2015: The Taste of Little Italy returns to Cleveland’s Historic Little Italy September 20
Join your friends and family at the 18th annual Taste of Little Italy featuring the finest Italian food and wine as it returns to historic Little Italy in Cleveland on Sunday, September 20, 2015, 1:00 – 5:00 PM in the Holy Rosary Churchyard, 12009 Mayfield Road, Cleveland OH. The event offers Italian food and wine, live entertainment, and...
Carini was unofficial curator of Milwaukee's Italian community
By Bill Glauber Mario Carini was the unofficial historian of Milwaukee's Italian-American community. He was a retired schoolteacher who spent months poring through records in reference libraries. He was the man families entrusted with their precious, vintage black-and-white photos of people and places long gone yet lovingly remembered...
Italian American Society honors Pitts as ‘Man of the Year’
by Terry Flores Michael Pitts Sr. said he has been "lucky" to have the life he has been blessed with whether by accident or even by reeling it in. On Sunday, Pitts was honored as the Italian American Society's "Man of the Year" at its annual Columbus Day banquet held Sunday night before more than 300 people in attendance. Pit...
Serata Italiana offers helping hand to Nathan Trapuzzano Foundation
by Alexis McAdams Among the Italian food, wine, and music at Indy's Serata Italiana was talk of a great cause, raising money for the Nathan Trapuzzano Foundation. "It is really heartwarming because they are total strangers, but they know my story and my family's story. Hopefully they will also know the foundations story," says Nathan'...
St. Patrick's Day isn't the only March day worth celebrating
By Paul Sassone My mother being Irish, St. Patrick's day always was a big deal at our house. Mom made sure we all were wearing something green when we toddled off to school on St. Patrick's Day. Every year, she would attend a St. Pat's parade somewhere. And everyone in the family received a St. Patrick's Day card each and every year. ...
Pop's brings wine and pizza to the Ferndale masses
The populist wave coursing through American culture now flows from 32 wine taps at the aptly named Pop's for Italian in downtown Ferndale, where crispy Neapolitan pizzas and Italian-American chophouse classics are served to the masses in a cavernous beer hall-style wine bar and restaurant. Located on West 9 Mile in the former Buffalo Wild...
Nora is in the Heart of Little Italy, But Also a World Away
You don't expect to find a pasta dish that includes potatoes. For good reason too, because who needs to add more starch to a plate of starch? But then the dish lands on the table and you see that those potatoes are wispy little matchsticks, flash fried to a sunny golden brown and arranged like a crown of thorns around the fettucine noodles. More th...
Reggio's grows a pizza empire at O'Hare
Reggio's Pizza is going strong at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The local Italian eatery has just unveiled its fourth outlet at one of the world's busiest airports in Terminal 3 near Gate 8. The fourth outlet at the airport easily makes Reggio's one of the most visible restaurant operations in the huge airport complex. And w...
Festa Italiana offers plenty of mouth-watering variety
By Heather Ronaldson The ornate marble work they produced distinguished Milwaukee's first Italian immigrants from other ethnic groups in the city. So did their unification under Festa Italiana in 1978 — the city's first ethnic festival on the Summerfest grounds. This citywide Italian family reunion at the lakefront keeps getting bigger and...
Pompei Reopening as Davino’s with New Hours
by Ben Feldheim Pompei Little Italy in Orland Park will reopen in about a week with a new name and new hours. Davino's Restaurant will be the new name at 8801 W. 143rd Street with a tentative reopening date of Wednesday, Sept. 12. The menu of Italian staples, including house made pastas, pizzas, salads, sandwiches and pizza strude...
Un po' di Viareggio in mostra a Detroit
La cartapesta è una tecnica povera di lavoro plastico, ma che può ugualmente offrire dei piccoli e grandi capolavori. Perché c'è l'arte anche nella cartapesta e in Italia si usava fin dal Cinquecento dal momento che già ai quei tempi si hanno testimonianze di statue a carattere sacro create con quel sistema, a somiglianza di quelle in legno. ...
Cooking up Italian food for over 40 years
The company is under different ownership, but Dina Mia in Iron River continues to cook up the same Italian food it has for over 40 years. Making Italian food is their business and having fun at work is certainly a close second for the employees of Dina Mia. With only 14 employees, the workers build quite a relationship working in close pro...