Italian food is serious business in Central New York, where the options to dine are rivaled only by the level of loyalty and rivalry diners have to their restaurant of choice. We were searching for our Final Four--the four finalists that our judges would visit and rate and you, the reader, would vote on to determine the readers' choice winner. We t...

Del Rio, a near-century-old Highwood dining tradition, was originally inspired by Dolores Del Rio, the dazzlingly beautiful Mexican actress who became Latin America’s first crossover Hollywood star in the 1920s. During that era, when Latin was all the rage, Del Rio, in Highwood, was a dance hall. After a couple of months, the owner sold it to an It...

Prime 1024, a major steakhouse that also will serve Italian fare, is slated to open on Saturday in Roslyn. The opulent establishment takes over the former site of Barto on Northern Boulevard, Nassau's main artery for devotees of red meat. "We will be open every day for dinner," said owner Christos Spyropoulos, who also is a partner in Limani in Ros...

It was time for Anthony Gianino to get his own place. Growing up in the restaurant business, toiling away at his family's many properties, he'd seen them named after just about everyone. Bill Gianino's and Billy G's are his dad's namesakes; Frankie Gianino's and Frankie G's are named for his grandfather. Even his longtime friend and business partne...

Palio Ristorante, located in Foundry Row in Owings Mills, Md., is a fine and casual dining Italian restaurant that has been offering authentic Italian cuisine and great customer service since June 2018. Palio was named after a famous horse race that occurs twice a year, and the original location of the restaurant opened in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 19...

As soon as you enter the village of Bobbio, you immediately realize the importance of the place. The little roads of the centre enclose the life of Bobbio in an almost monastic way. Resting on the left bank of the river Trebbia, at the side of the “Appennino Piacentino” (the Appenines near Piacenza in the region of Emilia-Romagna), Bobbio is a love...

Chef Carmelo Gabriele is rolling out a new menu at the restaurant that he and his brother, Michael, opened a year ago. New dishes such as veal piccata and goat cheese risotto with shrimp will take their place alongside guest favorites like pasta with vodka sauce, carbonara, arancini, meatballs, duck pizza and eggplant Parmesan. The menu at Sarino o...

Panettone, Italy's rich and sweet holiday bread, is in high demand during the Christmas season. In Dallas, no market has more varieties of this classic than Jimmy's Food Store. This year, the Italian food market offers a record 10 brands, priced from $4.99 to $29.99. Customers who ask, "Which is the best?" are referred to sales associate Mila Alvar...

To celebrate the holiday season, Casa Barilla, unveiled a special “Feast of the Seven Fishes” menu at its restaurants in New York and California. The two dishes on the menu pay homage to the Southern Italian custom of La Vigilia (the Vigil) and the Italian-American tradition of the “Feast of the Seven Fishes” in which in observance of an abstinence...

Craving Italian food? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Washington, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to venture when cravings strike 1. Rose's Luxury Topping the list is Rose's Luxury. While it's not your typically Italian restaurant, Rose's is a go-to for luxurious pas...