In preparation for opening (soon), Ernest Loves Agnes brings in NYC pizza expert
Speaking of pizza, finishing touches are going on in the major overhaul of the old Kingfish Cafe on 19th Ave E in preparation for the opening of the new Ernest Loves Agnes Italian joint and bar from the Guild Seattle folks behind Lost Lake, the Comet, Grim's, and more. Finishing touches are also going on in the kitchen. Guild Seattle has f...
Chef de Tucson: Daniela Borella, Caffe Torino
Daniela Borella was born in Italy. At her two Tucson-area restaurants she serves meals prepared using recipes handed down from her grandmothers. Her mother, who for years was the cook at Borella's Caffe Torino in Oro Valley, still comes into the kitchen a couple times a week "for quality control, to make sure everything is according to he...
Ferraro's family restaurant celebrates 30 years in Las Vegas
by Denise Valdez Ferraro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar is a successful family-owned business that just celebrated three decades in Las Vegas. On Friday, the City of Las Vegas is declaring it "Ferraro Family Day" to honor their 30 years in business. To celebrate its 30 years, the restaurant is offering full course meals for...
Al Pacino walks into Il Terrazzo Carmine in Pioneer Square: The classic Italian eatery marks 30 years this month
On Friday, Oct. 3, who should walk into Il Terrazzo Carmine, the classic Italian restaurant in Pioneer Square? It was one of American cinema's greatest actors Al Pacino, in town to visit family. Pacino was dressed in black, with his hair standing straight up. He arrived in a party of seven, choosing Carmine's because he wanted great Italian food an...
Pizzeria Otto in Northeast Portland Now Open
The latest in a line of wood-fired pizza places coming to Northeast Portland has opened its doors. After months of hands-on demolition, construction and build-out, owner Clark Hale opened Pizzeria Otto last Friday, bringing Neapolitan-style pies to the Roseway neighborhood. Pizzaiolo Justin Clarke, a Brit who lived and trained in Italy bef...
Venetian restaurant and pork neckbones celebrated at Oscar's
Former Mayor Oscar Goodman has been hosting a series of dinner events at his namesake steakhouse at Downtown's Plaza, mostly featuring colorful stories of Vegas past served as a tasty side dish. The next such event has him particularly excited. "When we got here in 1964 our social lives revolved around two places, and one of those was the...
Taste of the Town: best Italian subs
It seems as if every deli and sandwich shop serves an Italian sub, but which ones are the best? Fellow Taste of the Town readers have suggestions for Hank Miller, who wrote in search of advice. Al Wirtzbaum and Zuzana Eissler both were effusive in their praise for ParmeZan Subs at 10720 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson. Read more &nb...
Italian red varieties thrive in Northwest vineyards, wineries
By Eric Degerman and Andy Perdue Italy's winemaking history goes back millennia, and today the Mediterranean country produces about a third of all the wine in the world. When Italians emigrated to the United States, they brought their winemaking prowess with them. As early as the 1850s, Italian immigrants arrived in Washington's Walla...
La Fontanella and Brooklyn Cafe closing their doors
Two longtime Valley restaurants are closing their doors. La Fontanella After 10 years running restaurants in Chicago, Isabella Mannone moved to Phoenix in 1982 and opened La Fontanella. A few years later, husband Berto Bertuccio came on board, adding to La Fontanella's charms with his homemade gelato, a Valley rarity in those days. ...
First look: Renata, Southeast Portland's wood-fired Italian restaurant from French Laundry alums
by Samantha Bakall After nearly a year of anticipation, Renata, a wood-fired Italian restaurant, will open in industrial Southeast Portland on June 1. Owners Nick and Sandra Arnerich bring a sterling resume to the massive project -- the 10,000-square-foot building, 1921 Weatherly Creamery Building, that houses not only the restaur...
AVPN at the 2014 International Pizza Expo
The partecipation of the Association Verace Pizza Napoletana at the 2014 International Pizza Expo is one of the pivotal moments for the celebration of the 30 years that the Association accomplished this year. Program of the EventAVPN Booth # 2009
Chef Justin Wills to Open Sorella Restaurant in Newport on Friday
by Chad Walsh When Justin and Stormee Wills opened Restaurant Beck on Depot Bay at the Oregon Coast a few years back, they decided to name it for their son, Becker, who's now six years old. Logic would follow that should the Wills ever open a sister restaurant, they'd name it for Becker's kid sister, Isla, who's now two. That's pretty muc...