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Fortina‘s new special begins with a server spilling food right on top of your table, without a dish in sight. A massive pot of steaming, cheesy polenta is dumped straight onto one of the Italian restaurant’s long seating areas. Next comes the wood-fired asparagus and broccolini, slow-roasted pork, meatballs and entire femurs full of goopy bone marr...

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When one thinks of Bushwick, the words "graffiti" or "hipsters" probably come to mind. When one thinks of food in the neighborhood, quite a few pizza places, authentic taco spots, solid bodega sammies, and a variety of cuisines in between may make your mouth water.  While yes, the neighborhood has a plethora of awesome options for food, there reall...

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Give him two slices – and an award. Forty-one years after “Saturday Night Fever” changed the game for southern Brooklyn, its leading man will be returning to the borough he helped make famous. On Tuesday, June 12, John Travolta will stop by Lenny’s Pizza, 1969 86th St., to receive a special achievement award from State Sen. Marty Golden, and be cel...

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To The Daily Sun, This is what assimilation looked like when I was growing up. We did not ask who was here legally or illegally. My Italian grandparents came to America in 1904. When they first arrived they were called dirty "wops" and "dagos!" It was a very painful time for them. They did not speak English and their 10 children were bilingual. My...

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Historically, Brooklyn has always been a very popular destination for the Italian emigration to the US. Many places in Brooklyn were and some of them still are populated by many Italians. Now that this borough is getting cooler and cooler, it still is fundamental for the narration of the Italians in New York. The Federation of Italian American Orga...

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The Stars and Stripes Regular Democratic Organization of the 49th Assembly District held its annual dinner last week where it honored four including Councilmember Vincent Gentile, who recently retired from the City Council. Gentile was given the Public Service Award. The other honorees included Ralph Perfetto, Nancy Sottile, Sunny Mui and Briget Re...

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When: April 19, 2018–August 31, 2018, Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM–5PM - Where: Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10036 In this collection of images, photojournalist Martha Cooper, well-known for her work on graffiti and the early days of hip-hop, documents Italian American vernacular expressi...

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Another downtown Arlington Heights restaurant will be introducing outdoor dining this summer. Passero, an Italian-American eatery that opened last fall at 5 W. Campbell St., got permission from the village board last week to install four tables on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. A license agreement between owners Matt and Rikki Peota and the v...

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Armando’s Restaurant and Bar, Brooklyn Heights’ classic Italian restaurant, has closed its doors after almost 82 years of business. City finance records show that Peter Byros, the restaurant’s owner since 1981, sold the building located at 143 Montague St. to Uri Koptiev for $7,418,000 on Feb. 14. Koptiev is a real estate agent. The roughly 2,000 s...

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One Staten Islander woman has put together a series of poems based off of her unique upbringing in both Brooklyn and Staten Island. Maria Giura, a New Springville native for the past 20 years, has compiled a series of her most notable poems in a recently released book titled, What My Father Taught Me. Giura will be reciting the works featured in he...

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