Illy Caffe, with roots in Italy, opens on Staten Island
With roots dating back to 1933 in Trieste, Italy, Illy Caffe is a new kiosk in the Staten Island Mall’s new food district. Founded by Francesco Illy -- who also invented the illetta, an espresso machine -- the cafe serves up a bevy of coffees, lattes, iced flavored coffee drinks, cappuccinos and espressos, as well as a menu filled with Italian sand...
Roma Becomes First Italian Soccer Club to Sign Streaming Deal With Twitter
AS Roma have become the first Italian football club to agree an exclusive content partnership with Twitter. Over the past 12 months, Twitter has embarked on a strategy to enrich its platform with new and exclusive content and the deal with Roma is a first in Italian football for the social network. AS Roma’s innovative and highly engaging strategy...
Looking for “Italia” in Little Italies. Just How “Italian” Are Italian-Americans?
Just how “Italian” are Italian-Americans? This is a question that is of interest not only to the Italian-American community itself, but to those of us in academia and business whose job it is to determine how to appeal to that target audience. How do they identify themselves? What is their emotional relationship to Italy and America? What are t...
Carrico’s Pizza
Italian brothers from Oakland, Tennessee, John and Charlie Harrell, had a cheesy idea to start a business in the Hub City. “I told my brother to keep all your recipes in your back pocket for later and finally, we said, ‘alright let’s make our own pizza business,'” said John. Since late October, the Harrell brothers have owned and operated Carrico’s...
Colosseum visitors up to 7.4 million in 2018
Rome's Colosseum has attracted 7.4 million visitors in 2018, an increase of 5.7 per cent compared to last year, according to the director of the Colosseum archaeological park, Alfonsina Russo. Russo announced the news on 18 December during the presentation of the new logo and interactive website of the Colosseum archaeological park. She said that "...
La storia di Francesco D'Alimonte da Roccamorice che nel 1909 partì per il sogno americano
Francesco Antonio D’Alimonte nacque a Roccamorice, in provincia di Pescara, il 30 marzo del 1871 da Alfonso e Maria Giuseppa Di Martino. Il 18 ottobre del 1900 sposò la compaesana Maria Napoleone nata il 22 aprile del 1881 dai “contadini” Antonio e Regina Ruggieri. L’atto di matrimonio fu certificato dall’allora sindaco di Roccamorice Amadio Ventur...
Italian restaurant vets Andrea & Frank Randazzo launch online catering service
Frank and Andrea Randazzo are really busy people. For real. Most people who have kids, activities and full time jobs couldn’t imagine putting together fresh, homecooked meals on a regular basis. That’s where these two come in. The culinary vets who ran Talula together in Miami Beach from 2003 to 2010, have gone digital. Their company is called is R...
Leonardo’s Legacy: Renaissance Man
Tuesday, January 15th 6:00pm - Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, 500 N Michigan Ave Suite 1450, Chicago, IL. Presented on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Leonardo da Vinci. The first of a series of lectures at the Italian Cultural Institute by Professor Giovanni Aloi (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Leonardo da Vi...
A Bronx tale of redemption? 'Hollywood loves a good comeback,' says ex star Lillo Brancato
Lillo Brancato Jr leans over the table at a beloved pizza joint in Yonkers and bows his shaved head slightly, pointing out a nasty scar behind his left ear on the back of his scalp. It’s about an inch and a half long and jagged; he got it when he jumped from a moving car almost 15 years ago, irrationally convinced his friends were out to get him as...
Incoming Italian restaurant declared one of 100 best in country
A high-end Italian restaurant that will move to Newberg this winter was named one of the best 100 restaurants in the United States by OpenTable, one of the most popular reservation systems in the country. The Italian restaurant AgriVino, which will move from its Carlton location to a vacant building on 714 E. First St. in Newberg on Valentine's Day...
Statue of Liberty's original torch gets a new home
When Larry Sidoti’s grandparents came to America from Italy after weeks at sea in the early 1900s, they were first greeted by the Statue of Liberty. “The joy that they felt – they were ecstatic and very cautious, because this was a totally new life for them,” Sidoti told the Guardian. “My grandfather had said to me, a number of times, that she stoo...
Message of the Ambassador to the Italian community in the US for the Holiday Season
Dear friends, I wish to send you and your families my most sincere wishes for the holiday season. The year that draws to a close has been intense and important for Italy and the United States. The historical friendship that binds our two peoples is based on a commonality of values that is at the heart of our democracies and that is nourished by the...