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It had been a while since my dining partner and I had a real sit-down supper with my Aunt, my cousin the Teacher and her husband, the Tycoon. Naturally, both my partner and I were looking for a restaurant that had a pleasant atmosphere for dining, superlative service and of course, an unmatched cuisine that everyone would like. There was no questio...

Mulino Italian Kitchen & Bar, downtown Raleigh’s award-winning Italian trattoria, is hosting the inaugural Turkey Ball on Nov. 8 with the goal of providing 500 turkeys to families in need of a Thanksgiving meal. Mulino will donate turkeys to several Raleigh-based charities including: Catholic Parish Outreach, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Urban Ministr...

In the spring of 2003, when Niko and Lola Nousiadis opened Niko’s Italian Cuisine in The Springs medical complex at 2200 E. Parrish Ave., there was only one other building in the new development. “There was nothing out here then, but Highland Elementary School, Foodland and a few other places,” Lola Nousiadis said last week. Her son, Christo, remem...

While South Florida boasts a number of Italian restaurants, Sardinia Enoteca serves dishes that differ from typical Italian-American fare. It’s located at the South Delray Shopping Center and is co-owned by Antonio “Tony” Gallo and chef Pietro Vardeu. Its sister restaurant in Miami Beach has been a staple since 2006. “This is more authentic Italian...

The name, the menu, the recipes, and the family are the same. There’s only one difference between the brand new Michael’s New York Style Pizza, Pasta & Grill in Carolina Forest and the one at 1701 N. Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach. The new one is closer to home. “A lot of the customers who live in this area kept asking us to come out here,” Tom Nuzz...

Bringing more than fifteen years of experience from Washington D.C. under the same name, Sette Osteria opened in the Wynwood Arts District in late May.  It is an authentic Italian restaurant and bar with an open kitchen, soft tones, and high ceilings leading way to a sophisticated casual feel. “We wanted it to be updated because Wynwood is about mi...

Hilton Head Island is set to welcome a new Italian restaurant owned by a popular New Jersey chef. Nunzio Patruno, a noted chef, is renovating a building on New Orleans Road and expects it to open by March. “We plan to improvise with a lot of seafood and homemade pasta,” Patruno said Wednesday. “We want a lighter menu.” The restaurant will be at 18...

The former Cliftons Pizza Co. on Frankfort Avenue will remain in the Italian food family. Building owner Sheila Tasman told Insider that the La Grange-based restaurant Steve-O’s Italian Kitchen is opening a second location at 2230 Frankfort Ave. The address was occupied by Cliftons for more than 28 years until mid-September when it abruptly closed....

Local restaurateurs Chris and Michelle Ponte have started transforming a former South Tampa happy hour spot into their latest restaurant. Lovingly dubbed Olivia, the newcomer is coming along where Carmel Kitchen closed earlier this year at 3601 W. Swann Ave. “It’s named after our daughter,” Michelle said with a smirk, looking over to check the expr...

Miami isn’t exactly know for being a pizza city, but that all might be changing when Italian pizzaiolo Gabriele Bonci — the man behind Rome’s wildly popular Pizzarium — brings his restaurant Bonci (pronounced Bahn-chi) to Miami in early 2019. The Roman-style pizzeria, which already has two outposts in Chicago, will debut inside Cube Wynwood at 222...

From the time she was 7 years old, Judi Stanley knew she wanted to open a restaurant. While living in San Francisco, a relative had taken her to see the original film, “Moulin Rouge.” “I came home and I said, “Daddy, I’m going to open a restaurant one day,” Judi Stanley said of her father, Michael Klein. “He said, ‘No daughter of mine will ever be...

For the first time since its inception, Gianni’s at The Versace Mansion, the hotel known as The Villa Casa Casuarina, will now serve lunch. Beginning October 2nd, the elegant oasis that is equal in beauty as it is in luxury, will give diners a chance to experience a specially curated three-course menu for $29. Designed to honor Gianni Versace’s own...