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Founded in 1986 by brothers Vincenzo and Agostino Gabriele, Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant was recently listed number 22 on Yahoo’s list of top 50 Italian restaurants in the U.S. In 1999, the mayor of the city flew the brothers to Palermo to receive an award for their contribution in promoting Italian cuisine. Today, Vincenzo says healthy eating is...

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022. 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM on zoom, register here. ICI is proud to bring back Dr. Christopher Fulton for a lecture on Rome.  Ti invito a visitare Roma! In this presentation, Prof. Fulton will share his insight and personal reflections on the Eternal City, in both its glorious past and vibrant present. We will look at select monuments...

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If you’d like to time-travel back to the ‘70s and taste pizza the way our parents and grandparents did, all you need to do is head for Impellizzeri’s. Let me tell you why: Pizza impresario Benny Impellizzeri has been making pizza in Louisville since he started cooking at the fabled old Mario’s in Hikes Point in 1968, when LBJ was president and the...

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A fundraising event to help benefit the families affected by last weekend's devastating Western Kentucky tornado will take place at Frank & Dino's restaurant in Lexington on Sunday, Jan. 2. Complimentary food and drinks will be served between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the popular Italian eatery. WLKY reported Thursday that 16 people, down from a high o...

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In 2022, Louisville will get its first LaRosa’s Pizzeria –– and it’ll be located next to a new First Watch location. The Cincinnati-area development group One Holland has announced that it will turn the O’Charley’s at 10641 Fischer Park Drive into a LaRosa’s and First Watch.  LaRosa’s is a Cincinnati chain that serves popular Italian dishes like pi...

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Kimberly and Roger Sterry want to make mealtime easier. And if you like homemade lasagnas, raviolis, marinara and alfredo sauces, meatballs and more, the couple’s new business, Kimmy’s Cucina, 65 S. Mill St., offers a seasonal variety of premade Italian meals that are ready to heat and serve. The frozen Italian meals are the main thrust of the gour...

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If you go to Square Cut Pizza in Shelby Park expecting, well, square cut pizza, you won’t be disappointed.  The sit-down restaurant at 741 E. Oak St., which opened two weeks ago, is introducing a new version of the iconic Italian cuisine to Louisville: Roman style pizza — which is, of course, cut into squares. Roman style pizza is the kind of pizza...

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There’s a wide variety of cuisine in Louisville, but Lou Lou Food + Drink in St. Matthews is the only restaurant I know of that blends three specific types of fare: “It’s Cajun/Italian with a Mediterranean twist,” explained owner Jared Matthews, who also owns Equus & Jack’s Lounge/Black Rabbit as well as Diamond Street Grub & Hops. He is also a par...

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A hidden gem of a restaurant sits on Owensboro’s busiest road, Niko’s Italian Cuisine, started by a husband and a wife who moved to Owensboro almost 20 years ago and started this business from the ground up. “From the time we’re here, we were here, in the restaurant, days and nights," said Lola Nousiadis, co-owner of Niko's. "It was tough. It was v...

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In the list of the great Italian excellences who have found their fortune in America, one of the highest level names is that of Arturo Toscanini. A century has passed since an extraordinary event, an exceptional tour that saw him as a protagonist in America together with what would later become the orchestra of La Scala in Milan.  Today there is a...

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