Faccia Brutta and Bar Pallino to open this spring on Newbury Street
At long last: Faccia Brutta and Bar Pallino are due to open in May on Newbury Street. The coastal Italian-inspired restaurant and adjacent bar, set between Fairfield and Gloucester Streets, are from chefs Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette. “This has been in the works for quite some time,” Oringer told Boston.com. “We had the property earmarked. We...
The Wrap: Italian seafood coming to Kennebunk, a new vegan-friendly brunch menu in Portland
The Washington D.C. upscale osteria Via Sophia will expand into Maine this May when it opens Italian seafood restaurant Via Sophia by the Sea in Kennebunk. The Via Sophia spinoff will be open year-round at 27 Western Ave., a space formerly occupied by Grissini Italian Bistro. The building has been vacant since last fall. The restaurant is part of t...
Pausa Caffè, a new Italian coffee shop, opens in Norwalk
Coffee lovers in Norwalk might have a new go-to spot in town. Pausa Caffè, an Italian coffee shop, opened its doors on Sunday. "People say that when they walk in they feel like they are in a little shop in Italy," said owner Stafano Cutugno, who used to own a coffee shop in Sicily before moving to the United States eight years ago. When Cutugno mov...
Bellini is Imbued with Female Energy
From the night Bellini opened its doors, its eager crowd settled into their seats like Al Hirschfeld’s “Algonquin Round Table.” On any given evening, the most recognizable figures in Providence congregate in the restaurant: the newly appointed United States Secretary of Commerce, local real estate magnates and their lawyers, equity officers breakin...
Holy Cannoli! You Can Now Get Boston's Modern Pastry in Portland!
It's a Maine Foodie Miracle! Incredible baked delights from World Famous Modern Pastry are now available in Portland! Micucci's Italian Grocery on India Street in Portland gave us the good news on Facebook: "Are you all ready for this?! For 40 of our 73 years in business, we have brought you the delicious Modern Pastry of Boston every Christmas….We...
Liuzzi Cheese keeps growing after more than 40 years in business
Tucked away on a dead-end road in Hamden is what may very well be the center of Connecticut’s Italian cheese universe. The Liuzzi family started making cheese back in Italy in 1832. They brought that expertise to America in the middle of the 20th century, and they’ve been making it under the Liuzzi Cheese label since 1981. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (...
A Wine & Food Fest at Eataly Boston: Restaurant Fest Edition 6 - 7 PM
Ready to experience the best of what makes Restaurant Fest so special? We’ve got you covered! Join us on Thursday, March 10 in La Piazza for a mini-Wine & Food Fest: Restaurant Fest Edition, featuring our favorite small bites from all three of our Restaurant Fest menus. Enjoy tastes of authentic Italian dishes from La Pizza & La Pasta, dishes inspi...
Vito’s Rob Maffucci is back, this time with a take-out only pizza and pasta place on the Berlin Turnpike
Rob Maffucci is a happy man. He’s cooking every day at his new takeout-only Vito’s Pizza in Berlin. He smiles and laughs as he prepares his mother’s traditional Italian recipes in the compact kitchen. Memories of his earlier life can be seen in the café. Newspaper and magazine clippings tell of his 25-year status as one of the most beloved restaura...
DiPietro’s Italian Sandwiches Return to Portland For One Day Fundraiser
It was 9 years ago that DiPietro’s Italian Sandwiches on Cumberland Street closed after being a Portland landmark for 69 years. Now, the beloved DiPierto's italians will return for one day only to help raise money to pay for a heart and double lung transplant. DiPietro’s opened in 1944 at the bottom of Munjoy Hill in Portland as a family business t...
An Italian Street Food Pop-Up Brings Comfort to Boston, Starting With Arancini
New pop-up Koselig Posto — touting Italian roots and Norwegian vibes — is here to comfort chilly Bostonians with warm arancini. The business is currently popping up at local breweries and other venues. In Norwegian, the word koselig gets at roughly the same concept as the Danish idea of hygge (which had a moment in the United States a few years bac...
Nardelli’s to open new Norwalk location in March
Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe is expecting to open its new location in Norwalk soon. The new deli, which will be located at 345 Main Ave., is expected to open in March, Nardelli’s co-owner and franchiser Marco Nardelli said. It was originally planned to be opened in December 2021, but Nardelli said that the opening was delayed due to the pandemic and s...
Via in New Haven aims to draw young crowd with Italian street food, cocktails and neon signs
With neon signs, smoking cocktails and two living walls with thousands of plants, Via in New Haven isn't your nonna's Italian restaurant. The gastrobar, which opened on Crown Street in October, specializes in Italian-influenced street food and small plates — and offers plenty of Instagram material, between its graffitied restroom hallway, drinks wi...