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Are 17 Isotta Fraschinis too much of a good thing? To the average car lover, the answer likely is “Yes.” The luxurious Italian classics, however, were not too much for wealthy Americans - including Hollywood’s finest - who craved them in the years before the Great Depression and provided a new market for the Milan-based auto maker. Visitors to the...

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We cannot be more excited to announce that the Grand Opening of Enoteca La Storia's Little Italy San Jose Location is just a few weeks away! Enoteca La Storia is the 4thItalian Business to open in the Little Italy San Jose Business District, joining Paesano Ristorante, La Piccola Scuola nel Parco, and Bel Bacio Italian café before them.  Enoteca La...

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When they opened Carrara Pastries in a Moorpark strip mall in 2012, brothers Damiano Carrara and Massimiliano Carrara routinely greeted patrons while wearing floppy white chef's hats. On anyone else, the matching chapeaux would have looked downright dorky. On them, the hats signaled an old-school seriousness that has since played out as a classic c...

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Fairfax adds a new dinnertime player tonight, with Gesso set to debut in the former Pitfire Pizza space just above Melrose. The restaurant is still operated under Paul Hibler’s American Gonzo Food Corporation label, but offers a starkly different experience than before. With said new experience comes a lot of changes to the decor of the place, too....

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When you visit amazing cultural cities like Florence and Rome, there is a central theme displayed on almost every corner… real, authentic Italian gelato. Today, gelato shops have started popping up all across the United States but artisanal Italian gelato is still widely unknown in the U.S. compared to countries in Europe. Now, Gelato Festival is c...

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Thu, August 31, 2017. 5:00 PM – 10:30 PM PDT. AT&T Park - 24 Willie Mays Plaza - San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco's Italian heritage is very rich, to say the least, and the Giants invite you to celebrate with them at AT&T Park at the 2017 Italian Heritage Night! Your Special Event ticket package includes a seat in one of the Italian Heritage s...

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Chef Bruno Serato had a big grin on his face Tuesday afternoon as he ladled pasta into the bowls of more than 100 hungry children at the Boys and Girls Club in Huntington Beach. The meal was part of a ceremony marking the expansion of Caterina’s Club, Serato’s nonprofit that feeds needy children, to clubs in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley, wh...

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The best advertisement for the former Perlongo’s Bakery was to simply prop open the door and let the aroma of fresh baked goods do the rest, according to Mary Perlongo, daughter of Josephine and the late Salvatore Anthony Perlongo. The fresh baked bread, beerrocks, pizza, cookies and cakes made the bakery locally famous. Sal, as he was known to eve...

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From Saturday, August 26, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017. Lancaster Museum of Art & History - 44933 Fern Avenue - Lancaster, CA 93534. Organized by Lancaster Museum of Art & History in collaboration with IIC Los Angeles, ART 1307 & various partners. Entrance: Free The exhibit is curated by Cynthia Penna of the Naples-based cultural institution AR...

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The chef who first launched the eponymous Donato Enoteca in downtown Redwood City in 2009, then Desco in Old Oakland in 2013, then a Peninsula salumeria and wine bar, Cru, in 2016, will open a Berkeley restaurant in late September. For this venture, Donato & Co., he is partnering with fellow Italian chef and friend Gianluca Guglielmi, formerly the...

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