South Bethlehem scores new Italian eatery 'with a taste of the Mediterranean'
NYC Village Pizza opened Thursday at 129 W. Fourth St. in south Bethlehem. The 40-seat restaurant serves Italian and Mediterranean favorites such as calzones, strombolis, gyros and kebabs. Owner John Okumus previously operated Stromboli Pizza on North 17th Street in Allentown and other restaurants in New York City since 1980. The menu reflects his...
That's Italian! Augie's Relocates, Opens With Streamlined Menu In Larchmont
Augie's in Larchmont is open. The Italian favorite, in operation since 1990, recently moved from Boston Post Road to Chatsworth Avenue. And while construction took awhile, the popular eatery, known for its family-style portions, is now ready for business. Monday, March 20 is the official opening but the serving of meals is already taking place. Acc...
Looking For The Great Grandsons Of Italy
Perry Esposito took the helm as the new president of the Westbury Donatello Lodge #2559, Order of the Sons of Italy in America earlier this month. For the longtime member, being part of the Order provides a sense of camaraderie with people who love to celebrate their heritage. It’s a sense of fraternity he’s hoping will inspire the third and fourth...
Calligaris Opens a New Store in SoHo, New York CIty
Niki and Shaokao Cheng, owners of BoConcept New York, proudly announce the March 1st opening of the first Calligaris Brand Store in New York City. The husband and wife team have owned and operated the BoConcept Franchise in New York and New Jersey for the past 14 years. This is their first foray into a furniture brand outside of BoConcept. “We chos...
Peppino's Neapolitan: A different spin on Italian
To paraphrase an old saying, you can't swing a cat in Syracuse without hitting an Italian restaurant. Decades of Italian immigration to the area resulted in an abundance of Italian and Italian-American restaurants throughout the city. Many are good and a few are excellent. Others are not. So, when John Vigliotti announced that Peppino's Neopolitan,...
Doing Business in New York? You’ll Need to Know the Italian Alphabet
As I’ve written elsewhere, Italian is a very much alive in academic and professional settings, so now it’s time to investigate the real world, language on a day-to-day basis – Italian is out there, a spirit that supersedes national boundaries. So where do we see and hear la bella lingua in the greater NY area? Italian food has become one of the m...
Geneva Sons of Italy elects first woman president
Palma Fratto-Evans has been elected president of Geneva Lodge 2397 Order Sons of Italy in America. She becomes the first woman president of the lodge since its founding in 1977 and since the merger with the Geneva American Italian Ladies Lodge 2397A in 2016. Fratto-Evans and her 14-member council of officers were officially installed at the lodge’s...
Il Summer Fancy Food: una grande occasione per conquistare il mercato americano
Uno dei mercati più ambiti dalle PMI italiane è sicuramente quello statunitense che nel 2016 ha comprato beni e servizi dall’Italia per la cifra record di circa 40 miliardi di euro. E, secondo le previsioni SACE, gli acquisti a stelle e strisce sono destinati a salire fino ai 48,9 miliardi di euro nel 2019, complice la svalutazione dell’euro nei co...
New York, intesa tra la Banca Monte Pruno e la Federazione delle Associazioni della Campania USA
Da sempre vicini agli italiani che vivono all’estero e per far sì che possa continuare il legame tra loro e la terra d’origine. Da queste premesse nasce l’intensa attività della Banca Monte Pruno a favore di chi vive all’estero ed, in particolare, negli USA. Un’azione che ormai produce i suoi effetti da diversi anni, a partire dalla creazione della...
Sustained by Saints and Song, This Little Italy Shopkeeper Hangs On
E. Rossi & Company, an Italian gift shop on Grand Street near Mulberry Street in Little Italy, has become something of a museum of Italian-American pop culture. The shop’s backlogged inventory includes religious items and kitchen supplies, such as Italian coffee makers and pasta cutters, piled high overhead. Customers can buy molds for cannoli shel...
Lots of Italy happening all around VentureOut in NYC
Congratulations to Brian Frumberg – founder of VentureOut – for his new initiatives: VentureOut Launch, a new long-form incubator program; and the partnership with SparkLabs, the global club for innovators. So the offices of VentureOut have moved to Spark Labs, 25 W 39th St., 14th Floor: “We will be cohosting many of their awesome event series focu...
The Del Posto Tasting Menu Takes Just the Right Amount of Risks
Eater’s original series 60-Second Tasting Menu offers all the elegance and intricate plating of a multi-course menu — but without the time commitment (or the price). This week we visit Del Posto, a house of Italian fine dining in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, where newly appointed executive chef Melissa J. Rodriguez serves up the eight-course “C...