Explore The Cuisine Of Southern Italy At The Boston Public Market
On a recent Wednesday night, I made the trek from WGBH in Brighton, through the city to the North End, and one of my very favorite places in Boston. The Boston Public Market, a popular farmers market/food heaven, opened in 2015, and already feels like an institution. This feeling is due in large part to The Trustees, the non-profit organization tha...
Bricco, Strega owners team up on restaurant for Encore casino
Boston restaurateurs Frank DePasquale and Nick Varano are teaming up to operate an Italian restaurant in the new Encore Boston Harbor casino being built in Everett. The 135-seat, 5,200-square-foot Italian restaurant, to be called "Fratelli," which means "brothers" in Italian, is expected to bring the nearby North End into the $2.5 billion, 3 millio...
Tuscan Kitchen Seaport Launches Brunch
Tuscan Kitchen’s newest location in Seaport is debuting brunch this weekend - Alla Cucina Toscana! Starting this Sunday, June 10, guests can enjoy ricotta and buttermilk pancakes, frittata bianca, uova benedicto, due uove fatte a moda tuo (two eggs your way), a variety of hand stretched pizzas, raw bar, paninis and plenty more artisan Italian speci...
Cardinal Critics Review: Gelato & Cioccolato, Authentic Italian Gelato Shop in Cos Cob
This week, Jackson, Connor, and Dylan reviewed Gelato & Cioccolato which is a new gelato parlor located in Cos Cob. The parlor opened on April 7th and has already amassed many customers. Although part owner Lucio Lozza’s new business is young, it is not his first rodeo with regard to Italian gelato. He and his business partner Alessandro Uccelli ow...
Doretta Taverna in Park Square is closed for good
Michael Schlow closed Park Square’s Doretta Taverna and Raw Bar on Tuesday, according to a statement from the noted chef. He’s cooked at the Heritage on the Garden space for 15 years: Before opening the Greek restaurant in 2015, he ran Italian restaurant Via Matta. “After a great run at 79 Park Plaza, located in The Heritage on the Garden, we’re sa...
West Springfield’s bNapoli Melds Big-city Style with Local Flavor
If today’s dining public has become more demanding, Jerry Moccia says, television may bear some of the blame. But he’s not complaining. “People are very into food — they know flavors, they know a lot about food, and things like the Food Network have brought a lot of exposure,” he noted. “People are more into food than they were 15 years ago, and ex...
East Boston pizzeria owners honor World War I vet
The menu never changes at the Italian Express Pizzeria, an agreeable little place on the corner of Sumner and Cottage streets in East Boston. “That’s because it works,” says co-owner Jim Iannuzzi, proudly, and a little defiantly. “Everything is made fresh to order, and we have something for everybody. So, no, we won’t ever change the menu.” Why sho...
Caputo Trattoria opens at Foxwoods; River restaurant new in Wethersfield
The new Italian restaurant at Foxwoods Resort Casino officially arrived on Kentucky Derby Saturday — bright, airy, tasty and somewhat pricey in the space formerly occupied by Al Dente. Caputo Trattoria opened this month from Craveable Hospitality Group, which runs also-satisfying David Burke Prime steakhouse next door in the Grand Pequot Tower’s re...
Seven Hills brings handmade pasta to Melrose
If there’s anything Carol and Giulio Caperchi love more than each other, it’s a great meal. So it was inevitable that when the couple took the plunge into entrepreneurship and opened their own business, it would revolve around crafting delicious food. The result, Seven Hills Pasta, has shown up in more and more Melrose stores and restaurants since...
Frank Pepe Pizzeria opens this week in Warwick
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, a popular family-owned restaurant chain based out of New Haven, Connecticut, will be opening its 10th location and first Rhode Island shop on Monday, May 14, much to the pleasure of local pizza lovers. The restaurant held a soft opening this week, inviting members of the public in to try some of the Pepe family’s fam...
Mascoto’s Italian Restaurant offering fine dining in The County
The County has a new spot for authentic Italian cuisine with Mascoto’s Italian Restaurant, located in the former Napoli’s Restaurant building at 6 Center Street in Caribou. Owners Michelle Hanson and Scott Doody are striving for authenticity with Mascoto’s, offering cuisine made with fresh ingredients, friendly staff, large paintings, and Italian m...
Prosciutto Weeks at Eataly Boston
Attention prosciutto lovers! From May 7 to May 20, we’re celebrating all things prosciutto, from crudo to cotto. Seasoned to perfection, this Italian delicacy has an irresistible sweet and salty flavor that's so delicious we've decided to celebrate it across Eataly USA. Want to get a taste? Then, read on to discover all the prosciutto happenings at...