Scarpetta Opens New Flagship Location At The James New York – NoMad
After 10 successful years in the Meatpacking District, LDV Hospitality’s Scarpetta officially has a new flagship location at The James New York – NoMad. The new flagship location draws inspiration from it’s original Meatpacking location but has dramatically expanded in size, featuring an expansive 50-seat bar and café where guests can order off the...
Lena’s Italian Kitchen opening second Upper East Side location
Too tired to cook for your own dinner party? Lena’s Italian Kitchen, which serves up home-cooked meals you can (shhhh!) pretend you made, is opening a second location on the Upper East Side at 1167 Second Ave., between 61st and 62nd streets. The 900-square-foot space is takeout and delivery only, with four stools where folks can sit while waiting f...
'Be Italian' fa viaggiare l'America nell'Italia dei sapori
Conto alla rovescia per Be Italian, il nuovo salone organizzato da Lombardia Fiere dedicato alle eccellenze del made in Italy agroalimentare e alle attrezzature professionali per la ristorazione che debutterà a New York dal 4 al 6 marzo 2018. Be Italian condurrà alle porte del mercato americano una selezione di alcune delle più interessanti realtà...
Café Alaia Is Scarsdale’s New Hipster Italian Digs
Some things are meant to be — or so it seems for Vincenzo Alaia. When the lease he had been negotiating in Greenpoint, Brooklyn fell apart, Alaia and his partner Nancy Rosner, went to check out 66 Garth Road in Scarsdale. The numeric entry code was exactly the same as the one that Alaia, a New York City restauranteur, had been personally using for...
Scarpetta Is Back With Its Famed Tomato Basil Spaghetti
On its 10-year anniversary, Scarpetta — the higher-end Italian restaurant celebrity chef Scott Conant used to be involved in — has relocated to the James New York Nomad hotel. That famed spaghetti with tomato and basil will be once again available to the public at 88 Madison Ave., between 28th and 29th streets, come Wednesday, February 7. The new l...
Restaurant review: MezzaNotte Ristorante in Guilderland
I don't know chef Mark Graham. Not personally. But in the area restaurant scene, his name is everywhere. As a chef, restaurant consultant and private caterer, one fourth of a pop-up supper crew and operator of MDG Cuisine, he's done more rounds of the local dining circuit than a heavyweight prizefighter. It's: Mark Graham leaves the Wine Bar! Max L...
Good To Go Cafe offers homemade food from a range of cuisines, right behind Varsity Pizza
Good To Go Cafe is gearing up for spring with, among other things, a hot dog cart. The cafe, tucked away behind Varsity Pizza, is consistently updating its menu and building a rapport with the Syracuse University community. Right near both SU and SUNY Upstate Medical University, Good To Go has helped owner Louise O’Hara accomplish a lifelong goal s...
'Chopped' champ plans 'EAT Italian' restaurant concept on South Shore
With a bit of construction progress already, Maria Buonsante said it was hard to believe that just six days prior she had turned the key in the door at 655 Woodrow Rd., a stripped down storefront formerly home to McDonald's. The long-time restaurant maven has partnered Food Network "Chopped" champ Chef Franco Franzese to bring Staten Island its fir...
Così la Calabria, e la 'nduja, fanno impazzire New York
La Calabria ha scoperto l’America. E gli americani scoprono la Calabria. A cominciare da New York, dove non è raro trovare ingredienti calabresi nei menu di ristoranti di ogni tipo e fascia. E dove adesso Eataly, grazie all’accordo stipulato con Regione Calabria e all’aiuto di una testimonial come Lidia Bastianich, promuoverà più di ottanta prodott...
Bulldozer Group to open high-end Italian eatery in Midtown
International hospitality company Bulldozer Group has leased a 5,000-square-foot space at 129 W. 52nd St., where the company intends to create a high-end Italian restaurant. Tom Caliendo and Daniel DePasquale of Winick Realty Group represented the tenant, while the retail owners, Christopher Okada, David Ho and Francis Leung of Okada & Co., represe...
Pizza Week: Bella Pizza
Katherine S. reached out to us on Facebook to suggest Bella Pizza in Hillcrest. She must really enjoy it as her post was in all-caps and even included some pizza emojis. And, Codie on Facebook enthusiastically entered Bella as well in all caps. Our Mike Tanzini stops by the small-town pizza shop that creates big time flavor. "I started off washing...
Vito's Ristorante in East Syracuse: Not just the 'old Rico's' (Dining out review)
Vito's Ristorante is not Rico's Ristorante. The Utica greens pizza ($14.95) was our first proof. The pan pizza, sliced in strips, was browned nicely to support the heft of the escarole, cherry pepper and breadcrumb mixture. The greens were distributed evenly over the dough, preventing any collapsing or cold spots. A scant amount of mozzarella chees...