With plans to expand, Claudia’s Grinder Shop brings freshness and family to Farmington
For Claudia’s owner Michael Cirinna, it’s all about family. “We give a personal service and touch in Claudia’s,” he says. “You walk in a couple times and we get to know you. You’re not just a customer.” Claudia’s Grinder Shop built its success in caring for its customers, a product of its original owners, Cirinna’s parents, when they came to the Un...
Lasagna Love To Deliver 10,000 Meals For National Lasagna Day
Lasagna, celebrated as one of America's most treasured comfort foods, has experienced a revolutionary rebirth since 2020. The unctuous, cheesy, and tomato-laden Italian classic, celebrated nationally each July 29 (National Lasagna Day), has become the primary vehicle through which simple acts of kindness are being delivered to neighbors in need, as...
Jamaica Plain Will Get a New Neighborhood Italian Restaurant This Summer
Jamaica Plain is getting a new neighborhood Italian restaurant later this summer: Tonino will open in the former Little Dipper space (669A Centre Street, Boston), the Tonino team announced today. Prior to Little Dipper, which was a space-themed diner, the address was home to a different restaurant with neighborhood Italian vibes, Tres Gatos sibling...
Attention foodies: North End Italian feasts 2022
The North End in Boston, MA, is also known as Little Italy. If you have not been, there is so much to explore, especially for your taste buds. The North End is home to some amazing bakeries, pastry shops, restaurants, and gelato. Many locals, as well as tourists, visit the North End regularly to feast. We all know about Mike's Pastry, Bova, and Mod...
Bertucci's Launches Promo With 80's Prices In July
How would you like to take a trip back to an 80's pizza parlor to eat on an 80's budget? With food prices hitting record painful highs, the nostalgia may seem more appealing than ever, and Somerville-based Italian chain Bertucci's is launching a promo on four days this month, where the restaurant will dust off some 80's menu items — and their 80's...
Abate Apizza & Seafood Restaurant Celebrates 30 Years!
Located in the heart of New Haven, CT is Wooster St., also known as the “Pizza Capital of Connecticut.” There are several popular restaurants there, that people count among their favorites for great Italian food, and among them is Abate Apizza & Seafood Restaurant. The Abate family is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Abate Apizza on Wooster St....
Seafood Takes Center Stage at Faccia Brutta on Boston’s Newbury Street
The name means “ugly face,” but Faccia Brutta, the Newbury Street restaurant from Jamie Bissonnette and Ken Oringer’s JK Food Group, draws inspiration from attractive locales: sun-soaked coastal Italian destinations like Sicily and Sardinia. The sibling to the ever-popular Toro, Coppa, and Little Donkey debuted in late May 2022, along with Bar Pall...
Salem Italian Restaurant To Close For Good After Nearly 80 Years
An Italian-American restaurant that served generations of North Shore families will close this weekend. Bertini's Restaurant on Canal Street will serve its final baked stuffed lasagna, seafood casserole and Italian wedding soup over the next few days before closing for good. "What has made Bertini's such a unique pillar in this amazing community ar...
An Italian Restaurant in Middleboro has a 7-Foot, Instagram-Worthy Grinder
Lord Almighty, who knew heaven was a place called Lorenzo's? I broadcasted from Middleboro Wednesday at the family-owned Lorenzo's Italian Restaurant. The sun was shining and I was taking advantage of the gorgeous outdoor patio area complete with a full bar, an entertainment stage for bands on the weekends, tables to enjoy a hearty meal, and a tent...
Boston’s Pasta Beach Is Finally Reopening After a 2019 Fire
Pasta Beach, an Italian restaurant that opened on Boston’s waterfront (30 Rowes Wharf) in 2010, has been closed since a September 2019 fire that reportedly started in the building’s ductwork and caused approximately $350,000 in damages. Nearly three years later, it finally has a reopening date — June 25 — and an eye-catching tropical redesign, per...
Let’s Mangia at These Upcoming Italian Festivals Around Connecticut
I love celebrating my Italian heritage, and the pasta fagioli that they serve at the many Italian-American feasts and festivals that are held around Connecticut. Ziti & meatballs, sausage & peppers, soffrito, pizzelles, and oh, the fried dough. The 2022 Italian Feast/Festival season kicked off last weekend, where the Feast of St. Anthony returned f...
Papa Gino's to start 'new era' with return to Manchester; first new store since mass closings in 2018
Jun. 15—Papa Gino's Pizzeria will once again serve up slices in Manchester with the chain's first new location since closing nearly 50 restaurants across New England four years ago. The Dedham, Mass.-based chain signed a lease to open a 1,750-square-foot space at The Shoppes at 655 South Willow St. The plaza is also home to Golden Corral and People...