North End restaurant owners file $1.5M lawsuit against Michelle Wu for $7,500 outdoor dining fee
North End restaurateurs still have a beef — or Bolognese — with the city’s “unconstitutional” $7,500 outdoor dining fee, as four Italian restaurant owners filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday. The city for the first time this year handed down a North End-only $7,500 fee in response to local residents complaining about th...
Tartufo In Newton Centre Transports Newton Residents To The Italian Coast
Through its 20-year history and persevering through the pandemic, Tartufo Restaurant—a two-story operation in Newton Centre painted an inviting yellow color—has served the community when it needed the most. Tartufo, a fine-dining Italian restaurant, features authentic cuisine from the Abruzzo region of the Italian coast. This unique cuisine, which...
Hartford restaurant Fornarelli’s opens Colchester location as suburban restaurants thrive
Suburban restaurants, not dependent on the return of office culture in the city, have fared better in the pandemic than Hartford eateries. Carbone’s and Thomas Hooker Brewing have seen that, as their suburban locations thrive while their urban locations still struggle. Fornarelli’s has seen it, too. The Asylum Street location is scraping by, Vito F...
In the Kitchen: Guy Charles of Maria’s Cucina
Months after taking on the role of executive chef at Maria’s Cucina on Broadway, Guy Charles still marvels over the beauty of his new workplace – the two-level restaurant in the 1880s-era Italo-American Club, adorned with historic murals, stained glass, and other intricate architectural details. “I’m sitting here looking at the chandeliers and a...
Lawrence's Tuscan Kitchen reaching new heights: Made in Mass.
If you've ever visited one of the many Tuscan Kitchen restaurants in the area you know how popular they are. The family behind the concept also offers artisan quality food products to over a thousand retail shops all across the country, moving approximately 4 million pounds of product a week. Joe Faro is the founder and CEO of Tuscan Brands and Art...
Sarto is Back Open After Two Years with New Regional Italian Menu
Sarto means ‘tailor” in Italian, and the reopening of the Providence G building’s flagship restaurant at 86 Dorrance St. is tailoring its menu to regional Italian, adopting local ingredients for classic dishes. Before evolving into a restaurant, the space formerly served as a tailor shop called Philip Wolfe Haberdasher, as well as an apothecary and...
Family-Owned Bocca Bella Brings Italian Comfort Classics To Auburndale
The City of Boston is famous for its many Italian restaurants that line the streets of the North End. But Bocca Bella Cafe & Bistro, situated on a cozy corner in Auburndale, is a small but homey Italian restaurant that gives even the best of the area some competition. For almost 12 years, the family-owned spot has served up classic Italian dishes s...
Long Time East Boston Resident Carmela Favorito Writes Poignant Memoir
Carmela Maria Leone Favorito has seen it all. Born in San Nicola Italy in 1931, the third of eight children, a devastating earthquake caused her family to lose everything right before her birth. For the first year of her life, her family took shelter in a cave. Growing up, Carmela's life was clearly one of hardship, but through it all, Carmela neve...
Italian Hit Serafina Sails Into Seaport This May With Waterfront Views
A second location of Italian pizza and pasta hit restaurant Serafina will sail into Seaport (11 Fan Pier Boulevard) early this May with waterfront views; a large, breezy patio; and a menu that stretches beyond the pizza and pasta the Back Bay location (237 Newbury Street) is known for. Taking over the former home of Babbo (a restaurant once co-owne...
New Italian Restaurant In East Longmeadow Gets High Marks For Pizza, Pasta
The Redstone Pasta Company located in Hampden County in East Longmeadow, recently opened and already has a waitlist for a reservation. That's because the hot spot is offering handmade pasta and wood-fired pizzas that aren't your ordinary fare. "A new Italian place in town definitely worth trying! The pizza was light, the pasta was fresh, and the de...
'A real Italian experience': Quincy's Italian Cafe Gelato adds pizzas, looks to expand
Smoked prosciutto, Buffalo mozzarella, gorgonzola, mortadella, Zeppole di San Giuseppe. All are common ingredients at Italian Cafe Gelato – stuffed into sandwiches, placed gingerly on top of pizzas, filling a display case of pastries – and they've traveled from half a world away to end up on plates in Quincy. Cafe Gelato opened in the West of Chest...
First Person: After all these years, still full of Bologna!
National Cold Cut Day was last month, on March 3. "Pre-cooked meats that are sliced and served hot or cold in a sandwich or on a tray. Purveyors of heart disease and diabetes." My Mom was the Queen of Cold Cuts. Depending on the day and her mood, my lunchbox contained salami and provolone with mustard on a bulky, bologna and cheese with mayo on Won...