Limoncello Italian Restaurant voted among “Most Authentic Italian Restaurants in US”
Limoncello Italian Restaurant in Aventura was recently voted one of the 99 " Most Authentic Italian Restaurants in the United States" and will receive a 4 ½- star rating in a famous Italian restaurant guide to be published this coming October . To help celebrate this honored designation, Limoncello owners Enza Michienzi and Diego Franco ho...
Serafina Dream South Beach – Northern Italian Fare in Miami
by Brenda Benois Serving more than 24 pizza varieties and offering an extensive assortment of salads, pastas and grilled fish and meat, diners enjoy Northern Italian cuisine that use the highest quality ingredients at reasonable prices. We started with the Polpette Di Granchio, a divine pan-roasted crab cake complemented with basi...
New Italian eatery to open in Fingerlakes Mall
by Eric Reinhardt The Fingerlakes Mall on Wednesday announced that an Auburn Italian restaurant will open a second location in the mall, but under a different name. Sal Musumeci, who operates GJP Italian Eatery on Grant Avenue in Auburn, will open a second restaurant under the name Brooklyn Slice Italian Eatery, Fingerlakes Mall said in a...
The Culinary Immersion Experience: A Preview Of Locale Market
For the uninitiated, the highly anticipated market and restaurant concept known as Locale will open at the Sundial on Wednesday, December 17. Locale is the brainchild of renowned chefs Don Pintabona and Michael Mina. Locale Market finds the synergy between retail and restaurant. Their bold project will include 11 kitchens in their 2-floor,...
NASA Intensive Four Day Italian Wine Specialist Provides Certification Opportunity for Both Professionals and Wine Enthusiasts
Diego Meraviglia, Vice President and Director of Education of the North American Sommelier Association (NASA) and Gold-Pin Sommelier, returns to Miami to head the Southeastern US presentation of the Italian Wine Immersion Course. Designed for either wine enthusiasts or professionals, the classes deeply and fully explore all 20 wine regions of Italy...
In Catonsville, the very model of a neighborhood Italian bistro
Franco's Italian Bistro opened last fall in the Frederick Road location that had previously been Regions. Regions was valiant but slightly complicated, with an ambitious globe-traveling menu of small and large plates. Franco's Italian Bistro is simple, straightforward and, from what I could tell, a big draw for the Catonsville community. &nbs...
DiFabio’s offers comforting Italian family fare
by Robin Garr Mmm, mmm, Tortellini! Who doesn't love these little stuffed pasta rings? Artfully rolled into small rounds, their Italian name stems from "torta," naming them as "little cakes," a moniker that doesn't actually make much sense since there's nothing very cake-like about them. If you want descriptive food words, try the...
Lou's Pub owner opens new restaurant next door in Birmingham's Lakeview District
There's a new moon rising in Birmingham's Lakeview District. Mia Luna, an Italian-themed restaurant whose menu features house-made pastrami and linguini with Bolognese sauce, opens for lunch and dinner starting today in the former Rags' Italian Bistro location next to Lou's Pub & Package Store on 29th Street South. "Mia Luna" is Itali...
Authentic Italian food is in D’Emidio’s DNA
By Chaning Green Marco D'Emidio is a native son of Italy, a dad, a geologist and a chef. He and his wife Stacey live with their 1-year-old son Nico in a home in north Oxford where they have a garden that grows everything from tomatoes to lemons. D'Emidio grew up in Abruzzo, a region of Italy that lies east of Rome on th...
Dining review: Bellini provides traditional Italian experience in Cary
Go to Bellini's website, and as soon as the page loads, Frank Sinatra starts singing "My Way" in the background. Before you go looking for the mute button ( it's at the bottom of the page), you might want to know that Old Blue Eyes isn't just setting the mood. He's sending a signal to anyone craving the traditional Italian fine dining expe...
Rita's Italian Ice Awards Area Development Agreement to Alabama Veterans
Rita's Italian Ice®, the world's largest Italian Ice concept with over 600 stores, now in 22 states, has awarded franchise and area development agreements for the state of Alabama to franchisees, local residents and Veterans, Doug Portrey and Rob Tarr. Having grown up with Rita's and vacationed in the Gulf Shores, Portrey and Tarr realized...
New restaurant looks to switch hit with Italian cuisine and southern BBQ
When John Vechionne and Ronnie Zuarro dined on Italian food in North Carolina and other places in the South they were underwhelmed. It didn't meet their native New Yorker expectations of what the cuisine they know should look, taste and smell like. They also found below the Mason-Dixon line Italian food sorely lacking in the intense flavors and fre...