State Sen. Tony Avella joins Brownsville Cultural Coalition's fight to save Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Loreto has a new protector: State Sen. Tony Avella. The Queens Democrat — and mayoral candidate — has stepped forward in the face of fresh threats by a Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens subsidiary to demolish the shuttered century-old church in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville. Avella has joined a campaign by the Brownsvill...
"Thomas Jefferson - An Italian President" alla Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò di New York
"Thomas Jefferson - An Italian President" è il titolo della mostra - e della conferenza ad esso correlata – che sarà inaugurata il 23 marzo presso Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò a New York. L’esposizione multimediale curata da Maria Cristina Loi del Politecnico di Milano, che l’ha pure progettata insieme a Veronica Rigonat, resterà aperta sino al 18...
Camellone’s serves up N.Y-style pizza, pasta and stromboli
Mike Cammel first got a foothold in the local Italian food business back in 1988 when he was hired as a delivery driver for Domino's Pizza. Soon thereafter, he started cooking Italian fare at Boccutti's, Noble Roman's and Pizza Hut. For the last 19 years, he managed Sbarro's in the Belden Village Mall food court. In December, Cammel broke free from...
New fuel, familiar results at Gallo Coal Fire Kitchen
Remember when brick-oven pizza was unusual in area restaurants? Now even wood-fired pizza, once rare and wondrous as an albino buck, has become common as cows in today's pizza marketplace. Not coal-fired pizza, though. Made in an oven heated to 1,000 degrees or more by blazing anthracite, it has been a fixture in New York City and East Coast coal c...
Casa di Fratelli review: Latino brothers operate warm-hearted Italian restaurant in Westbury
The usual setup at most Italian restaurants on Long Island is an Italian-American owner backed up by a kitchen staff that largely comprises Latino cooks. But at Casa di Fratelli in Westbury, there’s a variation taking place that fuels the debate: Do you have to be born into a cuisine or just need the work ethic to learn it? Located on a busy stretc...
Italian delights dominate Tony's Cafe Italian Eatery in Buffalo Township
There's more to the eye than the many pizza pies at Tony's Cafe Italian Eatery in Buffalo Township. Tony's offers the New York style, mouth-watering display on the front counter of finished pizzas, such as crab meat pizza, chicken-broccoli-alfredo-sauce pizza and taco pizza. They are like baubles in a jewelry store case, but these goodies don't han...
The National Italian American Foundation to honor best and brightest in business, sports, entertainment, politics at New York Gala 2017
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will host its annual New York Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on March 22, 2017. This distinguished event, held at this world-famous, historical, New York City venue will highlight the very best in Italian food, beverage and cultural experiences – along with celebrate some of the most notable and impactf...
La Marca (PD): giornate di impegni e proficui incontri nell'area di New York
L’on. Francesca La Marca la scorsa settimana ha vissuto intense giornate di lavoro nell’area di New York, dove ha avuto diversi e proficui incontri con la locale comunità italiana.Mercoledì 8 marzo, la parlamentare ha presenziato presso il consolato di New York al vernissage della mostra fotografica del maestro Maurizio Barberis, organizzata dal co...
Napoli Pizza and Pasta
Napoli Pizza & Pasta is as real as it gets. Homemade, authentic Neopolitan pizza and all your favorite pasta dishes bring the crowds in to take out, or to stay in and eat in the characteristic “downstairs” kitchen and dining room. This nostalgic family restaurant is exactly what everyone needs right now, in these chaotic times. Come on down and get...
Italian restaurant Ristorante Santa Lucia opens in Melville
Restaurateur Tony Dushaj is back. Again. The Melville restaurant that has been La Fontana since 2012 has now been rechristened Ristorante Santa Lucia. The name change is accompanied by a management change: Tony Dushaj, who first opened Tre Scalini at this location in 2009 is back as chef-owner. In fact, this is Dushaj’s third restaurant at 672 Walt...
Sicilian Seafood Restaurant Opening in SoHo
A Sicilian-born chef and restaurateur is opening a new seafood joint on Thompson Street. Piccola Cucina Estiatorio will be Chef Philip Guardione's fourth venture, in addition to two other Piccola Cucinas in SoHo — one on Prince Street and the other on Spring Street — and a third in Ibiza, Spain. This iteration, at 75 Thompson St., will focus on Med...
Nicola Luisotti
When: Thursday, April 06, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free For the Series Italian Conductors in New York: Maestro Nicola Luisotti in conversation with Harvey Sachs. Maestro Luisotti has been music director of San Francisco Opera since 2009 and has conducted over 40 ope...