After seven years, this Rat Pack-themed, Southern Italian restaurant has moved from Deerfield Beach into the former Merlino’s with a startling design change from traditional to modern.“We think our core of clients are from Boca Raton, especially downtown,” co-owner Carlo Vaccarezza says. “Boca Raton has became a mini New York City with new restaura...

Like its menu in Italian, the new Louie Bossi's Ristorante, Bar and Pizzeria intends to bring a new kind of authentic food and city vibe to downtown Boca. Three days after it opened its second location on the corner of Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road, the place was humming inside and out. Large families with kids, couples, girls' night out,...

April 23, 2017 ~ 3:00 p.m. With Emily Fenichel, Ph.D. Tickets Available Through Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real ~ Boca Raton or [email protected]. Non-Member of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery ~ $10.00. Seating is Limited ~ Reservations are Recommended One of the most enduring relationships in Michelangelo's life was his pe...

After close to 8,000 people turned out for the first Italian Fest last year, the city of Boca Raton has added more food and wine vendors and expanded the footprint to close off Federal Highway in front of Sanborn Square for the party from 4 to 10 p.m. Feb. 25. "We'll have 20 food vendors and multiple bars; last year we had one, this year we have th...

When you say “Italian,” and you mean music, food and wine, you have to head to the 2nd Annual Italian Fest in downtown Boca Raton on Feb. 25. Head for the many food booths, and stick around for the entertainment: Aaron Caruso, Ray Massa’s EuroRhythms, Tre Bella and Frank Sinatra tribute singer Frank Todaro. Of course, there’s beer and cocktails, to...

Saturday, February 25th 2017, 4-10 pm. Sanborn Square Park, 72 N. Federal Highway - Boca Raton, FL 33432. Tickets: www.downtownboca.org: THAT'S AMORE! Get ready for the 2nd Annual Italian Fest in Downtown Boca...   Due to the overwhelming popularity of last year's event, this Italian Fest will be bigger and better. The festiva...

La Gelateria della Musica is known in Italy for strange and popular ice cream concoctions like Bread, Butter & Jam, Bud Light-flavored and Chocolate Bacon. For a while, you couldn't find anything like it outside Italy. That is until Fabio Brigliadoro, the owner of the La Gelateria chain and chef behind flavors, decided to open up his first...

Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Michelangelo and Judaism Sunday, November 22, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Artistic Competition in Renaissance Florence Sunday, January 1, 2016 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: The Madonna's of the Uffizi Gallery In an effort to enhance our educational schedule of events, the Friends of the Uffizi Galler...

Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 77th issue of our online magazine. What a wonderful trip I did, visiting 9 cities but most of all 10 different sparkling beautiful Italian communities presenting my book "We the Italians. Two flags, One heart. One hundred interviews" (available here http://goo.gl/f2wBha). What a terrific wave of passion for Italy, of...