New Italian restaurant planned for east Tosa
Sarah and Zak Baker, the operating partners of Pizza Man, plan to open their own restaurant and pasta shop serving Italian street food late this year, where Juniper 61 now operates in Wauwatosa. It would be an Italian-style pastificio, or pasta factory, serving food and drink at 6028 W. North Ave. It also would sell fresh pasta to prepare at home....
Michael Davanzo brings quiet efficiency to his many pursuits: Medina Local Legends
Michael Davanzo is a quiet man. Through his distinguished career as a teacher and athletic director, his service as Rotary district governor, and his leadership roles with the Medina County Historical Society, the Friends of the Medina County District Library and the Parish Council of St. Francis Catholic Church, Mike has quietly and efficiently le...
Italian American History Presentation in Liberty Township
The William H. McGuffey Historical Society hosted La Gazzetta contributing writer Ben Lariccia and award-winning realtor Connie Tarr-Bostardi to speak before the group on local Italian American history at its May 19 meeting. Richard Scarsella, Chairman of the Board, introduced the two presenters to the audience assembled at the Kravitz Deli Communi...
New Andiamo Restaurant moving into downtown Fenton
A new Italian restaurant is joining two additional businesses as new tenants at the Horizon Building in downtown Fenton. Andiamo Restaurant is setting up in the three-story Horizon Building at the corner of Silver Lake Road and North Leroy Street along with Raymond James Wealth Management & The Horizon Group Financial Advisors and Serra Automotive....
World's Largest Italian Beef Sandwich To Be Donated To Homeless
The Italian beef restaurant Buona announced a unique fundraiser Tuesday for the Cornerstone Community Outreach homeless shelter. On Tuesday, July 10 — the eve of the Taste of Chicago festival — volunteers from Buona and the local community will work together to construct the longest Italian beef sandwich on record, organizers said. The sandwich wil...
Eda (Donofrio) Constantino Obituary
There will be a Mass of Christian burial held on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. with the Very Reverend Monsignor Michael J. Cariglio, Jr., officiating, preceded by a 2:00 p.m. prayer service held at the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman, for Eda Constantino, 89, who passed away Sunday morning, July 1, 2018, after a brief illness at Mercy...
Festa Italiana to offer feast of memories, Italian flavors
Jeffrey Heinzman remembers attending the local Festa Italiana event every year for basically all of his life, partly because his uncle used to play in a band at the festival. Today, Heinzman is the co-owner and executive chef of Gnocchi Italian Restaurant in Clinton Township. He plans to serve gnocchi — a ribbed, pillowed pasta — with meat sauce or...
I Siciliani di Chicago alla Festa della Repubblica Italiana
Importante presenza siciliana alla festa della Repubblica festeggiata anche a Chicago il 2 giugno scorso, grazie alla iniziativa di Carlo Vaniglia, vicepresidente del Comites, Presidente della Associazione "Santa Fara di Cinisi" e corrispondente del Progetto Sicilia nel Mondo da Chicago. "Coinvolgente e concreto il contributo dato dal CTIM - Comita...
“Wanted” eVenti Verticali Show in Ann Arbor
Through the Dante Alighieri and the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, I learnt of an interesting performance taking place on June 19 and 20 at the Top of the Park Summer Festival in my own Ann Arbor. The performers were two Italian acrobats, Luca and Andrea Piallini. Breaking the initial inertia of leaving the house for a 9:30 pm performance on a week...
Online Booking System at the Consulate of Italy in Detroit
The Consulate of Italy in Detroit informs that appointments with the Citizenship (applications though descent), Passport, and Visa offices can be booked on our Online Booking System. Booking an appointment is free of charge. The system is set daily to book appointments in the coming months. In order to book an appointment you need to create a perso...
Nearly two years into its second run, 'Tony n' Tina's Wedding' to close in Chicago
The wedding’s off! “Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding,” the immersive comedy staged as a wedding ceremony and reception between two Italian-American families, will end its second Chicago run on July 25. While the show first landed in Chicago in 1992 to lukewarm critical reviews, it ran for 16 years, to more than 1 million viewers. After an eight-year hiatus,...
Army Major General James M. “Mike” Milano
Ascending to the rank of major general, Mike Milano spent the latter part of a stellar 33-year career in the Army overseeing the training and deployment of hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers and allied police. The oldest of four children, James M. “Mike” Milano was born in Detroit to Bartholomew J. Milano and Patricia Ann Donlon. By the time Mi...