Diving into the world of Italian wines with Ciro Pirone
by Jennifer Martin This month I interviewed local Italian wine expert, Ciro Pirone. I met Pirone when I recently took the Italian Wine Specialist certification course through the North American Sommelier Association. He happened to be the coordinator of the course, and I immediately gravitate to folks that not only have a love for Italy, b...
Tuscan Kitchen to open in Seaport in 2017
By Taryn Luna Tuscan Kitchen is bringing a little Italian flavor to the Seaport. The restaurant chain plans to open a 320-seat location serving pasta, thin-crust Neapolitan pizza, and other Italian cuisine at One Seaport Square, a mixed-used development under construction along Northern Avenue, in the summer of 2017. The 14,5...
Dining Review: Providence's Enoteca Umberto offers intimate Italian
Dining at Enoteca Umberto on Federal Hill is unlike any other experience you'll have in Rhode Island, short of eating at a friend's home. This intimate place with 18 seats, all hightop stools, offers the best you can imagine for homestyle, rustic and absolutely delicious Italian food. Chef Lia Bellini is truly a magician. She creates meals on two...
Lulu Pazzo Italiano is latest addition to Ansonia restaurant scene
By Keila Torres Ocasio When developing the plan for their new restaurant, Vin Noce Jr. and Dino Tetu knew they wanted the location to be up-and-coming and the vibe to be fun. The business partners found what they were looking for in downtown Ansonia. They opened Lulu Pazzo Italiano recently, in the former Antonio's Restaurant space at 314 Main St...
New Amherst restaurant to offer taste of Northern Italy, Mediterranean
by Diane Lederman Jonathan Welch met chef Tom Schnapp when the pair worked together at the Farm Table Restaurant in Bernardston. Welch, who was the general manager then, said, "I knew how talented he was." That flair was in Northern Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. He wants his new restaurant Osteria Vespa to be the canvas...
Taste of Italy Medford
Kiwanis Club of Medford - Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) - Medford, MAThe Kiwanis Club of Medford is producing the 10th annual Taste of Italy on Wednesday October 21, 2015. Come taste samplings of the best cuisine, wine and beer in the area- The best Italian around but even MORE THAN JUST ITALIAN. Proceeds will...
Dine Out Maine: Roustabout in Portland
A menu that features dishes like eggplant parm and garlic bread sounds like something you'd expect to find alongside red-checked tablecloths, candleholders made from straw-wrapped Chianti bottles – and maybe even a pair of cartoon dogs sharing a romantic plate of pasta in an alley. But in designing their new Washington Avenue restaurant, Roustabou...
Nini's Ristorante in Easthampton to hold annual Dana Farber fundraising dinner
By Mary Serreze In 1960, Giovanni Daniele arrived from Salerno, Italy and founded Red Rose Restaurant in Springfield with his sister Edda and her husband Nicola Caputo. Sixteen years later, he founded Nini's Ristorante in Easthampton -- a popular establishment now run by his son Johnny Daniele. The elder Daniele passed away in 2011 f...
Authentic Southern Italian on the Hill
by Alexa Mellardo If you're craving an authentic Southern Italian meal in the Bean, Antonio's Cucina Italiano is like Grandma's cozy kitchen on a Sunday afternoon – the pleasant aroma of a fresh pot of pomodoro sauce cooking and all! Although Antonio's is not in Boston's North End – our city's very own "Little Italy" – it is a qua...
Batali bursts into town with Babbo
by Kara Baskin In the shadows of the Seaport's old Anthony's Pier 4, waiters glide through a sunlit dining room carrying trays of pizza and goblets of wine. In one corner, chef Jasper White sips water; in another, chef Michael Schlow chats up friends. At the center of it all is celebrity chef Mario Batali, toting platters of salami like a...
Grimaldi's Pizza Expands In Woodbridge
by Frank Cohen Are well-established pizzerias from outside New Haven coming to the Elm City to prove themselves or to enjoy even greater "street cred" among kindred souls? We can't be certain. Some of it might even be push back against the expansion of the Frank Pepe brand. But with the opening of Colony Grill in Milford, Tarry Lo...
A Mano offers inventive Italian made by hand
By Brion O'Connor A Mano Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria is chef Antonio Bettencourt's latest vision for an authentic Italian eatery on the North Shore. This past fall, the Peabody native transformed his popular 62 Restaurant in the same Salem location on Wharf Street. "62 was always viewed as an expensive restaurant reserved for s...