By Tony and Sarah Nasello We normally begin a new year with a super-healthy dish, but after nearly a week of battling post-Christmas stomach and cold flus, all our little family wanted was some comfort to ring in the New Year. Thank goodness for Giovanni's Comforting Pasta Bolognese. Our 12-year-old son, Giovanni (or Gio), created this re...
By Jim Holland Running a successful restaurant, Michelle Peregrine believes, is like planning a party at your house every day. "It's a lot of details," said Peregrine, who knows quite well about pulling off such festive events as owner and manager of Botticelli's Ristorante Italiano in downtown Rapid City for the past 16 years. "If you c...
By Karla Walsh On a recent Wednesday, stuff on one of the coldest nights of the year, I scurried into Cosi Cucina for my second visit to the Italian Clive restaurant. From the warm greeting at the door and the bright wood-fired grill behind the bar, to the crackling fireplace and the promptly-delivered fresh rolls, I wanted to suggest to our frien...
There was a time in the not so distant past when Metro Hospital at M-6 and Byron Center Avenue in Wyoming stood out in a sea of underdeveloped land. Now, upon exiting M-6 into Byron Center Avenue, one is welcomed by a promising stretch of development dotted with retail stores, fast food chains and businesses. The developer's dream around M...
by Mecca Bos One begins to wonder if the curse of Figlio is real. Back in 2009, Uptown's beloved eating and drinking anchor was gutted like a still-living fish for no very good reason at all. Sure, it needed an update after 25 years in business. But as with outdated mall bangs, Figlio should have just gotten a quick trim — and instead it got...
By Mary Ann Redeker Eddy Kaquerelli is ready to bring some Italian flair to Emporia's restaurant scene. Bellissimo Italian Ristorante, managed by Kaqurelli, is open 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sunday - Thursday and 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The new eatery is located at 1408 Industrial Road. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Wednesday mo...
By Ashley Dean Condolences to City Park West and nearby residents on the loss of Il Posto. I know it hurts to lose your local spot for upscale Italian food — I'm right there with you. But its new location in River North is awfully nice. 26th and Larimer looks... different. Yes, it's very Nu Denver. But Il Posto has been faithful...
Takeout was a really bad idea. With the car smelling like a pot of simmering red sauce, driving from West Duluth to downtown with lasagna and a luscious porchetta sandwich sitting next to me was exquisitely painful. If I wasn’t on the interstate, I would have pulled over and tore into that lasagna in a most unlady-like way. ...
By: Robin Intemann Popular neighborhood pizza joints are as common in places like New York City or Chicago as 24-hour public transportation, yet even Manitou Springs has its own local favorite in Savelli's Pizza, Pasta, Subs. Much remains unchanged since the locally-owned pizzeria opened in 1998. The smiling faces that greet and serve are new...
by Josie Sexton A former Rio Grande and The Kitchen employee plans to open his first restaurant concept just south of Old Town Fort Collins on Feb. 16. Nick's Homestyle will transform the closed Number 1 Chinese Super Buffet at 1100 S. College Ave. into a family-style, Italian-American restaurant. New business owner Nick Doyl...
by Chad Lawhorn For some of us, our experience with Italian food doesn't go much beyond spaghetti, all-you-can-eat breadsticks and a carb-induced nap that usually ends with the waiter waking you up to tell you more breadsticks have arrived. But that's not the only type of Italian food that is popular. Lawrence is going to get a taste of an...
When Jason Mueller opened an Italian restaurant in Morris eight years ago, he was chided for thinking that dishes he made — like scallopini, marsala, wild mushroom pancetta or butternut squash ravioli and lobster — would find an audience in the heart of rural Minnesota. He proved his critics wrong and has since opened three Bello Cucina re...