A Visit to Morina Italian Restaurant & Pizza
Recently, Morina Restaurant donated pizzas to the Firefighters of Haddam Volunteer Fire Company. According to Olivia Drake, HVFC Information Officer, the firefighters had just completed an “exhaustive rapid intervention training (RIT) drill.” She reported they were all tired and hungry, so the pizzas were greatly appreciated. Being a huge fan of l...
Street vendors integral to New Haven's early Italian community
The streets of Wooster Square, beginning at the turn of the 20th century right until the 1950s, were frequented by street vendors, or peddlers as they were originally known. Many goods were offered for sale off off pushcarts so that the housewife, at home, could purchase goods right from their front door. Vintage photos show small clusters of peopl...
Come to Cambridge for the best Italian food outside the North End
If you haven’t been yet, you need to book a table at Geppetto in East Cambridge. A member of Chef Will Gilson’s growing empire, Geppetto focuses on his love of Northern Italian cuisine. The space is fresh and vibrant, often filled with an eclectic mix of people that is so common in Cambridge. Professors, young professionals, Biotech CEOs, couples o...
Ferraro Foods Announces Expansion Plans for Napoli Facility in CT
Ferraro Foods, one of the country’s largest specialty distributors of food and foodservice supplies to pizzerias and Italian restaurants, announced plans for a significant expansion of its Napoli facility in Cheshire, Connecticut – the company’s third major growth initiative announced in as many months. Napoli, a specialty brand of high-quality imp...
Italian Night in Leominster coming Aug. 5
Downtown will be awash in green, white, and red for a family friendly festival slated for Aug. 5 that is being billed as Italian Night in Leominster, MA. The entire community is invited to the event that will go from 5 to 8 p.m. and feature fun activities for all ages, authentic entertainment by Ambrosiani!, Providence, Rhode Island’s premiere Ital...
Modern Apizza in New Haven named Pizza Today's 'Pizzeria of the Year'
Pizza Today, a popular pizza trade magazine, has named New Haven's Modern Apizza as its "2023 Pizzeria of the Year." The publication's executive editor, Denise Greer, profiled the State Street pizzeria and its owner, Bill Pustari, in a feature published July 31. Widely considered part of “the Big 3” (one of New Haven’s top pizzerias alongside Sal...
New Haven’s Abate’s Apizza to relocate to North Haven after fire
New Haven’s beloved pizza shop is now getting a new location. In May, Abate’s Apizza was forced to close its doors on Wooster Street in the Elm City when a fire ignited and spread along a flu pipe from their pizza oven. The blaze left the business destroyed. For the time being, owners Louis and Loretta Abate will temporarily open a new location unt...
How a Frigo’s pro is taking inspiration to The Dirty Italian in Boston
What started as a high school side job in the heart of Springfield eventually helped Talya Pessolano kick-start her own business in South Boston. Pessolano is at the forefront of The Dirty Italian, a business that specializes in gourmet charcuterie, boxes and grazing tables. She has since turned her traveling business into a permanent residence, dr...
Quanto Basta opens on Congress Street in Portland, ME
The Quanto Basta food truck has officially morphed into a brick-and-mortar restaurant; the Neapolitan-style pizzeria opened in the former LB Kitchen space last Thursday. Located at 249 Congress St., Quanto Basta has seats for 20 customers inside and another 20 on the back patio. The restaurant is dine-in only right now, and is not taking to-go orde...
Gufo, a new Mediterranean-Italian restaurant, opens in Cambridge this week
Gufo, the latest restaurant from Coda Restaurant Group, will open Friday at 660 Cambridge St. in Cambridge. The modern Italian restaurant opens with dinner service as the first stage for the multifunctional, 4,200-square-foot space. Next month, Gufo will open its café, serving house-made pastries and enoteca-inspired sandwiches such as mortadella a...
A slice of Italy in Dorchester
Chef Stefano Quaresima fell in love twice in Boston. First with his wife, Tsedenia Kiros, whom he met while working at Petit Robert Bistro, and second with the Dorchester neighborhood. Now he channels his passion for food and the local community into his recently opened Italian restaurant, Via Cannuccia. Via Cannuccia, located at 1739 Dorchester Av...
Umbria is set to be the hottest new Boston spot this summer
The North End is getting a brand-new hotspot tomorrow. Umbria will open at 250 Hanover Street with a menu of Italian classics and dry-aged meats in a chic new multi-level space.Owner Frank DePasquale is reinventing Umbria, which was a Boston nightlife staple for over 20 years downtown. The DePasquale family is bringing the concept back to their ho...