Main Street Fairmont Hosts 'Feast of the Seven Fishes'
The Marion County community invited people to share its Italian heritage at the 9th annual Feast of the Seven Fishes festival. The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a centuries-old custom observed primarily by southern Italians, consisting of a seafood meal served on Christmas Eve. Local restaurants showcased their heritage ties, with cultural...
Rita's Italian Ice Brand New To Nebraska
by Natalie Micale Rita's Italian Ice is now open in Lincoln and it's the first store in Nebraska to offer Italian ice custard. The store's franchise is owned by the Malone family from Crete, Nebraska. Mike and Elynn Malone say they tried the store's hallmark item, ice custard in Kansas when they were visiting their daughter and loved...
Former Kazmos Lounge to Become Italian Restaurant
by Mark Antonation Kazmos Lounge closed six years ago. Since then, there hasn't been much activity in the corner spot at West 14th Avenue and Kalamath Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood — but a public-hearing notice went up at the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses recently for a hotel and restaurant liquor license at the addres...
Lights, camera, action! Book your tickets for the Italian Film Festival
The 8th Annual Italian Film Festival is less than two weeks away! We have a wonderful line-up of ten films never before seen in Minnesota, including a silent film with live accompaniment by avant-garde band Sun Silo. Comedies, dramas, crime, romance--it's all here at the Italian Film Festival! The best way for ICC members to support the Fe...
A second gelato-maker is coming to downtown Springfield
Drawn by foot traffic and a concentration of students, a college student majoring in entrepreneurship expects to open a new gelato store downtown. Cameron Maes, a sophomore at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and former Missouri State student, said he wants to open Maes Gelateria as early as May 1. Read more Sou...
Diego’s Bar & Grill opening in Gladstone
Ivan Marquez has built a strong following with two Overland Park restaurants — one full-service, the other fast-casual. Now he's expanding with a third restaurant. But this one is in Gladstone. Marquez and Marco Diaz plan to open Diego's Bar & Grill on Friday, in the former Tanner's Bar & Grill space at 6024 N.E. Antioch Road,...
An Evening in Turin
The Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa is pleased to host "An Evening In Turin" fundraising dinner to be held Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the Embassy Club West. Dinner will be prepared by visiting chefs Antonio and Stefano Latini. Together, the father/son team own Villa Somis and Nove Merli restaurants near Turin, the capita...
KC Symphony presents celebration of Italian opera choruses
by Libby Hanssen "Andiamo reali! Go Royals!" cheered music director Michael Stern at the Kansas City Symphony's "Festa Italiana" performance on Friday night, happening concurrent to the Royals' ultimately successful battle for the American League pennant. The turnout in Helzberg Hall was good, even so, and the orchestra with the K...
Cibare Brings Modern Italian Cuisine to South County
By Sarah Fenske When you think of dining in south county, you may not think of housemade pasta, genuine Neapolitan pizza or from-scratch cannoli. But that's all on offer at Cibare (777 River City Casino Boulevard, 888-578-7289), the new modern Italian restaurant at River City Casino. The concept, which has its grand opening tonigh...
St Louis: Refined Italian-American Dining at an Award-Winning St. Louis Institution $55.00 ($100.00 Value)
Mrs. Kemoll introduced our city to Sicilian fare in 1927 in the intimate curtained-off dining room adjacent to her living quarters -- cozy, but with room to grow in elegance. Four generations later, Kemoll's Italian Restaurant has sophistication covered: • $55 for $100 to spend on food and drink for two • Dazzling panorama of the Arch and city from...
Italian family's century-old farmland will be new community garden
If you wanted to find out what some of the first truck farmers around Denver grew, Rick Grippa would be the man to ask. His family's farm in unincorporated Adams County goes back four generations to the Italians who settled near Clear Creek, only a few decades after famed Colorado mountain man Jim Baker built his ferry across it. ...
One of St. Louis' most talented chefs works in the Cheshire's basement. Time to let Basso's big dog bark
To enter Basso you descend a broad, curving stairwell into a cavernous basement. Gas lamps flicker along the wall, casting long, dancing shadows on the diners seated in the booths beneath them. Is it 1897? No. The massive bar at the center of the dining room is a wholly modern creation, with sleek liquor bottles and a distinctive tap handle for eac...