Italian Festival returns for weekend activities
The annual Cascade Park Italian Festival returns today and tomorrow. The event, begun in 2011 and put on each year by the City of New Castle, features live entertainment, music, dancing, food, vendors, morra, Baby Doll Dance and more. The hours are 3 to 10 p.m. today and 1 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. Admission is free, but there is a $3 charge for p...
A True Artisanal Kitchen: Chef Tony Mantuano Opens Lorenzo on Miami Beach
by Erin Newberg After last night's Grand Opening party, it is official that Lorenzo is here. Not Lorenzo's Market in North Miami, but the new hottest restaurant to hit Collins Avenue, located at the SBE Hotel the Redbury (across from the Raleigh). I went to try the incredible resto of Chef Tony Mantuano on Monday night with Jacque...
Grub Scout: LaRosa's menu covers wide array of Italian favorites
There have been so many new restaurants opening in Knoxville lately, that I’ve had trouble deciding which place to try from week to week. A friend of mine who used to live in Cincinnati had been very excited about the arrival of LaRosa’s Family Pizzeria, which got its start in that Ohio city more than 60 years ago. Her personal recommendation was e...
Bertolone family turns over reins to Joe’s Italian restaurant
By Neal Wagner After her father, Giuseppe Bertolone, died in March 2013, Joe's Italian owner Sonia Bertolone-Carillo didn't have much time to mourn his passing. "We didn't have much of an opportunity to grieve because we were working all the time," Bertolone-Carillo said of her family, noting they regularly put in 90 or more hours ope...
Wynwood Gets a Italian Comfort Food Eatery
by Olee Fowler Wynwood is not typically known for having cozy, albeit traditional, restaurants. But that could be changing with the now-open Jack's Home Cooking. The brainchild of JP Parlavechio, who has been in the restaurant industry in South Florida for more than 20 years, alongside Alan Roth, it'll feature a menu based on "what your mother...
Papa Roc's opens next week in east Montgomery
by Brad Harper The furniture and much of the interior looks the same inside the former Garrett's The Art of Food location in east, but everything else is changing. Including the prices. Papa Roc's Italian Grill plans a soft opening Wednesday at their 7780 Atlanta Highway space, bringing in the Mississippi Delta-based restaurant's appr...
Ruggeri's Restaurants in Dallas, TX
Treat your family to a delicious Italian meal at Ruggeri's. At our Preston and Royal location, you will find the finest menu with amazing authentic Italian cuisine, from house made pasta dishes to prime tenderloin and veal, as well as a full-service staff with more than 20 years of experience. Our chefs use homemade recipes that have been...
Cucina 503 opens in Columbia County
by Brandon Gates A new restaurant is now open in Augusta and it's looking to serve up Italian food with a twist. Cucina 503 is off Fury's Ferry Road and serves authentic Italian cuisine. The owner formed the menu from Italian cookbooks, visiting Italian restaurants, and his own culinary arts studies. The chef and cooks make a...
Dine & Dish: Offerings at Alloro are classic Italian
By Danielle Wong Moores When my husband, Sean, and I celebrated our anniversary, we'd narrowed the choice down to two restaurants, The Bradley or Alloro in Aiken. The Bradley won (see my review from September), but a month later, we were back in Aiken to celebrate Sean's birthday at Alloro, at 227 The Alley. Alloro translates into "laurel," and t...
Donato’s Italian Restaurant delivers the sights, sounds and tastes of Little Italy
Donato's Italian Restaurant transports guests to New York City's Little Italy, delivering the sights, sounds and savory tastes of a cuisine that emigrated from the motherland and evolved in the New World. Brothers and co-owners Dennis and David Valentino recreated their childhood in Port Charlotte's Murdock Carousel Plaza 18 years ago, imp...
A&A Alta Cucina Italia balsamic vinegar wins 2015 Flavor of Georgia contest
by J. Merritt Melancon Adriana Coppola, a native Italian now living in Johns Creek, won the grand prize in the University of Georgia's 2015 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest with her A&A Alta Cucina Italia Balsamico al Mirtillo, a blueberry balsamic vinegar reduction. The annual contest, conducted by the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Ec...
7 Great Italian Restaurants in Jacksonville
We've scanned Metro Jacksonville's forums for recommendations. Here's seven of the best Italian restaurants that Jacksonville has to offer. If you think we're missing few, let us know and we'll add them to the list! Enza's Italian Restaurant Mike and Enza Huff opened Enza's Italian Restaurant in 2004. Enza had been born in Sicily and migr...