Spoleto My Italian Kitchen opening in Orlando, first U.S. location
America's first Spoleto - My Italian Kitchen will soon open in Central Florida.Construction is underway at Plaza on University near the University of Central Florida with an anticipated opening in January. Spoleto has plans to open several other locations throughout Orlando including one in Winter Park by the end of April. Spoleto, a popular...
Date Night Dining: Stevarino's Italian Eatery and Pub (South Pittsburg)
This column is about the experience of food in Chattanooga. I will take people out for dinner and lunch dates at various restaurants in the Chattanooga region. It is not meant to be a review per se, but an account of a one-time experience at a restaurant. Your mileage may vary depending upon your expectations. This week, Monica and I visit...
Paesano’s celebrates 30 years in the Cape
Whether it be owner Jerry Furio going out at 3 a.m. to Immokalee to get the freshest vegetables available or the store being the only licensed retailer in Lee County to sell certified Angus beef, Paesano's Italian Fresh Market & Outdoor Patio Caf has become the place to go for the best Italian food, wine, meats and cheeses. This year, Paesano'...
Uncle Giuseppe's Italian restaurant in Stuart has great food, value
I was recently challenged by my table mates at a women's power lunch to try Uncle Giuseppe's Lil' Bit A Brooklyn. Afterward, they agreed this was some of the best Italian food and pizza in Martin County. I later checked it out with my husband. Maria and Giacomo Giambato came to Martin County from Palermo, Italy, less than a year...
"Ospitalita' Italiana - Ristoranti Italiani nel Mondo" Award Ceremony
Unioncamere (the Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce) with the support of the Italian government, have constituted the certification "Ospitalità Italiana - Ristoranti Italiani nel Mondo" - a seal of quality that is conferred annually to authentic Italian restaurants around the world.
Explore Regional Italian Cuisine at Mangia Mondays
by Carlos C Olaechea Long gone are the days in which Americans believed that all Italian food consists of some variation of dry pasta with a tomato sauce. Besides learning that there is a great difference between the red sauce fare in the States and the Italian food eaten in Italy, we have come to understand that the concept of Italian cui...
Classic Italian Tony D's expands to Fort Lauderdale
After seven years in Rochester, N.Y., the owners of this regional old-school Italian and New American restaurant have picked South Florida for its first expansion. "Too many restaurants fail by only focusing on one thing," co-owner and chef Jay Speranza says. "We will provide our guests with an equal balance of delicious, fresh and creative It...
La focaccia conquista Miami: «Abbiamo 3500 clienti al mese»
di Claudio Cabona Sole, palme, spiagge dalla sabbia finissima, strade che si attorcigliano, musica che riporta alle sonorità rap di Will Smith, alle hit da discoteca di Pitbull, ma anche focaccia, mandilli, ravioli alla genovese e un buon Pigato. Le atmosfere colorate e calde di Miami, che ogni anno vanta un flusso turistico di qu...
Two new regional Italian restaurants to open in Miami this fall from the duo behind Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante
by Ina Paiva Cordle The owners of Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante in Miami Beach are planning to open two new regional Italian restaurants in Miami this fall. In the works from Sardinia duo Tony Gallo and Pietro Vardeu are Moye, at 80 SW 8th St., and Campania, at 4029 North Miami Ave. in the Design District, in the space previously occupied by Eg...
Italian restaurant opens in downtown Adairsville
Ristorante Mabianni Main Street Station has opened at 106 Public Square in the heart of downtown Adairsville. Gabriel Murguia is the owner of the family-operated business. Murguia, who has lived in the Adairsville area for about five years, said, while attending the Great Locomotive Chase Festival in Adairsville last October, he fell...
Fazoli's selects sites in Macon and Warner Robins for stores
by Linda S. Morris Fazoli's, which announced in March it was coming back to Middle Georgia, has picked two sites for the fast-casual restaurant. C&P Restaurant Co., a franchise group owned by Allen Peake and Mike Chumbley, had signed a six-unit development agreement for Fazoli's in Georgia. Fazoli's is an Italian-American restaura...
Primo: Italian restaurant, juice bar to open in North Chattanooga
by Shelly Bradbury A new Italian restaurant and a new raw juice bar are slated to open this spring in North Chattanooga, filling up a section of retail on Hixson Pike that's been empty for years. Veteran Chattanooga restaurateur Nathan Lindley, who owns downtown restaurant Public House, will open the Italian eatery, Primo, in the old Gree...