opened this week on February 6. Chefs Jo Seddon and Lisa Wengler, both alums of Gavin Kaysen’s Wayzata restaurant Bellecour, have run Gia as a pop-up over the past three-and-a-half years — now they’ve found a permanent home for their fresh,...

The team behind Noto Italian Restaurant will open Bacaro, a Venetian cicchetti bar, in early March. Bacaro will be located in the same building as Noto at 5105 Westwood Drive in St. Peters. The restaurant borrows its name from the Venetian taverns where patrons sip on wine or aperitifs accompanied by cicchetti, which are essentially Venetian-style...

Have you ever taken a bite of a sprig of parsley that you’ve picked straight from the garden? Every bite is so flavorful and so much stronger than the parsley we find sitting in the grocery store. That freshness makes all the difference. If you’re all about fresh food and flavors, plan a meal at Gilardi’s, an authentic Italian eatery that serves so...

Is there any location in St. Louis where an Italian restaurant can’t sprout? Riccardo’s on Broadway pushes the limits of the possible nearly to the Mississippi River. A sequel to Ricardo’s Italian Cafe, which closed in 2015 after 26 years in Lafayette Square, the new Riccardo’s opened last July in the industrial Near North Riverfront neighborhood n...