Raise the Curtain: Novara Opens This Week in an Old Milton Theater
by Dana Hatic An modern Italian-style restaurant is opening this Thursday next door to its sister, Abby Park. The owners are unveiling Novara, which took over the former Milton Cinema in East Milton Square, starting out serving dinner from executive chef Tony DeRienzo. Novara (556 Adams St.) pulled DeRienzo from Abby Park, and he...
Chef Mario Batali Talks BIG AMERICAN Cooking at Writers on a New England Stage
On Sunday, November 20, The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio will welcome famous American chef Mario Batali with his just-released cookbook, Mario Batali BIG AMERICAN COOKBOOK: 250 Favorite Recipes from Across the USA - a delicious dive into American regional cooking with 250 recipes, from San Diego Fish Tacos to Boston Cream Pie. ...
Rizzuto's Restaurant Celebrates 10 Years in Its Original Location in Bethel
Rizzuto's Wood-fired Pizza Kitchen & Bar in Bethel, CT is thrilled to be celebrating their 10-Year Anniversary, according to a press release from the business. Owner Bill Rizzuto opened this neighborhood Italian restaurant and gathering place in December of 2004, transitioning from accomplished hotelier with such hospitality industry g...
3rd Ave’s Osteria Nino, where Burlington meets Rome
By Devra First Thursday night, 8 p.m., Burlington, Mass. A guy dressed like a giant bowling pin walks beside a guy not dressed like a bowling pin, gesticulating, deep in conversation. Kids run rings around their parents. Pats fans spill from a sports bar, cheering. Off-duty moms smile red-wine smiles, ordering another glass. The parking l...
John Carafoli - Italian American Food in New England
Thursday September 22. 6 PM - 8 PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St. - 02113 Boston, MA. John F. Carafoli is an author, consultant, blogger and internationally know food stylist. After graduating from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, he was an art director/designer and creative director for advertising agencies and publ...
Caffe Vittoria: Home to “Boston’s best cappuccino and cannoli
by Alexa Mellardo Located in the heart of Boston's charming North End neighborhood, this lively dessert joint is notorious for being "the first Italian cafe in Boston." And ever since 1929 its beautiful tradition continues to flourish and brighten up Hanover Street today. Caffe Vittoria's exterior is surrounded by a hearty bunch of native...
Restaurant Review: Giulia in Cambridge
By Corby Kummer Boston has certainly never had a dearth of Italian restaurants. There are the North End red-sauce joints, of course, which are mostly Italian-American, and a handful of chef-owned places that happily offer inspired takes on the standards—Coppa, La Morra, and Il Casale. But there haven't been many restaurants offering much i...
Giulia Owner Michael Pagliarini Will Open Benedetto in the Rialto Space
Rialto closed last month after more than two decades at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge's Harvard Square, and today the hotel announced what would take its place: Benedetto, an Italian restaurant from Michael Pagliarini, chef/owner of Giulia (which will remain open). Giulia opened in late 2012 between Cambridge's Porter and Harvard squares,...
Newport Restaurant Group to Welcome ‘Avvio Ristorante’ in Former Papa Razzi Location in Cranston
Newport Restaurant Group, a division of Newport Harbor Corporation, an employee-owned hospitality company, is pleased to announce Avvio, a new restaurant in the former Papa Razzi space in Garden City, Cranston. Avvio will join the Newport Restaurant Group collection as the ninth location in Rhode Island and will embody the essence of every...
Chianti's Is the Kind of Italian Restaurant We All Know and Love
A few months ago I wrote about how Italian restaurants in Rhode Island are a dime a dozen – abundant and inexpensive – with almost every community in the state having at least one, if not more, Italian spots. In East Greenwich there are a few and sort of smack in the middle of some suburban streets lies Chianti's, happily fulfilling the ro...
Tracing Philadelphia’s Italian Architectural Heritage - October 28 | 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Enjoy a guided walking tour, with Italian Architect Francesco Sgrazzutti, through centuries of architectural evolution where the Italian archetype accompanied the evolution of Philadelphia architecture. The tour will focus on a selection of buildings from the great patrimony represented by historic Philadelphia, such as, the First Bank of...
Viron Rondo Osteria: A Mix Of Classic, Modern Italian
If you were a fan of the award-winning Da Capo restaurants in Litchfield and Avon, then you surely had met former owner, the effervescent Viron Rondo. The man who put the "old world-type" Italian eateries on the culinary map has moved on, however, and with his wife, Denada, has opened a new restaurant, Viron Rondo Osteria, 1721 Highland Av...