Christopher Columbus Statue Vandalized With Red Paint, 'Black Lives Matter'
by Danielle Abreu The Christopher Columbus Statue on Boston's North End was vandalized Monday night with red paint and the phrase "Black Lives Matter," Boston police said. Red paint was poured over the top and sides of the white marble statute. The slogan, which has become a common refrain at demonstrations across the U.S. in...
Italian Grandmother, Multistate Wholesaler, Happy To Grow Slowly And Make Gelato By Hand
by Zach Melvin A city famous for its pizza is making a name for itself with another Italian delicacy. At Gelato Giuliana, 15 employees produce between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds of gelato a day. The company sells to supermarkets, country clubs, restaurants and colleges from Maine to Delaware. "This was quite accidental actually,...
La Brasa Will Give Birth to an Italian Restaurant, Fat Hen, in Its Market Space
by Rachel Leah Blumenthal Fat Hen will open this spring inside of La Brasa's market space, helmed by L'Espalier alum Michael Bergin, according to a tweet from the Globe's Kara Baskin. (The name has been a long time coming: Fat Hen is also the name of the LLC behind La Brasa, formed back in 2011.) Though vastly different in concept...
Italian Cuisine With Imaginative Inspirations
by Patricia Brooks Uh-oh, I thought, as I approached the free-standing Tazza Osteria & Bar in Fairfield, yet another Italian restaurant to open in the area. Nothing new here, I anticipated.But after I opened the nondescript-looking menu I began to change my tune, and when the small plates arrived, my apprehensions had disappeared. &nb...
Review: Cielo, an Italian Restaurant in Wilton, Brims with Variety
by Patricia Brooks Emily and Hakan Basaran enjoyed some success with Carpe Diem, their Italian restaurant in New Canaan, but the building that housed it was going to be taken over by a post office, so they looked for a new location. They decided on a centrally located spot in neighboring Wilton and a new name, Cielo, which means sky in Italia...
Two of Portland’s top chefs will team up to open Italian restaurant off the peninsula
Mike Smith, executive chef at Scales, one of Portland's hottest new restaurants, says he is leaving after just five months to work at a neighborhood restaurant that Chris Gould, chef/owner of Central Provisions, plans to open off the Portland peninsula this winter. Gould and his wife and business partner, Paige Gould, have purchased the fo...
Junior's Rustico to Open in South Burlington
The 25-foot black-walnut bar and 16 taps are ready. The brick walls feel appropriately rustic, and the open kitchen gleams with all-new equipment. So why isn't Junior's Rustico open at 408 Shelburne Road in South Burlington yet? The newlyweds behind the project say they want everything to be "perfect" before inviting the eager public insid...
A Pizza Tour of Boston
just published its almost totally clueless ranking of the best cities for pizza. Chicago at number one? New York City only number three? No mention of New Haven, Conn.? I mean come on, get real. I said "almost" clueless because they did manage to get something right. At number five, not surprisingly, they ranked Boston. Putting aside that NYC and...
Making Logan Airport Efficient and Look Good: Massport’s Luciana Burdi
by Stefano Salimbeni On a glorious May morning, Luciana Burdi greets me at the security desk of the Massport administrative building where she works, looking just as glorious. Her outfit is way more hip and stylish than one would expect for a regular Thursday at the office, and she transmits positive energy while navigating t...
Renowned Author Brings Line Of Tuscan Wines To New Hampshire
Frances Mayes, the bestselling author of "Under the Tuscan Sun," brings her line of Tuscan Sun Wines to New Hampshire for the first time on Friday, May 16th for a private dinner event at Tuscan Kitchen, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Salem, New Hampshire. This will be followed by a wine sampling and book and bottle singing event on Sa...
Giacomo's opens on Main Street in Melrose
Doug Haynes and Hunter Dluznieski of North Reading were the second party ever to be seated at Giacomo's Ristorante in Melrose on Monday, minutes after the restaurant's highly anticipated 4 p.m. opening. Having eaten at Giacomo's in the South End, they were thrilled to learn about a more convenient location north of Boston. "They're great, the...
Italian steakhouse opens in Marshfield
Tim Liston and Nick Cochran are ready to bring some changes to the dining experience in Marshfield with their years of experience preparing shrimp scampi and tiramisu and managing restaurants. The father-son duo, along with a third partner, Adolfo Melendez of Stevens Point, own Di Lucas, the new Italian steakhouse and seafood restaurant ne...