Cafe Capriccio alums opening Modena restaurant in Greenville
Danielle Corellis and Todd Graves, a married couple who for years worked at Cafe Capriccio in Albany, are turning the former Mountain View Brasserie into Modena, a contemporary Italian restaurant. An opening by the end of May is projected, Corellis said. The restaurant is named after a city in in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region known for balsamic vin...
Il Forno in Chestnut Hill Is Italian Through and Through
Years ago, when Nashville reached a population count that drew a new breed of big-box chain restaurants to stake a claim on our dining landscape, and especially as franchise-happy Cool Springs emerged from Williamson County farmland, the Scene decided we would review the first location of each of those. Which is what sent me and my semi-reluctant...
At New Italian Eatery Il Falò, Nearly Every Dish Gets a Taste of the Flame
As far as wood-fired food goes, pizza is the tip of the iceberg at Il Falò, an upscale Italian eatery that opened last week at the Westin hotel in Raleigh’s Brier Creek neighborhood. Nearly every dish on Il Falò’s dinner menu, designed by James Beard award-winning chef Bradford Thompson, contains an element of wood-fired blister, crisp, or char. S...
Eat Gourmet Italian Food At The 18th Annual FESTA ITALIANA Charlotte
It’s the 18th Annual Festa Italiana Charlotte event happening May 21st from 1 pm to 6 pm at Gateway Village located at 800 West Trade St. It is the only Italian Gourmet Food and Wine Festival featuring the best of Italian Culture. You’ll enjoy 15 restaurants and 14 chefs showing off the best of the best. We all will taste plates of food, some wine,...
85-year-old Trattoria da Franco owner says he’s got at least five years left in Old Town
After seven years in retirement in Italy, Franco Abbruzzetti is back at Trattoria da Franco in Old Town. Last fall, the 85-year-old bought back his restaurant at 305 S. Washington Street from Michael Strutton, who bought it in 2017 and renamed it Michael’s Little Italy. Abbruzzetti and his wife moved to Rome, adopted a young boy, Bruno, who is now...
Cipriano Zonin, an Italian pizza truck, is opening in Tampa and giving away 500 free slices
A slice of Italy is rolling into Tampa. Cipriano Zonin, a family-owned pizzeria steeped in tradition, is set to make its debut in Tampa Bay this May. The brand new mobile pizzeria will offer its authentic old-world recipes, made with imported Italian ingredients and cooked to perfection in a stone oven. The grand opening will coincide with National...
Review: Brunch is a favorite at this Italian restaurant in downtown Vero Beach
In celebration of Easter Sunday, bunnies and brunches abound. Why bunnies and brunches on this Christian festival and cultural holiday? The Easter bunny is said to have originated as a pagan symbol of spring and rebirth. Over the years, this ancient symbol became associated with Easter. And research shows brunch attendance in restaurants spikes on...
DiGusto Italian Deli & Tasting debuts in Naples
The new DiGusto Italian Deli & Tasting in Naples encourages its guests to eat like an Italian while providing them an opportunity to do just that. Although it’s difficult to easily translate into English, di gusto celebrates the personal love of something by getting straight to the heart of the matter. “When a person mangi di gusto, it means he’s...
A popular pizzeria expanding to Clayton will specialize in authentic Neapolitan pies
The oven at Luna Pizza hovers around 1,100 degrees, enough to blister a pie to perfection in under two minutes. This popular Greenville pizzeria is continuing its westward expansion and opening a new Johnston County restaurant later this year. The new Luna will open on the edge of downtown Clayton as part of the new Spinning Mill Lofts development,...
Enzo's on the Lake
I like to revisit a restaurant, especially a long-established one like Enzo’s on the Lake, whenever there is a major change. The recent sale of the business by original owner Jo Anne Perlini, who opened it in 1980 with her then-husband, Enzo, to Orlando dentist John Khalil is about as major as changes get. So it’s time to take another look. But for...
Popular upscale Italian restaurant chain to open Mississippi expansion in Fall 2023, bring 60-70 new jobs
Amerigo, the upscale, casual neighborhood Italian restaurant, is expanding in Mississippi with a new location opening in Fondren later this year. Marking its third location in the Greater Jackson area, the newest restaurant will enter a space in the historic Duling School, formerly home to BABALU, just steps away from Saltine, a sister restaurant o...
La Panarda, a New Italian Concept from Chef Deborah VanTrece, Set to Open in Historic Cascade Heights
James Beard Award-nominated chef Deborah VanTrece is opening La Panarda, her second restaurant in the historic Cascade Heights neighborhood and third Atlanta restaurant, on Friday, May 12, 2023. La Panarda will focus on traditional Italian dishes while incorporating local and seasonal ingredients, with creative culinary twists. When developing the...