Giada's Vegas Restaurant Will Serve an 'Italian Dim Sum Brunch' on Carts
With construction chugging along, Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis reveals some vital menu details for her debut restaurant in Las Vegas: Giada will be serving an "Italian dim sum brunch" on carts. De Laurentiis tells Food & Wine's Kate Krader that for brunch "servers roll custom-made carts around the dining room" and that brunch...
Culty Gabagool Italian Food Cart Goes Brick and Mortar in St. Johns
by Mattie John Bamman After crushing Reddit, the Gabagool food cart has been a buzzy underground spot for Italian street food on N Mississippi Avenue, and earlier this year, it shuttered and announced plans to go brick and mortar. Now owner-chef Ryan Sherman tells Eater he's signed a lease at 7911 N Lombard Ave., near Leisure Public House...
Pasta Brioni: Where You're Treated Like Family
I remember the days not so long ago when you could walk into a restaurant and be greeted by name. You'd know at least half the waitstaff, all of which were men, just from the neighborhood. And you'd be served your favorite dish, the one you'd ordered time and time again. This is what it was like for me growing up in South Philly. Italian A...
Owner hopes new Italian restaurant will be first in a franchise
by Oliver LazenbyThe owner of a new Italian restaurant hopes her venture will be the start of a franchise. Mozza, at 410 W. Bakerview Road, opened in late March with a menu that includes pizza, pasta, calzones, chicken wings, breakfast pizza and quesadillas. The restaurant also serves alcohol, including beer from local breweries. Samantha Mac...
Enjoy National Pizza Month at Trevi Italian Restaurant
Located in the heart of The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, one of the world's premier shopping destinations, Trevi Italian Restaurant serves up authentic and approachable favorites daily for lunch and dinner. For National Pizza Month, Trevi offers a signature pizza every day during lunch for just $10. The special is available from 11 a.m....
An Italian Christmas in Portland
We are lucky. As Italians, we've surely had our chance to be spoiled when it comes to food. Lucky and cursed at the same time, since our standards are so high! This is particularly true as the holidays approach. We often find ourselves fighting at the stove to recreate that particular dish, hunting for a rare ingredient, digging into mom's...
Brandon Pettit Will Open Dino's Tomato Pie This Fall
by Sara Jones Beautiful news, Delancey fans: chef/owner Brandon Pettit (also of next door Essex) is opening a new Italian spot called Dino's Tomato Pie, this time on Capitol Hill. Distinct from Delancey, Dino's will be "more bar than restaurant," reports Seattle Met, and will serve square, thick-crust pizza baked in pans. (This st...
Pizza Week Preview: DeNicola’s “The Best of Italy”
Thirty-eight years. That's how long DeNicola's Italian Restaurant has been a part of Portland, and every inch of the place glows with a comfortable, heartwarming authenticity that New Portland can't hope to equal. That same trusty charm carries over in their Pizza Week pie: While the DeNicola family experimented with more exotic concoctions for Piz...
Fillmore Trattoria: Honest Italian-American Fare
EVERYTHING ABOUT Fillmore Trattoria is decidedly Old Portland: the menu isn't pretentious; the electric guitars on the wall were hung by the ponytailed chef/owner; and the glass of decent Italian red is just $7. Except this is a San Francisco import. What a difference a few years makes for this former home to Noisette and then to Le Vieux,...
New Italian restaurant concept to launch at Red Rock
By Alan Snel The former owner of the Light Group is launching a new group of restaurants called Clique Hospitality, and is building its first restaurant at Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in western Las Vegas. Andy Masi, with partners Brian Massie and Shane Monaco, is working with international chef Luciano Sautto on the new Italian res...
Nick Arnerich talks Project Grace, his upcoming Italian restaurant
by Samantha Bakall For the past three months, a small Southeast Portland pop-up called Project Grace has quietly produced some of the most intriguing new Italian food in Portland. Now, that pop-up is gearing up for the next step. By early fall, Project Grace will transform into Renata, a 110 seat, 3,000-square-foot Italian restaurant...
Bellagio unveils new fountain-side restaurant, Lago
by Sarah Feldberg It's hard to imagine the Las Vegas Strip without its iconic fountains, the dancing waters that front the Bellagio and seem to blast off in nearly ever movie about the city. Now there's a new place to take in that heady view: the Bellagio's Lago restaurant by chef Julian Serrano. The space formerly home to Circo r...
