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Marco’s Pizza, is opening its newest location in Haughton on May 25. Situated at 1073 HWY 80 next to Brookshire’s, locals can expect an authentic Italian pizza experience that uses the freshest, highest-quality ingredients. The Marco’s Pizza location is owned and operated by a husband and wife duo Paul and Poonam Singh. Being the first to open a Ma...

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Hurleyville’s quaint main drag has undergone a quiet renaissance in recent years. Backed by the benevolent benefactor The Center for Discovery, with its altruistic mission and seemingly bottomless funding, the shabby, run-down buildings of my childhood town have been renovated, restored, and rented out through their Healthy Community Model. The Pic...

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The foods of Abruzzo are relatively unknown to the rest of the world but no less intriguing than some of Italy's best-known ingredients. Located in central Italy, Abruzzo sits on the Adriatic Sea, east of Lazio, south of Le Marche, and north of Puglia. Its rugged inland terrain is thanks to the Apennine Mountains, and the entire landscape is a trov...

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For the past two years, famed neighborhood pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani has been working on his own bakery concept with the hope of returning European baking traditions to North Beach. Now open, his Toscano Brothers bakery is serving throwback vibes and classic breads. Designed by Gemignani himself (the chef designs all his restaurants), the Vallejo St...

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In less than a year, a familiar restaurant will fire up its brick ovens for a second round in Gainesville, this time on the square.  Little Italy Pizza is coming back to town. “I’ve always wanted to be a part of the square,” said Ben Cortese, owner of Little Italy Pizza. “I’m so happy with the growth coming here. I want to open up the Italian pizza...

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Chef prodigy Luke Rogers, who most recently wowed at Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas, has found a new roost: He's working on a new restaurant in Plano called Cathedral Italian Bistro, featuring Italian cuisine with Texas ingredients in dishes such as pizza, pasta, and Wagyu steak. The restaurant is located at 8103 Rasor Blvd. #110, in the form...

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The Grimaldi name, which has been associated with Italian restaurants in Syracuse, Utica, and Albany since 1943, will soon disappear from the Central New York culinary landscape. The family is selling Grimaldi’s Ristorante near Carrier Circle, the last remaining location for the business founded by Fred and Rita Grimaldi on Bleecker Street in Utica...

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When he cooks for Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, he prepares the dish she likes best, spaghetti with fresh tomatoes and basil, while to Vin Diesel he serves classic bruschetta, of which the Fast & Furious actor is particularly fond. Chef Arturo Avallone arrived in Los Angeles with a dream that, with determination, talent and passion for g...

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DeFelice Brothers Pizza opens its ninth restaurant Monday on Granville Road in west Newark, its first location outside of the Steubenville, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia areas. Franchise owner Scott Hannig, a Huntington Bank employee who has lived in Newark five years, said he has been planning this for quite some time. He grew up in the Wheeli...

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Matt Adler has no desire to reinvent the Parmesan wheel. Maybe it’s a sign of maturity, or simply the confidence that accompanies experience, but the chef and partner at Caruso’s Grocery does not care to wow customers with any newfangled culinary creations at the anticipated full-service Italian-American restaurant that opened this week in Capitol...

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