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Mugs' Italian Bistro, a Little Italy staple for seven decades, will reopen under a new chef and owner this summer — and he's bringing back the phone booth. Todd Sheppeard is reopening the space at 300 S. Exeter St. and targeting a July 3 debut, pending city permits and inspections.   The reopening will revive a longtime neighborhood cor...

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The 86th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's longest-running, biggest and most revered religious outdoor festival, will take place Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, September 23, 2012, on the streets of historic Little Italy, the lower Manhattan neighborhood which served as the first home in America for hundreds of thousands of Italia...

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by Angela Accomando   Have you ever stumbled upon a really great restaurant a little off the "beaten path?" Francesca's Italian Family Restaurant in Earlville is just that kind of hidden gem. With your first step inside, you are immediately transported from a small, farming community to a Sicilian trattoria.   Photos and artwork...

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When utility crews dug up the intersection of Eastern Avenue and South High Street a couple of years ago, Gia Blatterman stood nearby and tried to picture Little Italy in 50 years. Would the low-slung rowhomes and Italian restaurants have given way to shiny high-rises? Would Italians even live there? Blatterman ran home, scribbled a note and stuff...

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Get ready to roll some dice, put on your poker face and play your cards right at Casino Italia, Little Italy's Official Casino Night, benefitting the Little Italy Association of San Diego. Casino Italia will take place on Saturday, February 28th from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at India Street Design Center (2157 India Street) in North Little Italy.  ...

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Little Italy San Jose is looking to add two Board of Director positions and a few committee chairs as we take the next steps as a 501c3 and look to finalize our Cultural Center and Museum project and bring new events and life to our Little Italy San Jose District. Currently, Little Italy San Jose has two Board of Directors and a 12 person Advisory...

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By Ludovica Martella La Little Italy di Downtown Manhattan che conosciamo oggi non è esattamente quella che avevano vissuto le prime generazioni di italiani sbarcati nella Grande Mela ai primi del novecento.   Anzi, è completamente diversa. Uno dei pochi edifici che mantiene ancora vive le origini degli italo-americani di questo quartiere è...

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Victor Papa arrived clutching a cup of coffee from Veselka and came bearing gifts from the Doughnut Plant. The grizzled veteran of the Lower East Side gentrification wars brought something else to an urban planning lecture at Columbia University a few weeks ago: some strong opinions about the future of Little Italy. At least a few of the students g...

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Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. Garibaldi-Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305, United StatesJohn Anselmo, Joe Zarba, and Francesco Bonavita PhD, present their book "The Newsstand", a novel about teenagers coming of age in the '60s on the tough streets of New York City's Little Italy.   The Newsstand, a novel by JJ Anselm...

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As he has on most nights for the last 46 years, Nick Pecoraro was watching the world go by on Wednesday from the porch of his ornately embellished two-story house on India Street, right at the foot of the Little Italy sign. The Sicilian-born Pecoraro, 73, is a reigning member of the historic neighborhood's old guard, as much of a fixture as th...

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