Patsy’s Pizzeria carries on tradition in New Rochelle
by Dan Reiner Patsy's Pizzeria opened in Harlem in 1933, and over the years, its pizza, charred in coal-fired ovens, made regulars of the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joe DiMaggio and Christopher Walken. The owners of Patsy's of New Rochelle, who held their ribbon-cutting ceremony last week, are hoping they can replicate t...
Italian Sandwich Mecca Alidoro Serves Its First Hot Hero
By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite After several decades of standing by the conviction that the only good Italian hero is a cold Italian hero — not to mention surviving the pressed-panini craze of the early '00s — the superb sandwich artists at Alidorohave reconsidered their position. Chalk it up to a thaw in customer relations,...
Longtime Schenectady restaurateur Mamma Rosa Ferrari dies
By Haley Viccaro For Mamma Rosa Ferrari, God, family and work were the three most important things in life. Rosa Ferrari, more commonly known as "Mamma," always wanted the Ferrari family to live together and work together. Her dream came true with Ferrari's Ristorante in Schenectady. "Everybody called her Mamma," her son Joe...
La VII Giornata Mondiale delle Cucine italiane ha visto protagonista gli spaghetti al pomodoro e basilico
By Riccardo Chioni Per la settima edizione della Giornata Mondiale delle Cucine italiane centinaia di cuochi in tutto il mondo ieri hanno fatto chiarezza sulla ricetta di uno dei piatti più semplici e gustosi della nostra tavola: gli spaghetti al pomodoro e basilico, per proteggere il Made in Italy. Nell'auditorium del International Culinary Cent...
Wood-Fired Pizza Spot Macchina Opens on Upper West Side
by Emily Frost A new Italian restaurant from a Brooklyn restaurateur that features wood-fired pizza has arrived at the corner of West 106th Street and Broadway. North Brooklyn restaurateur Daddo Bogich first shared his plans to open the restaurant, Macchina, last year, but didn't officially open its doors until this week. Bog...
Food in Focus: An IACE Photography Contest at Eataly New York
The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) and Eataly New York invite students in the Italian language program to participate in the initiative "Food in Focus," a photography contest. IACE students are encouraged to submit photos taken with a smartphone. The image should depict Italian cuisine, from simple, quality ingredients to bea...
10 Old-Fashioned Italian-American Restaurants to Try in New York and Jersey City
Last December we did a roundup of the best Italian-American restaurants located in Brooklyn — old-timers peddling the red-sauced cuisine that first arose when immigrant housewives adapted American ingredients to their Italian recipes over a century ago, highlighting things like spaghetti with meatballs, stuffed clams, baked pastas, eggplant rollati...
Zagat: 'Quality Italian' Offers Creative Interpretations On Italian-American Steakhouse Faref
Quality Italian recently opened just around the corner from parent restaurant Quality Meats, and like its predecessor, it's also inspired by old-world butcher shops in its design. "I think the space is kind of really different than any other restaurant I've ever seen because they have these really cool pictures, but they're all backwards,"...
The Flavor of the Big Apple
by Carol Sugarman Joe's Pizza, the Greenwich Village institution owned and operated by Naples-born Joe Pozzuoli since 1975, has been visited by a host of celebrities over the years. But its latest claim to fame was its inclusion in the movie Spider-Man 2. Actor Tobey Maguire, aka Spider-Man, plays a Joe's delivery guy. Our tour gu...
At Lìolà, Relax and Enjoy An Authentic Italian Meal
Lìolà is not your typical neighborhood Italian restaurant in Queens. Owner and Chef Angelo Alaimo is serious about providing sophisticated, thoughtful dishes, fine wines and exceptional customer service that rival the top Italian restaurants in the entire New York Metropolitan area. Dinner commences with a plate of cubed parmesan, green and bl...
Mario Batali visits The BookMark Shoppe
World-famous culinary star and restauranteur Mario Batali stopped by The BookMark Shoppe in Bay Ridge on Saturday to meet his fans and sign copies of his new book. "Big American Cookbook" includes 250 of Batali's favorite recipes from across the USA. The BookMark Shoppe owner Christine Freglette welcomed Batali to the mom-and-pop and pop shop that...
A Place for Family and Italian-American Cocktails in Brooklyn
When John Sartor came back from the Vietnam War, he and a buddy opened a bar in Cliffside Park, N.J., called R. Jay's Pub, a no-frills hangout for his family and friends. "The bar was a familiar place for me," said Alyssa Sartor, his daughter. "You could say I grew up on a barstool." Ms. Sartor now has her own place, August Laura, a c...