The New Face of Four-Star Italian Cooking
We are living in a golden age of pasta. For the last couple of years, various forms of la cucina Italiana have powered more new restaurants than any other. Here in New York, from the spicy vodka rigatoni at Carbone to the pink peppercorn malfadini at Lilia, Italian food—specifically, pasta—has become incongruously the food in this gluten-free envir...
Noto's Casa Cucina: Clam bar & 'Meatball Mania' in former Jimmy Max space
The Noto family lends its famous meatball recipe. Chef Kim Leo tosses in a clam bar concept. And it will all come together soon as Noto's Casa Cucina in the Great Kills space formerly occupied by Jimmy Max. The Notos' V&J Soriano's Pork Store is a long-running Italian specialty grocery that prides itself on a Sunday tradition called "Meatball Mania...
Park Slope Italian Eatery Introduces Brooklyn to Centuries-Old Family Recipes
For close to 200 years, Peter Rizzi's family has created treasured Italian foods for Sunday dinners and family gatherings. At Sweet Basil Pizzeria, which opened in Brooklyn last month, anyone can try these beloved recipes marked by slightly-sweet sauce and pleasant basil notes. "We wanted to bring old-world recipes back to Park Slope," said Rizzi,...
BELLA LUNA 2.0 Now Open on the Upper West Side
Beloved neighborhood Italian restaurant Bella Luna has reopened in its new location on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with the same traditional Italian dishes residents and visitors have come to love for nearly 30 years, as well as some brand new selections, including pizza baked in a traditional brick oven. Bella Luna was founded in 1988 by owne...
Nicoletta Puts Midwestern Twist On Italian Classics
At first glance, a mix of the American Midwest and classic Italian fare seems like the ultimate disaster, but Michael White’s Nicoletta Pizzeria in the East Village manages to marry the flavors of these two distinctly different regions in menu items such as Midwestern pizza and soft-serve gelato. Although the pizza doesn’t live up to its hype, Whit...
A taste of Italy coming to Le Roy
Italy may be over 6,000 miles away, but for those hungering for food from the old country, Capish Pizza-ristorante in Le Roy delivers. “I hear there are a lot of Italians living here, and that we can remind them what their grandparents how they used to cook in the old days,” said Jim Frascati, the location’s owner. Capish will be serving pizza — bo...
That's Lunch: Bella Regina an Italian classic
About the restaurant: Bella Regina remains a classic Italian-American restaurant in the heart of downtown Utica. Located in the middle of the thriving business district on Genesee Street, it calls to mind many of the authentic old-time Italian restaurants in New York's Little Italy. Photographs of famous singers and actors like Marlon and Dean and...
Centro Trattoria review: Italian-American restaurant offers updated classics in Hampton Bays
At Centro Trattoria in Hampton Bays, a vintage black-and-white photo mural on one of the dining room walls shows how much fun and glamorous Italian dining can be. Five Broadway showgirls, circa 1948, participate in a pasta-eating contest where they each eat a plate of spaghetti without their hands. If you choose wisely at this updated roadhouse, yo...
At America’s Oldest Cheese Shop, Tony Danza Commands Your Attention
That’s me you have seen marching double-time through the streets of New York’s Little Italy, my eyes glued to the pavement, determinedly dodging the catcall invitations for free sangria and heaping bowls of pasta. So it is not surprising that I never noticed the Alleva Dairy cheese shop snuggled at the intersection of Mulberry and Grand Streets; ac...
Saratoga Springs picks up Augie’s Family Style Italian To-Go
A popular area restaurant is expanding to the Spa City with a new to-go location, where people can pick up family-style Italian cuisine. Augie’s Family Style Italian To-Go, an extension of Augie’s Family Style Italian Restaurant in Ballston Spa, opened on Wednesday afternoon at 223 Lake Ave. in Saratoga Springs. To celebrate, the business held a gr...
Italy’s pizza-sandwich is coming to NYC
In a time of cultural erasure and broad public indecency, it's nice to see traditions and heritages respected. The next street food creation to hit NYC won't be a grotesque Frankenstein monster of fatty American favorites, like the infamous Double Down; but rather a revival of an old-school favorite from Italy: the Trapizzino. The triangular pizza...
JamesSuckling.com & Zachys Wine & Liquor Announce 2017 Great Wines of Italy New York City
JamesSuckling.com and Zachys Wine & Liquor are proud to present the 2017 edition of Great Wines of Italy NYC on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Returning to New York City’s state-of-the-art IAC Building, this unique walk-around wine tasting will showcase over 115 of the region’s most sought-after producers and premium boutique wineries. Each producer wil...