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A family-style Italian restaurant is in the works for uptown Charlotte. Demolition on that roughly 8,000-square-foot space started Monday in the 300 block of North College Street, says Tim Dolan. The restaurant will be located in the former Cosmos site, which closed earlier this year. He and Jason Astephen are behind 300 Bar Group, which...

Winner of Bravo's Best New Restaurant competition, Dolce Italian will open its first Georgia location in Buckhead Atlanta in August. A Miami location opened in 2013, and plans are in the works for a Chicago outpost as well.   The restaurant is the signature of LDV Hospitality, founder John Meadow says. Diners can look forward to house-made p...

by Therra C. GwynItalian food has come a long way in the United States from its beginnings as home cooking in immigrant kitchens and lovable canned spaghetti for the masses. Recently opened restaurant Piastra — Italian for "plate" — in Marietta, features chef Greg Lipman's take on modern Italian cuisine.   It's a careful concoction of d...

To meet the growing demand for pizza in the Jackson, Mississippi, area, Marco's Pizza® franchise is seeking to partner with entrepreneurs who want a slice of the action. How big is the demand for pizza in Jackson? Residents in the state capital, as well as tourists, are passionate for pizza.   With large employers and area universities...

I wasn't expecting anything special, but you never know what you're going to find at a shopping plaza pizzeria that boasts a New York state of mind. DiMaggio's in Winter Haven is the sort of place that invites instant allegiance. It is, as the location implies, an unassuming spot situated at the eastern end of Cypress Gardens Boulevard.  ...

By Laine Doss   A little over 20 years ago, Steve Martorano -- number seven on our Tastemaker countdown -- was on his way back up north. His dreams of opening a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale didn't work out and the cook (he doesn't like the word chef) was at the airport, waiting for a flight to Philadelphia. Then, as if in the movies, a call...

Area residents may be happy to hear that a long trip to the big apple or Italy may not be necessary in order to get the type of "pie" one can only find at one of those two places, David Affrunti said. Affrunti, owner and head chef of Corelli's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, is not talking about fruit pie, however, but authentic New York-style, S...

by Hanna Raskin   By Elizabeth Hall's reckoning, there are 136 Italian restaurants in Charleston. Hall admits she's counting every restaurant with even a tenuous connection to tomato sauce, but her tally speaks to the local enthusiasm for Italian-style cooking.   "We don't have a Little Italy, but what we do have that I get really jaz...

Since he was an adolescent growing up in Italy, chef Maurizio Colucci of Primo! Ristorante (8076 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 359-3690; primo-ristorante.com) was learning the ins and outs of culinary mastery. He brought his passion for authentic fare and flavorful cooking to his own restaurant, which opened in Sarasota in 1986, and Colucci has kept...

Viene da Miami, ma dall'estro di due italiani, un grande artista ed uno chef internazionale, l'idea di una collezione di elegantissimi piatti d'autore per gli amanti di una ricca tavola che, al di là della prelibatezza dei cibi, guardi anche alla magnificenza ed alla particolare raffinatezza del "contenitore", proponendolo in maniera del tutto nuov...

Come and join us for the consignment of the seal and certificate to the 15 selected restaurants in Miami, winners of the prestigious Q seal. The awards will be given by Hon. Adolfo Barattolo, Consul General of Italy in Miami and Mr. Eugenio Magnani, North America Director of ENIT (Italian National Tourism Board).   An Italian food & wine...

Siena Tavern Miami opens to the public Monday, November 10, at 6 p.m., and the hotly anticipated outpost of Siena Tavern in Chicago, helmed by former Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani, is gaining buzz before the first diner chows down on the restaurant's social-media-savvy (and savory) meatball. But what's behind the restaurant that's taken over t...