The North Carolina Opera Presents Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, 4/18-26
North Carolina Opera is proud to present Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a spectacular fully staged production this April at Raleigh's A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater. A Spanish nobleman seduces every woman he meets - aristocrat or peasant, young or old, brash or demure. On this day he seeks to add to his list of his conquests, but is thwarted by th...
On The Town: Tampa's Festa Italiana
by Virginia Johnson Angela Genco has been on this earth for 8 decades. Some of them in Southern Italy. Some of them in Tampa. And all of them in a kitchen. She is the go-to at Tampa's Italian Club for her cookie recipes—the sweetest part of the upcoming Festa Italiana. The 18th annual event, April 9-12, and is fill...
Fazoli's Enters Montgomery, Alabama
Amid strong interest from potential franchisees, robust same-store sales, and more geographic expansion, Fazoli's is extending its franchise incentive program for new operators. In February, franchisees reported a 9.3 percent same-store sales increase on a 6.3 percent jump in traffic. Year to date, franchise unit sales are up 4.9 percent on a 3.7 p...
Festa di Ferragosto Returns!
Join us on August 14th at Gino's Market in Hollywood for the second annual Festa di Ferragosto, a party to celebrate the Italian summer holiday (that actually takes place in Italy on August 15th). This is one of the funnest events we participate in and we look forward to seeing you! Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festa-di-ferragost...
Pizza is alive and well in Charlotte County
The pizza parlor business is showing big signs of growth here in Charlotte County. Just last month, I introduced Vic's Primo Pizza in the Punta Gorda area, and this month there's news of an expansion at Pioneers Pizza in Port Charlotte — not to mention the official ribbon-cutting for the not-so-new Bella Napoli Pizzeria & Restaurant, whose owne...
Lamborghini takes Alabama kit-car company to court over its supercar replicas
By Nick Kurczewski / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS If the idea of owning an extremely fast and hugely expensive Lamborghini sports car for less than $4-grand sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. To drive the point home, Lamborghini Automobili is taking legal action against CARKITINC, a kit-car company based in Albertville, Alabama. For...
Caragiulos to be featured on "Emeril's Florida"
by Nick Reichert Emeril Lagasse is giving the Sarasota culinary community a plate full of love. Having already featured Sarasota institutions Michael's On East and already filming a feature on Darwin's on 4th in a future episode, Caragiulos, one of downtown's oldest Italian restaurants, is getting a Emeril "BAM!" boost on the celebrity chef's Cook...
Doris Italian Market slated to open in North Palm Beach in December
by Miriam Valverde A Doris Italian Market and Bakery is scheduled to open next month in North Palm Beach. Construction is underway for the 22,000-square-foot store slated to open at 11239 U.S. Highway 1, within the Shoppes at City Centre. About 100 employees are expected to work at the store once it opens. The shop is set to...
Deals at Sardinia Enoteca; Miami Spice at Essensia
by Ana Heretoiu MIAMI BEACH – Just another one of Miami's perks: summer deals. Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante is offering two new prix-fixe menus, a $23 per person lunch menu and a $39 per person dinner menu. Dinner is available Sunday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. and lunch seven days a week from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. MIAMI BEAC...
Harvesting from Italy to Georgia
What happens when a girl gets a Bachelor's degree in History and can't find a job? She learns a trade. And for Lauren Cox, that meant serving in a restaurant in her hometown in Arkansas. "It was crap. The food was from Sysco, there was no passion," Cox said. "I started to develop an overall consideration for what I was putting into my body...
Louie Bossi Aims to Redefine Italian Cuisine in South Florida
by Nicole Danna South Florida chef Louie Bossi will tell you that everything he makes is from scratch. His first memory of cooking: dabbling in the family's kitchen at the gas stove, heating corn kernels over an open flame. That do-it-yourself mentality is what has helped propel the Big Time Restaurant executive chef into his own establis...
In Longboat Key, chef brings love of Italian food to Amore by Andrea
Chef Andrea Bozzolo has high expectations for himself and his food. He believes his customers would, too. "What I want to do here is keep classical Italian at the best," Bozzolo said inside his new restaurant Amore by Andrea. The accomplished chef owner from Piedmont, Italy, opened Amore Thursday in the former Mattison's Steakhouse Plaza...