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Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood has new security measures in time for the holiday season. The goal is to increase security, reduce crime, and make residents and visitors feel safe in the neighborhood. This includes installing more outdoor lighting, fresh paint on street signs, additional cameras, valet parking and a license plate reader on Pr...

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Scittino’s opened on Edmonson Avenue in Catonsville in 1973 and has been a family-owned pizza and sub shop and Italian grocery store and deli at that location ever since. By the end of December, after 51 years, the beloved Italian eatery will open a second location on Falls Road north of Mount Washington, near Lake Roland. Andres Cabrera and Brad B...

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The vacant Noona’s restaurant space in Midtown will reopen in December as Angeli’s Pizzeria Bar, part of a fast-growing chain run by a family-owned group based in Baltimore. Representatives for Angeli’s and MCB Real Estate, the owner of the Fitzgerald mixed-use building where Noona’s ceased operations Nov. 1, announced on Tuesday that Angeli’s has...

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After more than a month of voting and over 800 responses, we have a victor in The Baltimore Banner’s war of Italian subs, which pitted 16 of the area’s favorite sandwich shops against one another in a series of matchups. I recommend stopping at each of the contenders yourself, who are ordered by rank at the bottom of this post. But there can only b...

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The circular plaza where a Christopher Columbus statue overlooked the Inner Harbor is still empty - more than four years after the statue was toppled into the water during the nationwide protests of 2020. In recent weeks there, have been a few new updates on the plaza's future. The destroyed Columbus statue itself was retrieved from the Harbor, and...

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What should replace the Christopher Columbus statue that was dumped in Baltimore’s harbor more than four years ago? A replica of the statue that was destroyed? A sculpture depicting a family of Italian immigrants? A likeness of former U. S. House of Representatives Speaker (and Baltimore native) Nancy Pelosi or her father, former Baltimore Mayor Th...

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Disaronno International LLC has opened its 6,480 sq. ft. office at the Rye Street Market office building at Baltimore Peninsula. Disaronno is an Italian liqueur and its Italy-based parent company, Illva Saronno Holding S.p.A., became the majority owner of Sagamore Spirit in 2023. Sagamore Spirit is a rye whiskey brand with a distillery. It was foun...

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The Galbani Maryland Italian Festival is set to kick off at the Harford County Equestrian Center from September 27 to September 29. It's the largest Italian festival in Maryland. Attendees can look forward to enjoying live music from the nation's top Italian-American performers, dozens of food and retail vendors, carnival rides for all ages, and mo...

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Little Italy Lodge Scholarship Foundation announced the recipients of its scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year. "After careful consideration and review of the essays," said Vince Piscopo, Chairman, "we are proud to award scholarships to these outstanding individuals ..." Madalyn Caiazzo - $10,000; Benjamin Carroll - $7,500; Sophia Montcalmo...

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In the spring of 2023, Joe Benny’s, a casual Little Italy restaurant beloved for its meatballs, focaccia pizza, and unstuffy attitude, closed after a decade-long run. It was yet another post-pandemic blow for a gastronomically iconic neighborhood where unfortunately more restaurants seemed to be closing than opening. Today, Little Italy’s outlook l...

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