When life throws you tomatoes, make tomato sauce
While countless food startups fail, Neal McTighe has enjoyed exponential growth of his pasta sauce company since he started making the product in his Raleigh kitchen in 2010. It’s a premium line sold by several regional and national markets in the Southeast, including Whole Foods, Harris Teeter, Kroger and Earth Fare. Southern Living magazine named...
Fazoli's Announces Grand Opening Of Newest Restaurant In Brand's Home State Of Kentucky
Fast, fresh Italian is making its way across the Bluegrass State. Fazoli's, America's largest Italian fast casual brand, announced today the opening of its newest franchised restaurant in Maysville, marking a total of 34 Fazoli's locations in Kentucky to date. Located at 416 Market Square, the restaurant will celebrate its grand opening with the Ma...
Taste Of The Town: Old School Italy Has Arrived At This Miami Beach Eatery
Welcome to Antico Pizza Napoletana, Miami Beach’s newest little Italy. At the helm is Chef Giovanni Di Palma – a celebrity pizza maker who has quite the celebrity following with his first multi-concept pizzeria which opened in Atlanta back in 2009. “I decided in Atlanta. I found an old bakery in a bad neighborhood. I thought what do I have to lose...
Pete called. Must be Festa time!
The lead up to the Italian Festival at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Daytona Beach is always kind of fun for me — not just because it’s my parish and I look forward to the good food and good time, but also because I get my annual phone call from my buddy Pete Sicilian. Great name for a guy who helps with publicity for an Italian festival, is it not...
At the Italian Table brings an authentic Italian dining experience to Frankfort Avenue
In a tiny converted house on the edge of Clifton sits a portal to old-world Italy. Operated by chef Gina Stipo, an American who spent 13 years living and traveling in Italy, At the Italian Table is presented more as an experience than a meal. Two tables set for eight to 10 people fill the tiny structure, with antique furnishings, decor and accessor...
Authentic Italian gelato cafe opens this month in Sneads Ferry
Lisa Meeting fell in love with Italian gelato in 2008. Her taste buds soared the firs time she tasted it in Florence, Italy, while stationed there with her husband. Upon her return to the states in 2010 she would dream of opening her own gelato cafe. That dream will become a reality this month with the soft opening of Cafe Frutta Fresca in Sneads F...
Fresh Additions For Spring at Quattro Gastronomia Italiana
Executive Chef Luciano Sautto, who joined Quattro in January 2017, has just unveiled new menu items that reflect his diverse culinary background and Italian upbringing. These additions provide a touch of spring to the award-winning Italian eatery whose menu is centered on house-made pastas and dishes influenced by various regions of Italy. “The new...
Elegant Italian Import Le Sirenuse Sets Up Shop at the Newly Renovated Surf Club
While the majority of the buzz at the Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club’s (9011 Collins Avenue) new restaurant offerings is around Thomas Keller’s upcoming 2018 project, there is another opening worthy of note. Late last month, the legendary Postanio hotel, which houses Michelin-starred La Sponda restaurant, set up a restaurant and champagne bar...
The Ferraro’s story: from bait and tackle shop to high-end Italian
Ferraro’s Kitchen & Wine Bar is in a former bait and tackle shop on the mainland side of 79th Street. The space was transformed into a modern Italian restaurant with one wall filled with wine bottles, a black polished granite counter with high green chairs and a patio in back with tables shaded by canopies. It is open with plenty of light from fron...
91-year-old owner still cooking at Kingston pizza restaurant
The people who work at one East Tennessee restaurant joke that everything is breaking down except the owner of Mama Mia's. She is 91 years old. "I'm not going to quit until I go bye-bye," Lottie O'Brien said with a laugh. She's baked bread in a particular oven since 1956 when she ran a bakery up north. "We had that one in the bakery in New Jersey....
New Italian, upscale eateries for Burlington
A restaurant shuffle will bring Burlington two new upscale dining options in the coming weeks. Michelle’s Kitchen & Catering, a carry-out and catering business at 3290 S. Church St. owned by Chef Michelle Morton, is moving into the former Cutlery Steakhouse space at 2461 S. Church St. In turn, chef Darren Atkins plans to open an Italian take-out an...
BRAVO Cucina Italiana at the Mercato in Naples, Florida Recently Named One of OpenTable's "The Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in America" for 2017
BRAVO Cucina Italiana at the Mercato in Naples, Fla. was recently named one of "The Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in America" for 2017 by OpenTable diners. OpenTable is an app that allows users to make online reservations, read and write reviews about restaurants across the globe. The BRAVO brand, part of BRAVO | BRIO Restaurant Group, Inc., is cele...