Bonu Taverna celebrates one year of delicious Italian in downtown St. Pete
Trying to keep track of all the new places opening in St. Pete lately is about as easy as counting seashells during a walk on the beach. But as so many new restaurants, bars and businesses pop up, we hold a special place for the ones who recognize that St. Pete, too, is a special place, and ingrain themselves in our growing community. One year ago...
Favorite Florida Pit Stops Goes Italian In Central Florida
Favorite Florida Pit Stops goes Italian in Central Florida. Favorite Florida Pit Stops is a dining series that features places to pull over for a break and a bite while traveling along the state’s main corridors. They don’t take a lot of effort to find and are worth more than just a stop for stretching your legs and back. Especially if your refueli...
You’d Never Guess Some Of The Best Italian Food In Alabama Is Hiding In This Former Bank Building
Who doesn’t love dining out? Here in Alabama, we have many options when it comes to dining out, including several restaurants that specialize in international cuisine. One of these restaurants is Ravello Ristorante, which serves some of the best Italian food in Alabama. To learn all about this restaurant, take a look below. Ravello Ristorante is a...
Tidbits: Ferraro’s Pizzeria and Cheesy Corner
Sandwiches bursting with dueling cheeses, a heaping bowl of piping-hot macaroni, crumbled feta scattered across a large pizza pie. After closing its doors in 2020 because of the pandemic, Ferraro’s Pizzeria and Cheesy Corner is back to reclaim its title as the ultimate comfort food spot, offering a take on New York-style pizza and Italian cuisine t...
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...